Warrior Princess
Chapter 20

Samanthas POV

I don’t understand how this is possible. Gemma, Kasen’s sister, is mated to my twin brother.

“How is this possible? She’s mated to my brother and I’m mated to hers?” I ask completely baffled.

Andrew speaks up, “The goddess works in mysterious ways. It could have to do with the prophecy. You are a part of the prophecy with your brother and you are mated to the king. She is the king’s sister. I’ll agree this is a little unorthodox for Selene, but she knows what she’s doing.”

My mom speaks up, “Selene?” Rosaline explains that that is the goddess’s name. They’ve learned it through spiritual encounters and ancient texts.

Kasen has shifted back after scenting Gemma, and Atlas has welcomed her into the pack. Gemma has shifted back as well. I look and see Gemma and Jake have embraced each other. Each one nuzzling into the other necks.

“You may be her mate and my mate’s brother, but if you hurt her in any way, especially like you did Samantha, I will kill you.” Kasen says lowly.

“Id expect no less…”

“Wait, how will this work though? I am Beta of the Blue Ridge Mountain Pack; she is of Royal B***d which means she needs to stay in Royal pack lands.” Jake says and Gemma looks like she just got punched in the gut.

“It’s simple son, you either accept her as your mate and step down as Beta, or you reject her and pray the goddess gives you a second chance mate half as good as Gemma here. I know what I would do, but no one can make this choice for you.” My dad says.

“Lucy, my mate, Let’s give them some time to talk. I don’t want to influence anyone here. This needs to be a decision they make on their own.” My dad takes my mom’s hand, and they retire for the night. Not before my mom gives Gemma a hug and a k**s on the forehead. Andrew and Rosaline retire as well and it’s just Kasen, me, Josh, Jake, and Gemma.

Josh gives Gemma a hug, “Congrats on your shift, squirt. Now you can really start training.” she just playfully punches him.

“I will help you with your training if you’d like. I am already going to be training newly shifted wolves.” She lights up.

“That would be amazing. I can’t wait! But Jake, what are we going to do? I want you as my mate and Ashanti wants you as well. I don’t even know your wolf’s name.” Gemma twiddles her thumbs.

“Nanuk. My wolf’s name is Nanuk.” Jake mumbles.

“Are you going to stay, or are you going to reject me?” She asks with her head bowed. I so badly want to tell her to stand proud. I want to tell her never to bow her head to anyone. I want to hug her and hold her and let her know no matter what it will be alright.

It’s been about 5 minutes and jake still hasn’t said anything. He looks almost frozen. Lost in his own mind. Gemma starts to panic and starts sobbing. Her tears and cries break jake from his train of thought, however he still doesn’t say anything. His gaze flickers from her to the ground.

“Gem I, I don’t know. I…” He doesn’t even have time to respond before she shifts into her champagne wolf and bolts out of there. Jake doesn’t chase her, doesn’t call her name, just watches her go.

I am furious. He is letting his mate go for what? A position in a pack? That is complete bullshit. Being mated to a royal would automatically grant him a position in this pack. But did he stop to think about it? No, he didn’t. That bastard.

Kasen is tense you can feel the anger radiating off of him. Before he has a chance to do anything though I march up to my i***t of a twin and slap him as hard as I can. You can hear the echo of it for miles I’m sure. He looks at me in disbelief. I have tears in my eyes for Gemma. She is like a sister to me. She is beautiful, funny, kind, all around an amazing shewolf, and I’m certain my brother has just ruined it.

“DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU’VE JUST DONE?” I scream at him. No one stops me. I unleash another smack out on him. I feel so much anger that I can’t even tell if it’s mine, Kasens or Jakes. All I know is I see red. He charges for me and tackles me to the ground. You can hear Kasen growling in the background, and I see Both his parents and mine have stepped outside. No doubt to see what the commotion is about. My dad is holding Kasen back.

“Let this happen. It needs to happen.”

I throw Jake off of me and he shifts into his Grey wolf with Brown eyes. I take the opportunity to shift into Akira as well. If it weren’t for the eyes and a slight variation in the gray, you wouldn’t be able to tell our wolves apart. We don’t even wait for the other to make the first move. We both charge at the same time. Jaws snapping, teeth catching fur and skin, drool and saliva flying everywhere.

“YOU SON OF A b***h. YOU JUST LOST THE BEST THING THAT COULD HAVE EVER HAPPENED TO YOU!” I shout through the link as I latch my jaws into his leg. He whips around and latches onto my tail before I can snap his leg in half, causing me to let go.

“I DID NOTHING.” Jake shouts back through the link.

“YOU’RE RIGHT, AND IN DOING NOTHING YOU ESSENTIALLY REJECTED YOUR MATE. YOU ARE AMAZING AND KIND AND TALENTED MATE. OVER WHAT BEING A BETA?”

He growls loudly, and we charge again. We collide and he overpowers me, and we tumble down a hill. My back hits a trunk and he takes the opportunity to pounce on me and I whimper. I’m pretty sure he just cracked one of my ribs.

“Someone needs to stop this, or they’re going to kill each other. David, Please stop them!” My mom shouts. My dad shakes his head.

“No, Lucy this has been a long time coming. They won’t kill each other. At least, I hope not. If it gets to that point, we will step in.” He says firmly. I can hear Kasen trying to link me, but I’m too mad and busy to listen to it. Akira growls loudly in my head upset at our brother. Poor Nanuk. I can feel his sorrow. He wants his mate. My i***t of a brother has ruined everything for him.

“You know what you’re a king. A king of ruining things. You ruined yours and my relationship, you ruined mine and our parent’s relationship, and now you’ve ruined your mate. Great job dickhead.” I growl out through our link. I hear gasps and I realize that I said it through the entire pack and family link. Oh well, it is true. He is the reason I left; he is the reason I was alone for 2 god damned years.

He whimpers but catches himself. He puffs his chest out and growls as venomously as he can. I sand up wheezing from where my rib was broken. I am pretty sure it punctured a lung. He charges at me again and I sidestep him, but not quickly enough. He turned his head at the right moment and bit down into my side. I feel his razor-sharp teeth puncture my skin. It hurts so bad, but I won’t give up. I have never lost a fight to my brother. I need to do this for me, for Gemma. Someone has to put this fool in his place.

I wiggle, trying to get out of his jaws. After a few minutes, I successfully tear myself away. Literally. I maneuver my head and look at the chunk of skin missing from my stomach. I see b***d just pouring out of me. I start to get lightheaded and I feel my wolf body sway and stumble on our paws.

“David! Please! He’s going to kill her!” Mom shouts. Jake doesn’t care. Doesn’t care that he has severely wounded me. I am losing too much b***d too fast. I see jake charge again, but I am too slow. MY reaction time has dwindled town to nothing due to b***d loss.

“I’m sorry, Akira…” she just whimpers at the thought of our brother killing us. I link Kasen.

“I am so sorry. I haven’t said it before, but I love you, Kasen.” I whimper out through the link as I feel Jake latch his wolf jaws into my neck.

“ANDREW DO SOMETHING, KASEN YOUR MATE.” I heard Rosaline yell. The pressure from his bite is so strong. I can’t hear anyone; my vision is going in and out. I see all of these happy moments pass before my eyes like a movie reel.

“Jake, I love you. I’m sorry.” As the last picture of all of us together fades, my vision finally goes black.

Kasens POV

I was absolutely furious. David was forcing me to let this happen. Said it was needed. Bullshit. I know my Samantha is an incredible fighter, but they’re both fighting out of anger. This is going to end badly.

I heard a whimper from Sam, and I shifted! Atlas was in full control and I welcomed him. No one could hold me back now, not even my father! They looked at me and I could tell they were backing off. They saw that Atlas was in complete control.

“Atlas, calm down. We will handle this.”

It was in that moment that I saw jake latch onto her stomach and give her a death shake. She tried to wiggle out but, in the process, ripped her stomach open. We all saw the b***d just pouring out of her. He may have just killed her!

That’s a lot of b***d pooling around her. Jake doesn’t stop. He charged again and my poor mate was too disoriented to fight back.

“I am so sorry. I haven’t said it before, but I love you, Kasen.” I heard her say through the link. She sounded so weak and tired. She didn’t even attempt to move. Staggering on her paws. Her brilliant silver-grey coat is now coated in crimson red b***d. With her down for the count, he latched onto her neck.

“NO!” me and Atlas growl out! I hear everyone behind me screaming. Pack warriors have now surrounded us all. All no doubt here to protect and try to save their queen! I charge at him at my full speed. I am pissed now. That is my mate. My queen! Before I can get to her though a blur of cream flies out of the woods and tackles Jake.

“Gemma,” I shout through the link. She snarls Venomously at Jake with her body positioned over Sam. Sam was laying there lifeless, unmoving. Gemma was protecting sam! The wolf had no training, but recognized her queen was in danger! She snaps her jaws and growls at him as a show of aggression. Her Hackles raised, and her head low to protect her neck and Sam.

Jake backs off and looks at Gemma’s wolf confused. His wolf shakes his head, and he shifts back.

“What happened!?” he yelled at the top of his lungs.

“What did you do to my sister?!” you can’t be f*g serious. I link the warriors to arrest Jake. They don’t even hesitate. Jake is tackled to the ground. The odd thing is he is showing no signs of resisting. He just looks at Sam’s lifeless body and he loses all color.

“SAM, SAMANTHA! ANSWER ME, WAKE UP!”

Josh walks up and punches him. “You have no right to talk to your sister or anyone here at this moment.” Jake looks confused. “She’s my sister! She’s dying, I can’t feel her anymore!”

Her wolf must be so weak that she has gone dormant to save her energy. She won’t have her rapid healing. I pick up her limp body. She feels so cold.

“Someone let the Doctor know we’re coming. She has a pulse but it’s barely there!” I yell out at no one in particular. “Just hang on baby. You have to hang on. Don’t leave me!” I don’t even wait around. I rush her towards the hospital with My parents and Hers following behind me.