Warrior Princess
Chapter 50

3 Days until the war

Samanthas POV

We walked up to Andrew and Rosaline’s apartment and knocked.

“I was just about to head out to training. What brings you both here?” Andrew said.

“I wanted to talk to you about what we discovered with Jenson.”

He stiffened going into alpha mode. He nodded and said, “Walk and talk.” Akira bristled a bit at the command, but we bit it down. He is my father-in-law, the previous king. We were halfway to the training grounds when we were done going over the information.

“6 years. This was going on during my reign. How did I miss it?” he said sounding angry at himself.

“We all missed it, dad. But it’s in the past. The war is coming whether we want it to or not. We need to step up our training. Based on the intel we have the attack is going to happen on Saturday. That’s in 3 days. We need to focus on integrating the witch’s defensive mechanisms into our training. The warriors are doing well sparring with both vampires, witches, and the allied bears.” He nodded and patted Kasen on the back.

“I am proud of you, son. You and your mate are doing an excellent job at running this kingdom. Despite everything going on, you have found time to handle your royal duties and prepare for this war and start a family. I’m proud of you both.”

I smiled and grabbed Kasen’s hand. He has craved his father’s approval since he was a kid. He’s always gotten it because he is an incredible man, but hearing his dad approve of him as a king is another level of satisfaction for him.

We get to the training grounds and see Shawn sitting on Tiberius’ shoulders barking out orders. Everyone has heard of the news of us adopting him and has taken to him well. Shawn has really blossomed since and its warms my soul. I chuckle and Kasen and Andrew look on with pride.

“He’s got the makings of a leader, that’s for sure.” Andrew said.

“Mommy, mommy, mommy! I got to play with a Vampire!” he squealed in excitement. Tiberius set him down and high-fived him.

“Remember, little one, You are stronger than you know!” he said and I looked to Kasen and he shrugged. We joined them and I bowed to Tiberius. He is royalty in his own right. Josh, and Marcus joined us.

“How is everyone looking today?” I asked.

“Good. I have not seen anywhere we can really improve on. The only thing left is to integrate all of our plans into training.” Josh said.

“I was just talking about this. We need to start integrating the witches defensive mechanisms into play. I want training from here on out to be as realistic to battle as possible without anyone getting killed.” Kasen says.

“I will see to it that it’s done. Also, the alphas have had nothing but great remarks about everything weve been doing. They are saying that the warriors they brought with them will be training their packs back home in the same manner upon returning. That takes care of the annual Training program that we run. At least for this year it does.” Josh said with a bow walking off to replace Shari to inform her of our plans.

“How are you doing Tiberius? I know we haven’t had much time to talk, but I wanted to check in. I know you and your clan have lost so much already. It has to be weighing on your shoulders. I know there isn’t much I can say or do that would make up for it, but I want to let you know I am here if you ever want to talk or vent.”

He smiles and nods his head. “You truly are a wonder, your majesty.” Kasen squeezes my hand and I feel the love flowing through our bond.

“None of that. It’s Samantha or Sam. So who is sparring with who so far today?” I ask the group around us.

“I am sparring with Duke, You are set to spar with Jake, Your dad is sparring with Theo, and I am going to get your pretty boy mate to spar with this hunk of Vampire.” Marcus says with a laugh.

“That sounds perfect. Are Elena and Anna sparring today?” I ask and he nods.

“They are actually sparring together!” I smile.

“Hello, Mate,” Elena says kissing Marcus on the cheek. “Hello, your grace.” she says to me.

“Gamma Elena,” I say with a smile in my voice. She looks confused. “You are mated to our gamma. That makes you a Gamma. And you’re my friend. You know you can call me Samantha.” I say and she smiles.

“Where does that leave me?” I hear Gemma’s voice.

“Gems, you know you’re not supposed to train.” Kasens says.

“I know, but I am here supervising and providing medical aid to those hurt in training. I just came by to see my best girlfriends.” she punches him in the gut. We all stifle a laugh.

“Anna, how are you doing? We haven’t gotten to talk much.” I say.

“I feel like I’m on cloud nine. I don’t have to walk on egg shells here, or look over my shoulder wondering whether today will be the day I die or not. I feel loved and valued here. Thanks to Josh, and you, and you My king.” I hug her and she hugs me back with surprising strength.

“You know that makes you a Beta female, right? Josh is one of our betas.” She nods and I hear a horn signalling the start of the next round of sparring.

“Well off to replace your mate Gemma so I can kick his a*s.”

She smirks. “Just leave his balls alone. I want more kids in the future.” she shouts at me.

“I could have gone my whole life without hearing that.” Kasen says next to me.

“What? I love hearing your sister talk about my brother’s nutsack.” I deadpan. We both burst out laughing. I hear footsteps fast approaching. I take a big whiff in and smell my twin. Just as he is about to reach me, I turn around and duck and he flies through the air landing on his back. Groaning.

“Nice try slick.” he flips me the bird and stands up.

“You’ll pay for that in training today” I laugh and we get to the center of our fighting ring.

“Alright, I want a clean spar.” Kasen says eyeing us both.

“Kick his butt, mommy!” I hear Shawn yell and smile.

“Traitor.” Jake sputters out. “Fight.”

I’m currently laying on the exam table next to jake while Doc and Gemma look over our wounds. My mom and Rosaline come in and take one look at us.

“I swear it’s like you’re teenagers all over again.” We all laugh.

“Was it like this often in your home?” Rosaline asked.

“Oh yes. Constant bickering, fighting, trips to the pack doctor.” she said.

“Don’t forget multiple trips to my office.” Alpha Aaron said coming into the room with Carson and his Luna.

“How could I ever forget? I was ready to tie them together in silver chains.” Mommy dearest bit out.

“Oh come on, we couldn’t have been that bad.” Jake interrupts me and says, “Remember the time we were training and ended up going too far and you broke my nose, so I waited until you fell asleep and put an entire can of hairspray in your hair and dyed it neon green?” oh how could I forget.

“And then the time I got you back by putting Nair in your shampoo and you went bald for a month? And then poured glitter in your body wash?” I said and Carson chuckled.

“We called you disco ball for a month.” he said and I laughed. I didn’t have many good moments in school, but I always knew that despite how much I and my brother fought or pranked each other he loved me. Despite the whole issue when I left the pack but im not talking about that.

“How is my mate doing, Doc?” Kasen says walking in the room.

“The usual. My queen, how many times are we going to have this conversation?” Doc is like the hard a*s grandfather that you can’t help but love.

“I know, I know, but he started it.” I glared at Jake and thought back to our fight when he tried to pin me by sitting on me with all his weight and snapped on of my ribs because I hadn’t shifted yet. The jerk.

“How is everything going out there?” I ask my mate and he smiles.

“Perfectly actually. The ones that are being protected by the witches defense are immune to all attacks, silver, wolfsbane, even other spells.” I smile. That was the goal.

“Will we be able to defend the entire frontlines?” I ask and he frowns.

“No. But we will be able to get a majority. We are working on recruiting as many as we can to get that percentage up” I nod. I want everyone to survive. I want all of us to come out of this unscathed. I want this war to be over with no casualties. But I know that won’t happen.

“My king. Come quickly there is a visitor here requesting to speak with Prince Theo and you.” I frown. No one should know he is here. How did that even get out.

“No need to bring him to me. I’m already here.” He says and we look and I pale. The bear king is here. On our lands. In my hospital room. He eyes me and smirks.

“You must be the new queen I’ve heard so much about. You are even more beautiful than I could have pictured.” He said darkly. Kasen growled in warning.

“I see you are expecting our arrival. I came to give you an option. Surrender now or tomorrow morning we kill everyone. Including your mate, and that bastard of a pup you brought in.” This time it’s my turn to growl. I let my full authority lek out of my pores and everyone but Kasen bows in respect. I get up, ignoring the pain in my ribs and stalk towards him.

“You will leave his name out of your filthy mouth. We will not be surrendering. We are ready for you.” Kasen places his hand on my lower back and rubs circles to calm me down.

“My mate speaks the truth. We will not surrender. We won’t let you destroy anymore lives.” He sounds so regal when he talks.

“Well, see about that. Anywho, have it your way. All of the lives lost will be on your hands then. That’s a lot of bloodshed. Are you sure you want that?” I go to respond, but Kasen squeezes my h*p. ‘he’s baiting us. He wants a reaction. Don’t give him one’ he’s right.

“If you don’t wish to be killed here and now, I suggest you leave my lands now.” He smirks but turns to leave.

“I’ll see you all at dawn.” And with that he walks out and leaves us all in a stunned silence. We had months, then it was advanced to days, then come to replace out we have less than 24 hours. We are so screwed. The door flies open again and Shawn jumps on the bed.

“You’re safe, momma. I’m here to protect you now!”

Kasen smiles and picks him up. “That’s my boy. But it’s my job to protect you and your mother.” I sit up and rub his cheeks and see tears running down them.

“I was scared, daddy. I didn’t like that man. He smelled very evil. Sampson said he smelled powerful but dark. We don’t like him at all.” Kasen takes him in his arms and k****s his forehead.

“It’s okay. I’ve got you. He won’t hurt you.”

I can only hope and pray he’s right. I will give my life to protect him. And this so called king comes in here and threatens my family? Now he’s pissed off the wrong shewolf.

Shawns POV

I was sitting on the chair in the waiting room with Rosie, Uncle Duke and Theo. I like Rosie, she is very nice to me. A big man, almost as big as my dad came into the hospital. I saw Uncle Theo freeze. He smelled of Anger and a bit of fear. I felt Sampson bristle in my mind.

‘Sampson?’ I ask and he says. ‘that’s another bear. He smells powerful. But he has a dark aura. I don’t like him.’ he looks like he wants to hurt us. I feel Theo grab mine and Rosies hands and a low rumble come from his chest as he stands and pushes us behind him.

“Duke, take the kids somewhere safe. Now!” without waiting duke picks up Rose and grabs my hand and we leave.

“Who was that man?” I ask.

“A very bad man.”

Im 5 years old. I know things. I know there is a big war going on. I know that everyone is training for it.

“Is he the leader of the bad guys we are fighting in the war?”

“Yes” is all he says. He is usually very funny, and happy. But Uncle duke seems to be radiating tension. I don’t like this. I don’t like it at all. I want my mom. I want my dad.

We get to the doors of the hospital and I hear my dad growl loudly. I break out of Uncle Duke’s hands and run towards the room. I feel tears welling up in my eyes. My dad only growls like that when he needs to. He and Atlas are very strong. I just got my new parents. I don’t want to lose them now.

The bad man walks past me with a smirk. I ignore him and run right into the room. Mom and Uncle Jake are in the beds with bandages on them and daddy is holding momma’s hand. I don’t even think I just run and jump on the bed. These are my parents. They are my family. This room is filled with my family.

‘Family.’ Sampson said to me. ‘They are our family. We will protect our family this time.’

I know he was talking about my real mom and dad. How we failed to protect them before. We were just a baby, but I still feel like it’s my fault. I cry. I cry thinking about my new family. I don’t want to lose them. I am so scared.