Meeting A Royal
Rhea’s P.O.V.
“You two will stay with other warriors from different packs on the west side of the palace. You will have your separate rooms”, the omega assigned to escort us to our room told me about the arrangements of all the warriors coming from different packs. He was a man of our age with good-built but he was not a fighter. He was glancing at me from time to time but it didn’t phase me. I got this look whenever I go to the other packs or in the meetings with alpha Hunter Anderson. I still had my cold face mask and I guess I had to keep this during my whole stay here.
“Only five female warriors are selected this year and this is the largest number of female warriors in the past five years. Although there are separate arrangements for the female warriors even there is number is less, if you want to stay beside the companion from your pack, you can make a request”, this time he spoke to me and I looked at Daniel. “I am okay with every arrangement”, I answered him in a cold but respectful tone. He raised his brows in surprise but nodded. I knew what is exactly going on in his mind. Suddenly I sensed a strong presence of someone very powerful. “I think one of the royal members is around us”, I said to Daniel and the omega once again looked behind at me questioningly. It was one of my perks that I was sensitive to wolves around me. The problem was that he had masked his scent whoever was near us.
He was about to say something when his body immediately straightened up. We all stopped in our way and looked in the direction from where we heard heavy footsteps coming towards the same corridor. I looked at the person coming towards us with his head high and a cold face. “Prince is here”, the omega whispered and bowed his head while clasping his hands behind his back. Both I and Daniel immediately alerted and bowed our heads too. It was not like his presence forced me to bow in front of him. I did it out of respect only.
I saw a pair of leather shoes stop in front of us. “My Prince… Greetings of the day”, the omega greeted him in a very respectful tone. “Greetings of the day, Prince”, both I and Daniel also greeted him in a respectful and formal tone still lowering our heads. “You two are from?” I heard him asking a question from us. “We are from the Blood Moon Pack, my prince”, Daniel answered him in the same tone. “Raise your heads warriors”, he commanded us and we both looked up. Prince Henry was the next line of the Alpha King and his domineering aura was enough to tell that he was worthy of this title. I could feel the fear and anxiety in Daniel’s body right now because of Prince Henry’s presence here.
“So, you are the one from the Blood Moon Pack who is nominated as the best warrior, huh?” he asked me in a curious tone. I just nodded in response. I didn’t look straight into his eyes because it would count as disrespect against the Royals. “You can look at me, girl”, Prince Henry spoke again but his tone was a bit gentle this time. I lowered my eyes again because Alpha Hunter had already instructed me not to look straight into their eyes. I was an omega but both I and Moon didn’t know why we were least affected by the presence of any other wolf high in rank. That was why I had to lay low to avoid any dispute. “I am sorry to defy your order, my prince… but I can’t do this. I don’t want to be disrespectful towards you”, I replied to him in a formal and low tone.
“I am allowing you this??.... What’s your name?” he suddenly asked me for my name. I could sense the stiffness in both the omega and Daniel’s body and how badly they were affected by Prince Henry’s presence here. The omega was almost shivering in his presence while Daniel was trying hard to keep his composure. “Rhea Knight, my prince”, I told him my name in the same respectful tone. “I am allowing you this, Rhea. I can sense that you are omega but you do not have that effect of my presence as it affects others with wolves”, he paused and my body stiffened this time.
“You are the only warrior present here who is omega she-wolf (he emphasized this word) by rank. I know about the warriors from the Blood Moon Pack and if you are the one who beat the top warriors to get this award, it means that you are more capable than others thought about you. So, relax and look at me”. He immediately explained himself and asked me to look up. I took a deep breath and then looked at him this time. A small smile occurred on his lips as soon as our eyes met. You are aware that you have to fight a duel with a random warrior before the distribution of awards, right?” he asked me and I nodded once again. “Yes, my prince, and I am ready to face that duel”, I replied to him in a determined tone this time. His smile went wide.
“I am looking forward to see you in action, Rhea… and please… call me Henry instead of my prince”, he requested and I heard two soft gasps from either side of me. “Go ahead and have some rest before dinner. See you at dinner, Rhea”, he then instructed us and bid his farewell. We all bowed our heads once again and he walked away. “Wow…. What was that?” the omega exclaimed while looking at me curiously. “What?” Daniel asked him instead of me. “Wow… he is sooooo handsome”, Moon chirped again in the back of my mind while drooling over prince Henry. I was glad that she didn’t show up in his presence or else I didn’t know where would I find a hole for me to hide myself. The Royal wolves sense the emotions of other wolves and that was why I was relaxed that Moon didn’t show up herself earlier.
“You always belittled me”, Moon faked hurt in the back of my mind and I just huffed at her reaction. “Rhea”, I jerked a little when Daniel yelled near my ear. “What?” I replied to him in irritation. He and the omega chuckled and that was when I realized that I zoned out for a few seconds while listening to the bickering of Moon. Moon giggled inside my mind. “Let’s go”, I said to Daniel and we again started walking towards our destination. It was a day-long journey from our pack to here and I was really exhausted by now and only wanted to take a good shower and then some food. “I am hungry too. Can we have a run here around the border?” Moon requested and I shook my head to her internally.
“I will ask Alpha Hunter for this. You know that you can’t surface without his permission”, I said to her and she pouted. I wondered how it was possible for her to pout with a snout. “Okay… then talk with him tonight. You saw how vast their border is and I really want to have a run there in the wildness”, she once pleaded and I just hummed in a response to her. The Royal Pack was the largest and strongest pack in the whole world. They were surrounded by the forest from two sides and had a river on the other side. One side was attached to the neutral land. I would love to have a run in their forest area and I was also keen just like Moon.
“Do you know that all the future alphas will join us tonight in dinner?” Daniel suddenly asked me a question to me and I just sucked my breath. “I don’t know about that”, I answered him after a few seconds to control my emotions here. “I am looking forward to see Theo. He has been gone for 4 years”, Daniel once again spoke in a happy tone. Daniel was trained with Theo Anderson, our future alpha when Theo was still in the pack. Daniel and others often talked about how wonderful and strong Theo was back then. I didn’t know how to respond to Daniel this time and that was why I just listened to him while looking in front of me. Why this place was so vast? We were walking for the past fifteen minutes and still, we were away from the place allotted to us. I just wanted to go inside my room.
Suddenly a suffocating smell of wet soil after rain hit my nostrils and I felt that someone had knocked all the air out of my lungs. “Ho… how far we are from our rooms?” I asked that omega immediately while balling my fists tightly in anxiety. “Are you okay, Rhea?” Daniel immediately asked me in a worried tone. “I … I am alright. I just want to lay down for some time”, I answered him hiding my anxiety. I felt the person with that intoxicating smell coming near to me. “We reached”. suddenly the omega announced and signaled me towards a room. “This is yours”, he signaled towards the room and I stormed inside as if a ghost was now running behind me.
“Run, Rhea”, suddenly Moon screamed inside my mind when I was about to throw my bag on the bed and without even thinking about the consequences, I ran towards the window. I leaped up in the air and changed into my wolf form in midair. Our rooms were on the second floor and I was really glad that we were light weighed. I landed on my front paws easily on the ground and without looking back, I ran towards the forest. “I am going for a run, alpha. Moon is agitated”, I mind-linked alpha Hunter immediately telling him about my whereabouts. I was in the backyard of the palace and to my relief that whole area was deserted. “Are you okay, Rhea?” he immediately asked me in a concerned tone. “I am fine, alpha… I will be back soon”, I replied to him and then looked in front of me. The forest was still far away but I knew that I had to reach there as fast as possible.