Warrior Princess
Chapter 44

6 Days until the War

Samanthas POV

“That is amazing. Most hybrids can only shift into their dominate animal.” I say and she shifts back. Josh hands her his shirt to put on and she blushes a deep red at him only wearing pants.

“Alright, you’ll heal just fine.” Doc says. I almost forgot he was here looking at Jason.

“Jason, how are you feeling?” I asked him. He nods but you can see he’s holding in the pain.

“Nothing that wont heal soon.”

I nod. “Alright. So Im going to be setting up a check in station. I want you all to relax. Make yourselves at home. When you are checking in please let us know how many people are with you, how many bedrooms you will need, if you have any need of clothing, or medical necessities. We have a full-blown hospital on our grounds. Trust me I know” I say looking directly at Doc and Kasen and the laugh.

“Yes, my Queen and I do hope you stay away for at least another couple of weeks. We love you dearly but it has been nice not having to worry about stitching you up.” Everyone looks at me with questions except my family.

“Hey, don’t look at me. Theo is the one that put me in the hospital last time.” I say.

“Hey, that’s not fair. I already apologized!” He said.

“And no to be clear I was the one that put you there last time.” Jake said.

“Jeez guys. You’re going to make everyone think some bad things here.” I say with a laugh.

“All is good everyone. We Found Theo trespassing on our land. I apparently stole his bachelor pad cave and it made him mad. I kicked his a*s though.” I say giving him a noogie.

“And Jake didn’t mean any of it. He had been spelled.” I say with a shrug.

“Well, atleast it will never be dull here.” Anna says.

“Mommy!” Shawn says running up to me. “The mac in Cheese is smoking!” Crap… Well, that’s just…Wait did he call me mommy?

‘Yes, he did. My heart!’ Akira said. Kasen smiled.

‘Kasen, he called me mommy!’ I linked him and he opened up his bond with me and I felt every ounce of love pouring out of him.

“Oh my god yall. You’re suffocating us in here with all your Love and Sap!” Gemma said with a chuckle.

“Let’s go fix the mac n cheese huh little man?” I ask. He takes my hand and I turn around.

“Is anyone else here hungry? Lunch is going to be served in the dining hall and most of our warriors eat in there. It is open for everyone to eat there. No burnt mac n cheese though I’m afraid.” I say and I hear a few chuckles. A few kids come forward. They look to be the same age as Shawn.

“Can we have some mac n cheese?” A little girl asks.

“Sure! We have Lots here!” Shawn says taking her hand and dragging her to the kitchen. I look to my family shocked.

“Did that just happen?” Josh asks.

“What?” I heard annas voice.

“He is usually closed off. The only people who have gotten him to open up is Samantha and Kasen. That’s why they are adopting him.” Nods of understanding float around the room and everyone goes off to do their assigned tasks and or eat lunch.

At sunset, we are preparing for our meeting with the Alphas. We’ve also included Jason, Theo, Duke, Josh and Jake, Marcus, and both my Dad, and Andrew. We have the Lead Vampire, Lead Witch, and Even Anna has joined us. Kasen is starting to get tense. This week is going to be straining on him. On all of us, I should say.

“Sit everyone.” and they do as they’re told. “We are here to discuss strategy, battle tactics, strength and weaknesses of all of your warriors you have, the strengths and weaknesses of the Bear fighters we will be going up against. I want to hear all of your thoughts.” He says.

“I have a thought.” I say gathering everyones attention. “For one, he doesn’t let women fight. That would make him see us as a disadvantage. Secondly, If the witches agree. Instead of having them on the front lines fighting I think it would be helpful for us if they focused a majority on protection spells. Keeping us safe. That’s not to say they can’t fight if they don’t want to. I’m just trying to think of a way we can use everyones strengths. Vampires you all have the speed and strength. I dare even say your speed is faster than ours. No matter how much I don’t like admitting that.” I say with a chuckle. Who’ve come to know as Tiberius, Kasen’s friend and one of the remaining royal Vampires smirks.

“Oh darling, it is no secret we are definitely faster. You may have us on size and some strength but id win at a foot race against your mate any day.” Kasen throws a pen at him.

“BOYS!” I shout. They both shrink down like scolded children. “You can settle that bet later. Now back to work. Who next on ideas?” Shari, the witch’s coven leader raises her hand. I nod at her and she says.

“I like your idea of us using protection enchantments. But we are capable of so much more as well. We have enough numbers to split us in half. Half doing protection, the other half fighting. We may not have physical strength as you both but our magic is equally as strong.” That’s actually brilliant.

“Dividing the forces and using both sides of that magical aspect is perfect. Any objections on that?” I ask and no one speaks.

“Perfect. Go through your ranks and coven. Pick who would be best for defense and who would be best suited for the offense.” I say and Kasen mumbles.

“I’m beginning to think I should just go and let you lead this meeting.”

‘stop pouting. You’re acting like a child. We have a room full of people counting on you. It is not time for fun and games. You’re a king and an alpha act like it.’ I scold through the link. He looks taken back by my attitude.

‘Im sorry love. I didn’t mean to snap. It is just we have so little time to prepare.’ I link looking down. I feel his anger radiating and I know I’ve overstepped. Atleast I didn’t say it aloud infront of everyone.

I go to grab his hand and he pulls back at first. I bite my l*p and look away. Listening to the room full of these brilliant people talking about fighting. I’m so tired of fighting. I am so tired of power hungry assholes. I am so tired of anger. I know stress can affect people in different ways. I know people react to stress in different ways too. I didn’t mean to snap at my mate. I didn’t mean to essentially challenge his authority.

My mind is running at a million miles per hour right now. Thoughts popping in my head like a boxer practicing on the speed bag. My mind is running at is own pace that cannot be stopped. To the point that I can’t even hear those around me anymore. I’m thinking about the war, I’m thinking about my mate. I’m thinking about my new son. Im thinking about my family and friends. Im thinking about the fate of the kingdom. Im thinking about who we will lose and who will overcome. I’m thinking what if this is my last 6 days on this earth. Im thinking what if we lose.

My head is throbbing. I press my hand to my temple and rub it. It doesn’t alleviate the pain. The room starts to spin. I blink my eyes rapidly to focus. It doesn’t help. My chest starts feeling heavy. At this point, I realize I’ve stressed myself to the point of giving myself a panic attack. I stand abruptly with my hand to my chest. Everyone stops talking and looks at me.

“Excuse me. Carry on.” I say and walk out the room.

“Are you okay?” Jake asks me. Being my beta he can sense when something is wrong. But being my twin he feels my emotions. I’m not stupid or blind to think he didn’t feel what I just felt. I feel bad for putting him through that too. I should have shut it off. I should have stopped. I should have calmed down. I should have just shut my brain down. I can’t do this. Im not meant to do this.

‘Samantha, are you alright?’ Kasen links me. Not ‘love’ not any other term of endearment he give me. It’s my name. He’s angry still.

I nod my head at him but choose to leave it at that. His eyesbrows are furrowed and his jaw is set and clenching. If I left my bond open with Jake that means I left my bond open with him too. He felt my turmoil, pain, inner battle, and didn’t even offer his hand to hold. He’s my mate. He can offer a sense of comfort, grounding, calmness. His scent helps but when your mate is really struggling sometimes it takes physical touch. A touch that he denied. I don’t know what’s going through his head right now. His link is shut off. Whether it is just to me or the whole room I don’t know.

Jake grabs my hand bringing my attention back to him. Linking me this time instead of speaking aloud.

‘Are you alright?’

I nod my head. ‘im just tired. Im going to go check on Shawn and lay down.’ He nods his head.

‘He’s with mom right now. They should be in the gardens.’ He squeezes my hand. ‘Whatever is going through that brain of yours, just know it will be okay. I don’t know what happened, but I could feel it. I’m here if you want to talk.’

I nod and walk to the door, opening and closing it shut quietly after I exit.

‘Where are you going?’ Kasen linked.

‘I’m sorry…’ I say. Quickly adding, ‘im tired. Im going to check on Shawn and lay down if that’s okay.’ I state. I was going to with or without his approval. Panic attacks take a lot out of a person. It is exhausting both mentally and physically.

‘Of course. You don’t need to ask permission. We can talk later.’ He says.

‘Okay. I love you.’ I link and he doesn’t respond after that. Ouch. That was harsh. I get what I said can be bad to say to an alpha, but whether you’re mad or upset you shouldn’t let that completely deter you away from the love you feel for someone.

I start walking towards the garden when I hear a quiet ‘I love you too’ whispered through our bond. I smile slightly, but I still feel hurt. I feel rejected almost. I know that’s all nonsensical bullshit, but that’s how I feel. I’m a woman. I overthink everything and I assume too much. Sue me.

I get to the garden and see my mom and Shawn reading. I’ve noticed he likes to read. It is strange I’ve only known him for 24 hours and I’ve picked up on so many of his traits.

“How are you all doing?” I ask and they look up at me.

“We’re having a blast aren’t we bud?” he of course nods at her but yawns.

“I was gonna go lay down. Would you like to lay down with me?” he looks reluctant but gets up anyways. I hold out my hand and he takes it.

“Are you okay?” My mother knows me all too well. I nod my head and she doesn’t push it. No doubt Jake will fill her in later.

We get to our apartment and take off our shoes and coats

“Do you want to sleep in your room or with me?” I ask and he looks so shocked that I asked.

“You mean I can actually go to sleep in your room with you?” I couldn’t imagine being so alone.

“Of course. I love to snuggle.”

We get to mine and Kasen’s room and I cut on the Tv that’s mounted to the wall. Cutting on a movie for him to fall asleep to we climb into bed. He lays on his back watching tv and I lay on my side and rub his head. He’s out cold in 5 minutes. This boy will not go without love ever again. I will make sure of it.

He is snoring softly and I end up closing my eyes as well holding him close. He may not be b***d but he’s my baby. It would only be perfect if Kasen was in here with us.

With that I let the heavy pull of sleep throw me off the cliff.