THE CROWNS DOMINION

My mind was racing, how could this possibly be happening to me? Why was I stuck in this hell, why me? Why couldn't someone else be his 'mate'- whatever that really meant. I bit my fingernails hard as I used my other hand to scratch my legs. I was beyond terrified, this situation was not meant for me.

"Aria, you need to calm down. We are all in this together." Lilah said as she grabbed both my hands. She was such a great friend, she really knew me and when I was on the verge of having a major panic attack.

I sighed as I looked at her softly. I breathed in deeply and breathed out. " I'm going to die" I told her shaking like a leaf.

She shook her head "You are not going to die, you are one of the strongest girls I know. Don't lose hope Aria."

"This is different, they are animals and I'm just a girl" I told her facts. With humans you could calculate your moves and survive but with whatever these animals were there was no winning here-only death.

Tyler grabbed my shoulder "If you think like that you will surely die first, be the Aria we all know and you might find yourself surviving this. I am not ready to die yet that's one thing I know for sure."

I shrugged as I looked at them both, they might have been right at some point but I couldn't help the thoughts that kept running in my mind. 'You are going to die, you are going to die, we are all going to die!'

" I will be fine, I'm just a little shaken up and my neck hurts" I let my hand feel my bruised neck. It really hurt a lot but I tried not to think about it.

Lilah looked at me softly and suddenly gave me a huge hug "I am so sorry Aria, you must be so traumatized. We all thought he was going to kill you, I was so scared."

"It's okay I'm fine, it's just sore but I'm not dying or anything Lilah."I said holding her.

We all froze when a large man suddenly arrived. He looked very serious, like he meant all business. We all stood up straight and close to each other as if that would protect us. One of these beasts could kill all of us in our numbers.

"You, come with me" he said pointing at me. My heart sank and it felt like I couldn't breath. I felt like time had suddenly just stopped for me and this was the end... I was done. I could hear my heart racing, my friends were silent as they stared at me. I couldn't move, I did not want to move. If I did they would take me and kill me.

I swallowed hard... the large man with dark hair and dark eyes they almost looked pitch black suddenly growled. "Move" he said and my feet immediately obeyed. I was terrified as I followed him. My bladder felt full as I walked behind him. I couldn't even look at my friends because if I did I would break down and beg them to save me which was not fair because there is literally nothing they could possibly do to save me.

I felt naked as I followed this beast and every one of them glared daggers at me. I wondered why they hated us so much, we didn't kill anyone. All we did was land here because we thought this was freedom, our chance to survive outside the water.

We arrived at a large tent, it looked like it was made from old cloths. We entered it and I followed the man slowly, wishing I could disappear.

"leave us" he said to his man. The man obeyed and left the room silently. For some reason I didn't want the other dude to leave, I didn't want to be alone with this King of theirs. I slowly glanced at him, he was staring at me seated on one of his leather chairs in the middle of the room.

I breathed in deep hoping the ground would just swallow me or something. His silver grey eyes looked as if they were looking right through me as if he knew everything I was thinking. "Come" he said with a straight face.

My body didn't move, I would not go to the beast-never. He read my mind because his face suddenly changed, he looked annoyed as if nobody disobeyed him and I dared to do such a thing.

"I said... Come" he said again in a deep voice and I jumped a little. Okay I wasn't going to push the limits here, I slowly walked towards him until I was standing right in front of him. I could smell his fresh scent, like forest and wood.

He didn't take time to grab my waist, he pulled me and my ass sat right on his lap. The embarrassment I felt was just beyond me. I didn't look at him, my heart was racing I felt like I was going to throw it up. It was so weird as I felt his body vibrate as he growled and sniffed my neck. I felt his beard tickle my neck it made me jump a little.

I felt his wet tongue on my neck right were he bit me and my body froze. Where was this going? I didn't want to find out, I suddenly tried to jump out of his hold but it was hopeless. His hands were like steal and any movement I made was pointless instead he just bit into the wound he made on my neck again and I screamed.

He was definitely trying to kill me, I have heard stories of vampires before from my mother and my uncle but I thought they were myths. What if he was a vampire? A blood sucking demon, I screamed until it didn't hurt anymore and my body just fell completely in his arms. I stopped pushing against his warm chest or screaming loudly my ears were starting to hurt.

It was all a blur when he suddenly stood up and in a blink of an eye I was on my back on his soft mattress. I didn't know if I was hallucinating or losing my mind but his eyes were suddenly pitch black he looked like the devil himself as he continued to bite my neck, this time he bit into the other side of my neck. I screamed again because it felt like he was ripping my neck apart.

I thought I was going to die, I actually wished he would just end me faster because I couldn't handle this. His hands traveled down my black shirt until they were in my shirt. They were so warm my body suddenly forgot the pain I was feeling previously. It was so weird my eyes were wide as I stared at him. I was terrified, why was this happening to me. My own body was betraying me.

I felt betrayed and afraid to death as my body reacted to his touch. He grabbed my breasts and I felt... good. Why in the world would I feel this way... I tried to wriggle out of his hold but instead he held both my hands against his mattress "don't" he said simply and my body stopped.

If witchcraft was truly real, this beast was a wizard and some type of vampire. I held my breath as he continued to touch my stomach and my breasts. I closed my eyes as tears flowed down cheeks. A knock on his door truly saved me.

He growled as another male budged in. "you better have a very good reason for this" he said as he stared at me before snapping his head towards the intruder.

" My King one of them tried to escape and... got severely hurt in the process"the man replied and my heart sank

"No! No!" I said as I struggled to escape from his hold. Who did they hurt now!