"Look at her!" Annie shouted at me and pointing her finger at what was going on outside. I am Prince Lenard one of the strongest vampires ever. One day I will take over from my parents when I get my Forever. Basically my soul mate and the person I will love until the end of time. I thought I found her. Victoria. So small and fragile. She has so many scars and I want to heal them all but turns out it was a trick. It was a trick to try and destroy us. She pretended to be my Forever. Annie was the first person here that Victoria talked to and trusted. Annie trusted her too. She went to the cells last night just to give her some company. She hates it down there but she did it anyway. The scene outside was Victoria being dragged to her so called mate. She was crying so much. Shouldn't she be running to him? Then he let's her fall on the floor. He pulled her up by her hair. That isn't what mates do. they are supposed to care for each other and look after each other. "They are not mates! Why can't you see that it's all one big lie so that Cathy can be queen!" Annie shouted. I knew Cathy wasn't my Forever but she kept going and pushing. I actually believed I had finally found her. I didn't care that she didn't talk, just having her near me was enough. Her eyes are amazing. They may be dull now but I though after some time I knew they would become brighter again. I thought I could be the one to do that. I thought I could be the one she opened up to. I saw the way that the pack treated her. she was their slave. She was treated horribly. And then she came her and got scared and ran away. I brought her back thinking she was my Forever. I loved her because she was mine. Or so I thought. "There's only one way to tell and you know it!" Annie shouted before storming out and pushing Tristian out of the way. She went outside and I saw her crying as she saw the way Victoria was being treated. It broke me inside to see the way she was being treated by her so called mate. I knew what Annie meant. When you first drink our Forever's blood, you gain power to control elements. Tristian can control three because he is the second in command. I can control all 5 when I finally find my Forever. I thought that hundreds of years ago, Cathy was my Forever, but when I turned of age and she did too I realised that she wasn't. That didn't sit well with her but she kept trying. That beautiful girl laying there on the floor was Victoria. He so called mate pushed her after pulling her up. "Maybe you should check, just to be sure. And even so, she seems better with us." Tristian said trying to reason with me before going to Annie. She would be safer here because it's clear to everyone that her mate doesn't care about her. In a split second decision of fuck all consequences, I went down to see her. I had to know for sure. I had to be 100% sure that she wasn't mine. "Stop, I want payment for taking care of your mate. Two pounds of silver should do and some of your mate's blood." I said to Alpha Randle. He looked surprised to see me but then a flash of anger appeared and disappeared. He smiled and bowed at me recognising my authority. He made a quick phone call and told me that his Bata would be brining the silver now. He would be an hour. Then he pushed Victoria to me and I just caught her. she refused to look me in the eyes and that hurt. Her hands were still tied up and her wrists were staring to bleed. Why would her mate do this to her. He went to lean on the car in boredom and I took the chance. I made Victoria look at me and the evidence of crying was clear to anyone. "This might hurt a bit and I'm sorry." I said to her. The tears started to roll down her cheeks. I felt really bad. I didn't want to hurt her even more but I had too. I moved her head to the side so I could get to her neck and bit her. I felt her stiffen up but I just held her closer. Her blood was amazingly good. I tried to get a breath in but I wanted more. I pulled away and saw the fear in people's eyes. Fire had formed a circle around us. That ended any arguments. Victoria was mine. And I would never let her go now. I put the fire out and picked my Forever up. "I'll take her now." That stupid lying Alpha said. I bared my fangs at him and kept hold of Victoria. She had passed out now. She looked so peaceful in my arms asleep. "She is MINE!" I shouted as loud as I could. The Alpha was going to put up a fight. I could see it in his eyes. I gave Victoria to Tristian and Annie to look after whilst I killed the idiot Alpha. How dare he try to take what is mine. I was going to make him pay for everything. He had shifted and was trying to claw my heart out. After a few more minutes of us fighting, I managed to get behind him. In one more move I snapped his neck. Now a bloody dead wolf was in the front garden. How was I going to sort this out? hopefully I wouldn't have too. If anyone asked I would just say he tried to take what is mine which is true enough. I still have to deal with the traitor and his slut daughter too. This was going to be a stressful couple of days. "Lenard, why is there a dead wolf in my front garden?" Someone asked. Great my parents were back. They shouldn't be back to next week but someone probably told them what had happened. I turned around to face an annoyed father. I scratched the back of my neck trying to figure out what to say. If I told them about Victoria they may scare her and that would be really bad. "Uncle, auntie, your back!" Annie shouted taking the attention off me. Annie called my parents uncle and auntie because they acted like that and they liked it when she called them that. I saw Tristian walking over behind her and Victoria was left asleep on the ground. Annie had given her a quick once over and patched her up with some bandages. She was going to be fine. I explained to my parents what had happened because I know they knew when lied which didn't help. It only took a few minutes to explain and when we looked over at Victoria, she was gone. She was nowhere to be seen. She must have ran fast to get away from us. This hurt so much. I sighed and looked at the guards that were there. "Find her, but wait for us. No one approach her!" I shouted at them and they all started t run in different directions. I hope we find her soon.