When I ran out of the window in search of Scarlet, I couldn't trace the other scent. I got as far as the airport though. At that moment I didn't know what else to do then to get some help. So I went back to England and walked up to the palace. A palace guard blocked the entrance.
"State your name."
"Prince Hunter." I said and the guard stiffened at my name and title. He opened the door for me and guided me towards the King and Queen.
"Your highnesses, Prince Hunter came to see you, regarding the Princess." The guard said before leaving me alone with the King and Queen.
"What do you want with my daughter." The Queen asks.
"I'm here to ask for help in finding her your majesty." I said.
"She was kidnapped from me last night, and I'm not able to track where she is." I stated. There's no need to hide who and what I am since they already know. Scarlets mom is shooting daggers at me and looks like she's doing everything she can not to kill me on sight.
"Guards!" The Queen yells out and the guard from earlier comes back. He bows his head before looking up at the Queen.
"Yes your Highness?"
"Please take Prince Hunter to one of the cells, and then round up a few men in search of the Princess. If you have to hire some werewolves then do so." The Queen says before walking away.
"You can't lock me up! She needs me!" I yelled after her as the guard started pulling me away. I tried to fight him, but another guard came and shot me with a wooden bullet. I instantly blacked out.
I was being woken up by the guard from earlier. He pulled me out of the cell I was in and made me walk towards the dinning room. Once I walked in and saw Scarlet I tried going after her as she did the same, but we were both pulled back to keep us away from eachother.
I growled at the guard who held me back. Her father asked her if it was me that she wishes to marry and she told him yes with no hesitation. He then let his head fall down as he nods, but then her mom goes off saying no. Then she goes on about how she's not going to let Scarlet ruin what her kind has done to mine back then when we were the rulers. Scarlet tries to tell her she has no choice but to accept me because we are soul mates. Her mom had an evil glint in her eyes as she said she could think of a few things to do.
That brings us where we are now. Me and Scarlet are standing by each other, in front of the royal throne where her parents were now sitting at. I looked over at Scarlet to see that she to was looking at me. I smiled at her to reassure her that everything will be okay before looking at her parents again.
"You have two choices Scarlet. You could pick being a Princess and marry Prince Reggie and I'll personally kill this thing next to you." Her mom said with venom in her words as she looked at me.
"Or you could choose Prince Hunter and be forever exiled from this palace, you will be stripped of your title as if you were never my child. Ill have someone else take your place after me and your father die." I was shocked, how could a mother even suggest disowning their own daughter. I was shocked and very angry. I heard a gasp next to me and I looked at Scarlet.
My heart broke as I looked at her, she looked shocked and betrayed, and unbelievably sad. I wanted to reach out towards her to make her feel better, but we were both being held back by guards with guns pointing into our backs. All I could do was watch tears run down her face as she looked defeated. At that moment I thought she would pick being a Princess, I wouldn't blame her if she did honestly. I was taken back as Scarlet spoke.
"Royalty or Love right? Thats what you want me to pick between right?"
"Thats correct."
"If I choose royalty and marry Prince Reggie, I'll keep my title, but I'll be forever miserable. But if I choose love." Scarlet said while looking at me with so much love in her eyes.
"Then I'll lose my parents and my title. I won't be a Princess anymore, but I'll be happy."
"Which will you pick then?" We both looked up at her mother as she spoke. Then I looked back at Scarlet as I waited for her answer. Ill be lying if I didn't say I wished she would pick me, because I did, but I'll also feel bad if she did. I don't want her to lose her parents.
"I pick love over anything." I looked at Scarlet while she looked at her mother with a hard look of determination. I couldn't believe what I heard. She looked at me and smiled at me, but there was sadness hidden underneath it.
"You will regret that. I officially strip you of your..." The Queen was cut off by the King.
"No! I stood and stayed silent this far , but I will not stand by you as you disown our daughter and strip her of her title. She's our only daughter, our only heir!" The king yelled out.
"She chose this for herself. I gave her the choices and she picked the wrong one!" The Queen yelled back.
"She picked the right one, I rather have my daughter be happy for the rest of her life than be miserable. How can you sit here and do this to her! To me!"
"She made her choice and that's final."
"My daughter isn't going any..."
"Daddy, it's okay, I'll be fine I promise." Scarlet said cutting her dad off as tears slid down her face. The guards then let go of us and I wrapped her in a tight hug. Then I took her hand as we both turned around and walked away. It was hard though, my heart broke every time she whimpered.
After we walked away her dad went crazy, he screamed her name over and over again, and when she didn't turn back to him, he started throwing things and yelling at her mother. All the while the closer we got, and the more she heard her dads cries she broke piece by piece and cried. Even after we walked out of the castle and was in the woods and far enough away and couldn't hear her dad anymore she cried. We walked back to the old cabin we stayed in before.
Once we made it inside of the cabin I closed the door and pulled Scarlet into a hug. Thats when all her emotions came forward and she cried hysterically on my chest. I smoothed her hair out and let her cry until she couldn't anymore. Once she was done crying, I picked her up bridal style and carried her to the room and laid her on the bed.
I wrapped her up in the covers and laid down with her and brought her into my arms as she sniffled on my chest. I rubbed her back and we stayed like that all day until night fall. Scarlet never once fell asleep, she either cried on me or stayed silent looking at the wall without blinking. I sighed as I rubbed her back and kissed her forehead. Her stomach growled then and I sat up, bringing her up with me.
"Do you want to eat baby?" I asked her, and she shook her head.
"Its not food I want to eat."
"Your stomach just growled though."
"Its not food that I want." I looked at her confused until she moved her hair aside and I saw the mark. The mark I gave her when I claimed her was fully healed.
"You shouldn't be craving anything other than human food right now, your just transitioning. You won't feel the need to feed on people till you have my blood in your system." She looked down and shook her head.
"You remember that guy I met at the mall when you was in line getting our food." I nodded my head.
"He's the one who kidnapped me."
"Did he do anything to you? Did he feed you his blood?" I asked as my heart sped up. She shook her head no.
"No, he only wanted me to go back to the palace, be queen and have you be king. He wanted the vampires to rule again."
"Okay so he took you back?"
"No, I killed him with fire, fire shot from my hand and went into his chest. I watched as the flame I threw into him killed him from the inside before his whole body caught on fire. Thats not important though. He told me that my grandfather was once a vampire and the old King. His wife, my grandmother was in transitioning when he was murdered. But no one knew that she was pregnant with the next heir in line. He said I had vampire blood in me, and once you claimed me and your venom went inside me. He said the venom would wake the vamprism that was already in me from birth and all I would need is anyone's blood to complete the transition." Scarlet explained.
"Did he have you drink someones blood?"
"He tried, but I refused to and he tried to make me drink his." I gave out a loud growled.
"I didn't though. Thats when I burned him inside out."
"You having vampire blood in you from birth speeds everything up. I didn't want this." I said more to myself than to her. Scarlet grabbed my face with both of her hands so I could look at her.
"Its what I wanted baby. Its okay, I'm okay with this." She said while smiling. I sighed and nodded my head while closing my eyes. She kissed me then and I wrapped her in my arms again. She pulled away to look at me and smiled.
"Can we eat now?" She asked. I laughed and picked her up. We both went into the city to find someone I could use to teach her how to feed. We came across one homeless guy, he smelt cleaned enough for her. Meaning he has no diseases or viruses. I motioned for her to follow me as I approached the man. I bent down so I was eye level with him, I looked at him till he met my eyes.
"Your not going to fight us, your going to sit still and not move, and when we are done you won't remember that we were ever here." I told the guy as he looked into my eyes. The guy nodded and never moved after that. I told Scarlet to bend down and I showed her which vein to go for in the neck. I watched as she bent down towards the homeless mans neck, and bit down. I watched as she closed her eyes as her fangs grew and peirced the guys neck.
I watched as she had her first drink of blood, then I joined her by biting the homeless mans neck on the opposite side of her. I took what I needed and I pulled away while wiping my mouth clean. I had to pull Scarlet away before she could suck him dry. At first she tried to cling onto him, but I told her she would kill him if she continued. She let go then.
"Wipe your mouth clean." She did, I looked her in her eyes. Normally her eyes were orange, but now they we're brighter, not red but a brighter darker orange with flames. Which concerned me. I never met anyone who had the power of fire the way she does.
"How do you feel?" I asked her.
"Brand new, powerful, alive." She said with a smile. I pulled her into a hug before grabbing her hand.
"Lets go back home then." I said and we took off towards the cabin.