Okay second to the last of the September Blog Challenge 2K21 my loves. Just a for warning this is probably going to be a bit of a longer post and definitely outside the fall and real life scenarios like the others this one is likely going to lean more towards my wine time content. Anyways let’s get into it!
The forbidden love. We all think these things are just in books, right? At least I did. That was until I met him. He was the kind of deadly you wouldn’t expect. You’re probably curious about the forbidden part, right? I knew him sort of. Okay rewind, for reference I am the daughter of an important couple in the human world. See there’s this whole counsel thing with Wolves, Vampires, Lycans, and everyone and my parents are part of that counsel. Actually my father helped launch it and believed in it’s purpose (union and equality among the mortals and immortals/supernaturals) that he died for it. Sadly my mother has never forgotten that and though she supports not wanting a war she still holds a grudge. Her husband, my brother’s father; Atlas is all for keeping the peace as well but to him they are just “abominations” and he just doesn’t want a war. I share the same dreams and feelings as my late father, the dream that one day there wouldn’t need to be borders and one day they would not have to fear for their lives and neither would we, that maybe we could make a world together. Which made me an outcast and gave me the extra edge for this path. Anyways it was my sweet sixteen which SUCKED so I took a walk through the woods, and I swear I was in our TURF!!! But I started to feel like someone was watching me, cliché, right? Yeah, someone was following me and it was to my surprise the young alpha himself. Payton. He had been given the throne early as his father had a rare onset of dementia for wolves. My parents and brothers have always found it rather disturbing I love learning everything about the others and talk to them as they are one of us and not freaks of nature. The only reason they even believe in the counsel is they don’t know the humans don’t stand a chance against the others. I on the other hand believe if we actually united then we could all live peacefully, Payton just proved it. My name is Asena Rose Dorin daughter of Lady Willow and the late Sir Alastair Dorin step daughter to Sir Atlas aka mom and dad the greatest pains in my ass ever. Sorry a lady shouldn’t talk like that. But most call me Lady Rose.
Back to that night though. It’s not like I’ve never met Payton or any of the others when they came to the meeting grounds. The meetings were on the palace grounds to give humans an advantage should anything ever go wrong which I thought was stupid, but it helped me a bit because I knew the palace like the back of my hand. Needless to say, I snuck out of my room and spied a lot. I always fancied him. Payton I mean. He had a certain edge to him. He was a few years older and by that I mean when I was fifteen he was just turning twenty-two. But still hadn’t found his mate. Like I said I spied a lot, what can I say I was bored. Back to my sixteenth birthday and the walk.
I knew I was being followed and being the proper young woman I am I spun around dagger drawn and boldly told the creeper in the woods to show themselves or there would be grave consequences. Honestly, I probably looked ridiculous in the huge dress and the makeup that was most definitely smudged from my minor mental break while trying to loosen the corset of the dress, which the creeper in the woods had to have seen. AND they still wanted to mess with my mentally unstable self? Desperate I thought to myself and then I heard a familiar and arrogant laugh.
“Payton?”
“Lady Asena” He stepped out of the woods and his gorgeous green eyes were illuminated by the small streak of moonlight coming through the trees. I should mention he knew everyone called me by my middle name but he didn’t really care.
“What are you doing here Alpha?” I realized I should probably address him properly so I didn’t get murdered, plus it was only respectful.
“No need for all the properness Asena. Anyways you can’t honestly believe I would miss your birthday especially your sixteenth.”
“So, you’ve been here all night? Creepy much?” I will admit I was so happy to see him but also I didn’t even know he ever noticed me except that one time he winked at me like a month ago and I almost DIED!
“I very well couldn’t give you your gift in front of your family Luna.” He just called me Luna? And that smirk it’s his tell. What? I’m confused now.
“What?” I was so confused and now I was standing alone in the woods with a very attractive Werewolf/Man person possible love of my life and looking like a dumbass. All he did was laugh or maybe it was a scoff? Then he got closer to me and handed me a box with my name on it. “What is this?”
“Open it and find out.” Once I opened the box I knew what he was saying and I finally understood why he had yet to find his mate…
We spent the rest of the night walking and talking and talking and that night turned into every night ritual he’d go for a run, and I would sneak past the guards and out to the lake and we would meet there and talk and just get to know each other. Until one night my brother Alarik followed me. I was the oldest and Alarik was the middle and always striving to impress his father and the counsel in hopes they would skip me and give him the internship. Yes, it was petty, but he was only twelve. I don’t hold grudges. Where was I? Oh yes, he followed me one night. Payton and I had been seeing each other secretly (mostly for my safety, he feared I would be in danger) for about three months when my brother followed me out to the lake.
This particular night we were enjoying some wine and some snacks under the stars. Proudly and confidently baring the mark of my mate on my collar bone so fresh in fact there was still the tiniest bit of blood on the bites. Little did we know as we were lost in each other that Alarik was watching us. Sneaky little bastard learned from the best. It was only when Payton and I heard a small gasp that we realized someone was there. Naturally, Payton went to investigate, and he found my brother who was enraged.
“Your brother?”
“Al!”
“Don’t you Al ME missy! You’re going to be in so much trouble! Mom and Dad are going to Kill YOU! HIM?!? Really?!”
“You talk a lot of shit for a twelve-year-old.” He joked it off but Payton was worried. Especially now.
“Please don’t. Come on Al.” He was right it was kind of a big deal for me to directly disobey my parents If he ratted anything could happen to me or the Wolves. It could be horrible. Deadly. My heart sunk thinking of it while I pleaded my brother not to tell but he took off and I knew what was coming.
“I’m so sorry Love. I have to go after him.”
I got back to the palace and my parents were waiting for me in my quarters.
“Mother. Sir Atlas.”
“Your brother tells us he caught you with the young alpha.” Atlas says it like it’s burning his mouth.
“And you care why? If we want peace among everyone maybe start by not acting like that.”
“Your tone young woman. And those creatures are vile, and we forbid you from seeing him again and UH oh OH MY what is that?!?” She practically screamed as she yanked the top of my dress away from my shoulder.
And that is when they completely forbid me from seeing my soulmate causing me complete and utter agony. They put guards at my door (Mind you my room is literally the highest room in the palace by my choice because it puts me by the library but still the guards?!? this is some Cinderella shit) if I go anywhere, I must have Fredrick with me or one of my tattle tales. I cannot even get any peace at my Father’s grave! So, I devised a plan to escape the guards and finally get to see my mate. I am desperate we haven’t seen each other in over a week and I feel as though my soul is dying without him. My plan is to go kiss up to the Lovely Lady and Sir. When I get the guards off my ass I am leaving for good and from there we (Payton and I) will rebuild our counsel doing whatever means needed. A revolution if you will. Maybe even the forbidden love turned world domination (but to make the world better).
Stormy Ville 