The next morning I woke with sound of a tree branches moving. Nick was stroking my head and he was scratching my head. I was so comfortable and Nick was so amazing. I looked up and saw Nick. He smiled and said, "You have been out for 24 hours. I am sorry for Stephanie, she is just jealous. Kate and your dad are still looking for you. Come down with me and I will take you on a walk to talk about yesterday". I nodded and came down with Nick. Nick took one sniff of the air and began running. I rolled my eyes and I hopped into the trees and jumped from tree to tree.
When I saw three little black things I stopped. I jumped down to the bottom and Nick offered his hand for help. I then saw that it was just Kate, Baron, and Hera. I took Nick's hand and my dad growled at him. He looked at my dad and as I came down, he wrapped his hands around my neck. My dad broke his hands from my neck and said, "Why are you putting your hands on her. Man, you are barking up a tree that is too beautiful for you".
Nick growled at my father and the two began to fight. Nick turned into a wolf and Baron turned into his panther self and they began to go at each other. They tore each other and Baron tried to bite him. I knew Baron was going to bite Nick so, I got into the middle of them. Baron didn't see me there and bit.
A shot of pain went through my body as I fell on the ground. The two men changed back as they saw me fall. Kate, who was still in her human form got to me first. She growled at them and told them to stay away. Baron walked away and began to get very mad. "Why did you make me fight with you. The closest thing to my wife is her and she is hurt. You aren't good enough for her! She doesn't need you! She needs me" Baron said fighting back tears.
"I'm the reason she is hurt. You were the one who bit her! If you want to blame anyone, blame…." Nick said until I interrupted him.
"It is no one's fault. You both need to stop fighting. Dad. I should have told you about Nick but, I didn't have a lot of trust in you when I met you. I mean I thought you died. Nick. Please don't fight. I am alright. I love you" I said.
Nick came by my side and stroked my hair. He looked at me and I felt a spark of emotion. I pulled him close, and even though I was dying, I kissed him. As my breath went out of my body, a new type of power came into my body. I didn't know what it was but I was healed. As I went up so did Nick; we were still kissing and we both felt a power. We went back on the ground and when I looked down, I saw a white dress. I had a white crown of flowers on and I looked at Nick. He was dressed in a white formal shirt with a brown tux. My dress was a beautiful low v-neck and antlers covered the back. Baron and Kate dropped to the ground and bowed. They didn't just bow at me but also Nick. I looked at Nick who had a wolf scepter next to him. Nick pointed to me and I looked down to see a scepter made out of ivory antlers. All around us was white snow and all of the animals in the forest. The animals all spoke up and shouted, "Our new king and queen. King Nick Ronaldo DeWolf and the beautiful Queen Victoria Luise-Heaven DeWolf. Long live the queen and king. Long live the king and queen. Long live the king and queen. Long live the queen and king".
I then took Nick's hands. Nick's hands were in fists and I unfolded them to see two rings; on was a gold bronze and the other was a white gold with small diamonds all around it.
I took the ring and said, "My life with you for the past weeks has been the best weeks of my life. Whatever just happened joined us with monarchy. I have always loved you and we have been through hell together too. So I will marry you; you are my true love and my only weakness. It does not matter that we met only a few months ago, I fell in love and want to spend the rest of my life with you".
He then slid the ring onto my finger and said, "Ever since I saw you come through that door, I knew you were meant to be with me. For two hundred years I have waited for love. You are my best friend, lover, my angel, my weakness, and my power. I would rather die than not live without you. I love you too".
With that two birds flew over us and rose petals fell. We laughed and kissed. I was married and now I had something to live for.