The Werewolf King’s Runaway Queen
Chapter 7

Alissa's POV

"Alissa"

"Dear, wake up"

"I'm here now, Alissa"

I opened my eyes and found myself in a forest.

I sat up but was surprised to not even feel any kind of pain in my body.

I clearly remember being badly wounded but why do I not feel anything.

I checked my whole body and saw no injuries but I did notice that I was a white flowylace nightdress.

I stood up and looked around until I heard rustling in the bushes.

I stepped back with caution.

But then, I saw my wolf.

"Quinn" I called her name and came rushing to her.

I hugged her as she snuggled her head into me.

"I'm sorry I couldn't protect us enough" I whispered in guilt.

My wolf looked at me with her beautiful light brown eyes.

"We did everything we could. I do not blame you. In fact, I blame myself for not being able to do anything for us" she said.

I placed my forehead on her.

"Atleast we're together now" I said softly.

"Even after death" I added.

"Not quite" she said.

I looked at her with a confused expression.

"What do you mean?" I asked clueless.

My wolf looked me in the eye.

"Wakeup, Alissa. Someone is patiently waiting for you" she said.

And with that, I gasped awake.

"Alissa!" Denisse rushed to my side and held my hand.

"Oh my goddess. You scared the living sht out of me. Are you okay? How are you feeling? Do you need anything?" she asked as her eyes teared up.

I gently squeezed my bestfriend's hand and gave her a weak smile.

"I'm fine" I said.

Denisse looked at me with her tear filled eyes.

"I was so worried about you" she said as her voice cracked.

I gave her another small smile of assurance.

"I'm a fighter, you know" I said as I chuckled.

She chuckled as well.

Then, the door opened and I saw the person I've been longing to see for so long.

"Alissa" she said as she rushed to my side and Denisse stepped aside with her head bowed low.

"Aunt Livi" I said with a smile.

I saw the relief in her eyes as she held my hand with both of hers.

"How are you feeling?" she asked softly.

"Better now that you're here" I said.

Aunt Livi smiled and it warmed my heart to see her this close after years of being away.

"Good" she said and kissed my hand before caressing my face.

"I'm sorry I came so late" she said.

I lightly shook my head.

"I'm alive, aren't I? That means you came just in time" I said.

Aunt Livi chuckled.

"Oh, dear" she said as she looked at me with loving eyes.

"May I please sit up?" I asked.

Aunt Livi nodded and Denisse helped her help me sit up on the bed.

I looked around and realized that I was at the Alpha's house.

"I'll have the royal doctor check on you" aunt Liv said and I nodded.

She leaned in and gave me a kiss on the top of my head.

"You did well in protecting your pack. I'm proud of you" she said.

I smiled warmly as her soft words made me feel elated.

But then suddenly, the door burst open and it was as if the air around me shifted.

My brown eyes met with a familiar green ones and I felt like his gaze was piercing through my soul.

"Mate" our wolves both muttered in unison.

I covered my mouth as my eyes widened in shock while he looked at me with his usual cold stare.

"Luke" aunt Livi stood in front of him with a warning tone in her voice.

Luke didn't even look at his mother but continued to stare at me.

"Alissa is still feeling weak from the injuries she acquired battling the rogues. Give her more time to rest" aunt Livi said.

I gulped as Luke's brows furrowed.

"No" Luke said firmly.

"Luke, look at me and listen" aunt Livi said but Luke didn't move.

"Luke" aunt Livi said in an authoritative tone.

Luke finally looked at his mother.

Aunt Livi didn't talk but Luke's expression slowly started to change.

They must be talking in their link.

Luke closed his eyes and sighed before opening it again and glancing at me with the same cold expression from before.

"Come on" aunt Livi said and she gave Luke a kiss on the cheek before pushing out of the room and closing it.

Aunt Livi sighed again before facing me once more.

"Are you okay?" aunt Livi asked with a concerned look.

I couldn't answer.

What was I supposed to feel at this moment?

Still, I forced myself to nod.

Aunt Livi gave me a look.

"Clearly, you're forcing yourself that you are but you're not" she said as she sat beside me again.

Aunt Livi held my face and looked at me with a soft expression.

"You must be surprised. I can't say I didn't expect you to be and your feelings are valid" she said as she gently caressed my face with her thumb. "You know what? We'll give you a little space to process this, okay?" she said.

I gulped and nodded.

Aunt Livi gave me an assuring smile and a kiss on the forehead.

Then, she looked at Denisse and chuckled when she saw her frozen in the corner with a shocked expression on her face.

"I think your friend need a little time out herself" aunt Livi said.

I chuckled and aunt Livi stood up and dragged Denisse with her outside.

I sat there still processing things.

How could this be?

I'm mated to him?

To Luke of all people?

The only other person who I never got along with except my stepfather?

Seriously?

And not to mention that he's royal and to be exact, the new King of all werewolves.

Then, I sensed a ringing inside of me.

Quinn.

I let her in to be able to communicate with her.

I must've unintentionally shut her off out of shock with the sudden revelation that I'm mated to the wolf I least expect to be mated with.

"Alissa, we found our mate!" my wolf said excitedly.

I sighed.

"I know" I said without much enthusiasm.

"What's wrong? You don't seem too happy" she pointed out.

"It's not like that Quinn. It's just..." I paused.

"It's what?" she asked.

"It's complicated" I told her.

"What do you mean?" she said.

I took a deep breath.

"I've known Luke for years but in those years, I never got along with him or made any close connection with him but I do know him enough to figure out that he doesn't like me very much" I explained. "Well, that's not possible. He's our mate. I'm sure that he loves us very much. Maybe you're just misunderstanding him" she said.

I'm pretty sure I'm not.

"I don't know, Quinn. The last time I was with him was almost 3 years ago. That's a lot of time but not enough for a person to just change from how I knew him to be" I said. "Alissa" Quinn whimpered.

I sighed.

"We'll see, Quinn but let's not get our hopes up that this is happily ever after because we found our mate" I said.

Quinn kept whimpering in disappointment with my not so positive response to our mate.

I don't have anything against Luke but I knew him well enough before I ran away since I spent years training with him and that was the most intention I have with him. Every time we were training.

That's it.

And well, we weren't a very good fit.

Luke and I are only about a year apart and I met him when I moved to the palace with my mom and stepfather.

Even our first meeting wasn't very ideal.

And we were very young back then as well.

Flashback...

I looked outside of the car window for hours as I watched everything I once knew change before my eyes.

"Honey, are you okay?" my mom asked.

I simply nodded but in reality, I wasn't.

I wasn't okay with all of this.

I looked at my mom from the rear view mirror as she smiled.

They both did.

I watched as he reached out for her hand and held it.

I wasn't okay but at least my mom was.

Atleast one of us was happy.

I met eyes with his eyes and he gave me a smile.

I looked away.

He's Axel. My mom's second chance mate and my now stepfather.

They met a few months ago and didn't take long to make it official.

But he's not my dad.

My dad is gone but I'll never have any other except the one I lost 4 years ago.

Axel is a good guy but no one will ever equal to my dad.

I bit my lower lip as I forced myself not to cry.

I miss him so much.

I wish he was still with us but he's not.

A tear fell from my eye but I quickly wiped it away.

After hours of just staring outside, I fell asleep.

"I love you, sweetheart. I always have. I always will" my dad said.

"I love you too" I replied as he kissed my forehead and a tear fell from my eye.

Then, I wake up.

I look around and see that we're entering a huge gate in front.

"We're here" Axel announced.

I kept looking as we passed the landscape of the place.

Everything looked beautiful inside.

Finally, we parked somewhere.

I stayed in the car until my mom opened my door for me.

"Come on, honey" she said and held my hand.

I stood beside her as she held my hand.

I met eyes with Axel but immediately looked away.

Axel stood on the other side of my mom and held her hand.

We walked towards a palace and I was amazed as I looked at it.

We were greeted by a lot of people as we got inside and I held on to my mom tightly.

"We'll need to meet the owners first before we can go to our new home" Axel said and we went towards a room.

We reached a huge living room and saw 2 figures by couch.

"Your majesties" Axel said.

The 2 figures turned around and I was in awe when I saw the woman.

"Axel and his family" she said with a voice so enchanting to the ears.

"Welcome" she said and her eyes landed on me and she smiled.

I smiled back at her nervously.

"You must be Mavis. Axel has told us a lot about you" she turned to my mother.

"It's a pleasure, your highness" my mother said wothya bow.

The woman smiled once more and turned to look at me again.

"And this beautiful young lady must be Alissa" she said as she leaned forward to my eye lack.

I lightly gasped and gulped at how breathtaking she was.

She reached out to me carefully.

"You don't need to be nervous around me, dear. I'm not that scary. Or so I believe" she kid.

The man behind her and Axel chuckled.

"Maybe she thinks that you're just incredibly beautiful, love" the man said.

The woman smiled.

"I'am King Luan Grey and this beautiful woman is Queen Liviana Alaric, child" the man said.

I carefully nodded.

"Shall we sit?" the Queen offered.

We sat down and my parents the King and Queen started talking.

It was a casual conversation and I either just looked around or stared at the Queen.

"Alissa, dear. Feel free to roam around the palace. You can get a head start with going around here if you want" the Queen suggested.

I nodded.

"Excuse me" I excused myself.

I started going around the palace.

It was huge.

I felt like I was going to get lost if I took a wrong turn.

It was beautiful inside and out.

It must be a dream to live in a place like this and with such amazing people at that.

Queen Liviana alone made me want to be adopted here.

"Hey, you. Who are you?" I froze on the spot at the voice.

Oh no.

I'm not very good at first confrontations.

"Hey! I'm talking to you!"

Suddenly, a person grabbed me by the arm and my body moved on impulse.

I punched the person who grabbed me and that person fell to the ground witha groan.

My eyes widened as I saw a boy who looked like he was close to my age.

He held his face in pain then looked at me with a glare.

"Your majesty!" helpers came rushing to his aid.

Uh-oh

End of Flashback...

That's how I met Luke for the first time.

I punched the dude in the face without even knowing that he was one, royalty and two, the last kid I want to mess with in the palace.

Luke also had a younger brother and sister who are twins.

I was pretty close to his sister and close enough to his brother.

And well, I'm not even a little bit close to Luke because of that.

So you see, I'm not in very good terms with Luke.

No wonder he was giving me a cold look even though we both found out that we were each other's mate.

This is really really complicated.

Then, there was a knock on the door and it opened revealing...

"Liana" I muttered when I saw her.

"Alissa" she said and she rushed to hug me.

I groaned a little and she immediately gave me an apologetic look.

"It's been so long" she said.

I smiled at her.

"I know. It's nice to see you again" I said.

She smiled back at me and then my eyes shifted to her brother and the doctor in front of him.

I averted my gaze from Luke.

"I'm here to do a check up on you, miss Alissa" the doctor said.

I nodded and Liana was pulled away by her brother, Luke.

Luke didn't take his eyes off me as I was checked by the doctor.

My heart was beating so fast inside my of my chest with him just being in the same room as me.

I was having a hard time controlling Quinn as well.

"Mate! Mate! Mate!" she shouted in my head.

Oh this is going to be tough.