The Sovereign Heir (Book 1)

“Your majesty, I am open to anything you say. I will do my best to accommodate your requests and honor my agreement with your parents. I will try my hardest to do nothing to offend you while we domicile together. I am a man of my word, at any point in the coming days or weeks that I not honor our agreements, you can reject me.”

What was he playing at, he is being too agreeable? Domicile? Using that word proved he was born more than a century ago. I don’t care what he just said. I know how Lycans act, nothing but sexual depraved assholes. Thinking they can hump their way to a happily ever after. I should fight him right here and now to end the charade before it gets started. “Munchkin, please for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT beat the shit out of him before you even get there.” I let out a long sigh, resting my chin in my hand. My father knew me so well.

Nolan’s POV

I am trapped by half a dozen she-wolves fawning over me. All I wanted to do was go to the princess once she was off the stairs. I needed a way out of this to find her; I’d rather be speaking with Princess Elaina or anyone really at this point of being harassed. I could see her brother coming in my direction with the would-be Alpha’s sister. Wow, there is two different distinct scents coming from her and it definitely was not the prince’s. I excused myself from the she-wolves turning my attention to Bryant and Nicole. As we talked the smell from her left me unable to concentrate. I couldn’t even properly answer to anything they had asked. I had to know why she had two different scents and one that was driving me insane.

“Excuse me, Nicole, but I can’t help but notice you have two distinct scents.” Nicole started to flush, “Well, to be honest this was not the dress I planned to wear for the ceremony, this dress was a last-minute change thanks to Laina, uh, I mean Princess Elaina. It is a dress she designed, and she was the actual body that it was fitted for.”

It is Elaina’s scent, but I needed to be sure. “Do you mind if I distinguish which scent it is that has left me…distracted.” Nicole looks at Bryant, then back at me before nodding her head in approval. I dipped my head to her hair, inhaling deeply. It was definitely not her. It is indeed the dress with the princess’ scent. It was an intoxicating bouquet of pineapple and tupelo honey.

I’ve made my determination Elaina is my mate. “Excuse me, but I believe I need to speak with your sister and your parents immediately.” Prince Bryant furrowed his eyebrows as he spoke, “What do you want with Elaina and why do you need to speak with our parents?” I see he was not going to just escort me to them or her, a very protective attitude. ”I believe your sister is my mate, I will not be completely sure until I see her and receive permission from The Emperor and Empress.” Nicole’s mouth was gaping wide open, Bryant’s eyes bulged out of his head. He clears his throat and looks over his shoulder towards Titus and Delilah. They obviously just spoke about my revelation. “Come with me please, they wish to speak to you; I will find my sister .”

The emperor was clearly not pleased with me as he looked me up and down, the Empress had a flat affect. I bowed my head asking permission to speak. I explained the situation to them as well as my suspicions their daughter is my mate. I could feel their reluctance to summon the princess. “I will send a gamma to retrieve her, and we will get this matter resolved quickly, we do have a ceremony to conduct.”

I see her moving through the crowd as the gamma held her train, her scent was potent, becoming stronger with each step she took. Elaina’s skin was the color of honey amber; her lips were pleasantly plump. I cleared the space between us certain she was mine, the word spilled out of my mouth, “Mate”. Leaning in to kiss her, she immediately responds with, “SHIT!”; suddenly there is some type of argument further back in the great hall.

Elaina is quite clearly not pleased at all. We went to the palace study, and she lashed out at me, the fire in her eyes excited me even more than her scent had already done. I bantered with her parents before we came to an acceptable agreement.

The princess seemed to be elsewhere in thought during our exchange. Elaina was not one for holding back, her next words were precise and deadly serious, “I am sick and tired of my life not being my own. I don’t even want to be Empress anymore! Since the day I was born everything has been decided for me without my input! You know what fuck it, fine, I’ll go and live with him and when this doesn’t work out, I want to be left alone! I do not want to participate in any more speed dating and deeply consider crowning Bryant instead of me. Those are my conditions for this sham, is that agreed?”

She was going to renounce her crown and clearly it had to do with more than me being her mate. I think I tipped the iceberg of what was already going on.

All royal families had drama, but this seemed to be more than just that. I escorted her to her bedroom, and I couldn’t help but watch as she climbed the stairs. Elaina’s body was magnificent, curvy, lean and not overly muscular. Her multicolored eyes trapped me in her gaze, her skin glowed like the sun. I was standing in the presence of a goddess, my goddess. She stopped me from entering her room, came back out immediately with bags and a scowl on her face, I took two of her bags. This beautiful smokey black Maine Coon waited for her at the base of the stairs. Something was different about this cat; I couldn’t figure it out exactly, kind of mystical.

Meeting her parents at the study to go back to the pack house great hall, I handed her belongings to my driver. We arrived at the great hall; something was clearly wrong. No one was in the great hall, the current Alpha announced there would be no ceremony tonight. Some nonsense with their son’s destined mate, I listened keenly when Elaina’s name was mentioned. Making my intentions clear that if Ashton challenged me, I would gladly take his life.

We departed to my Maybach headed to my mansion, Elaina turned to face me, ”Just because I waltzed out of there does not in any way mean I’m obligated to you. I’ll be frank, I have not even accepted this situation, much less have I accepted you. If you dare treat me like your personal cattle, I will reject you instantly!” There was the fire in her eyes again; it made me want to kiss her even more.

Elaina’s POV

I leaned my head towards the window, I was trapped in my own thoughts. My parents tried to link me several times, but I blocked them out. Bryant I let in, telling him what I wanted brought over and my plan to get Nolan to reject me. I don’t know how long we drove, but from the night sky and stars, we weren’t too far from the palace. I could orb home in seconds if needed be or run in under a few minutes. It was Friday with no classes until next week, this was going to be a long weekend.

The car stopped at a gate before we continued down a curvy drive. Nolan’s door was opened, he glided out offering me his hand, I didn’t take it. This mansion was beautiful, the architecture pristine and at least fifty to one hundred thousand square feet, likely much more. Nolan tugged me along with him and I followed. Once inside he turned me around, engulfing me in his arms and inhaling deeply. I subconsciously leaned into him. What was I doing? I couldn’t fall for this trap and broke our contact immediately. I adjusted myself before addressing him, “Where is it that I will be sleeping?”

“Princess Elaina, we have many rooms you can choose from, but I hoped you would be choosing mine.” Wasn’t he presumptuous, noticing his eyes going dark with flexes of deep-sea blue. Nolan was definitely a pureblooded Lycan. Such a nasty ass, did he just really think he was going to bend me over and screw me stupid? I’m about to burst his bubble, he is going to regret suggesting we share a room.

“Perfect, since I have to get to know you, we might as well share your room, which I assume is the largest in this mansion.” I couldn’t help but smile, he had no idea what was coming his way. Nolan grabbed my wrist leading us past the foyer to an elevator. He caressed my hand until we stopped on the third floor. Directly in front were two high double doors, swinging them open for me.

There was a sitting room the size of an average living room with another set of double doors on the far back wall he opened. There was a California king bed set in the center of this grandiose room, light grey walls accented with smokey black furniture. Nolan hit a switch causing the drapes to open exposing the moon. Walking past me he began to undress taking his shirt off. His upper body was perfect with barely any chest hair. Now he was unbuckling his pants, nope not gonna happen. I refuse to see his dick tonight or any night. I turned with my back not facing him, noticing my bags were already in the room.

“Princess, are you shy?” I wanted to knock that grin right off his gorgeous face so badly. “I’m not shy, call me old fashioned, I rather not see your dick on my first night here.” Nolan seemed surprised by my answer putting his hands up in defense while walking over to me. “Do you need assistance with your gown?” his right hand traveling from my upper torso to my hip.

I don’t know what came over me at that moment, my hand had a mind of its own, slapping him across his face. The hit wasn’t hard but hard enough to get his attention. Nolan sucked in a deep breath, clearly and oddly turned on by my physical assault. He had me up against the wall fiercely pressing his lips against mine.

Nolan decided to nick my bottom lip before he withdrew his mouth from mine. What was that about? To make matters even worse my vagina was betraying me too, making a pool of wetness in my underwear. Having moved his head closely to my ear, he began to whisper, “That’s what I thought. I’ll give you some space to get your things situated. The closet is to your left, the right half is empty. I use the dresser, but the armoire is all you, I’ve never used it. Once you’re out of that delectable gown feel free to join me in the shower.” The audacity of this bruit was astounding, like I’d just get naked and share a shower with him. He acts like all he did was merely offer me a piece of gum.

“Prince Nolan, I prefer to shower, bathe, undress and dress alone. Is there another bathroom on this floor?” He turns walking to the closet mumbling under his breath before answering my question. ”The room next door to the right of this bedroom has a smaller bathroom you may use.” He strolls out in a robe that barely covered any of his body. I picked up my bags walking past him entering the closet, kicking off my shoes to the side.

This closet was slightly bigger than mine with built in drawers and a vanity. After putting my things away, I gathered what I needed to shower, I could hear the water running letting me know he was already in the shower. I sniffed the air in the room, clearly other women have been here but not recently, maybe under two years ago if not longer. I sniffed the bed; his was the only scent I could pick up. That was lucky for him otherwise I’d set it on fire.

I entered the room to the right and found the bathroom, he called this smaller? It was the same size as the master bathroom in the palace, making me wonder how big the bathroom in his room was. I unraveled my dutch braids, took off my jewelry, gently got out of my dress placing it on a hanger. I wrapped my hair in a scarf so I wouldn’t have to deal with my curls until tomorrow, my shower was a little longer than usual. I finished up moisturizing my body and headed back to my coed sleeping arrangement.

Nolan was on the bed in only pajama pants, ignoring him I placed my dress in the walk-in closet, walked to the in-suite bathroom arranging my toiletries. Walking back out our eyes locked, his eyes wandered from my head to my toes. “Are those your preference for night clothes, princess?”

Umm, duh, I’m not even worried about that. He should be worried about me killing him in his sleep. ”Yes, I like ribbed tank tops and shorts. Were you expecting an elaborate night gown, your highness? Do you think you can charm me out my panties with your big dick energy?” He chuckled at my response waving me over to the bed. I reluctantly walked to the empty side, which happened to be the side of the bed I slept on at home. I began to climb on the bed leisurely when we both heard a light knock on the door.

Nolan got up without making a sound as he walked to open the door; he wheeled in a covered tray. “I know you did not get a chance to eat before we left the pack house, I’m not keen on your preferences so I had our cook make you several things.” I was hungry and it was a fact I couldn’t deny, the only thing I couldn’t stand was tripe. He set up the tray at the end of the bed in front of the upholstered bench. I slide down the bed planting my legs under the tray in one smooth move. It contained fruit, steak, potatoes, veggies, chicken, rolls and three different kinds of dessert. I tore into the steak, the hell with being proper, he would just have to get over my un-lady like manner and eating in silence.