The Prince’s Unwilling mate

207 Ayla

Grandma never told me what she said to Hannah, she seemed relaxed when she came back though. And I knew better than to make my Grandma tell me something if she was not ready to tell me. As soon as I walked into the bridal salon I forgot all about Hannah. The pity I felt for her, the slight stress I felt at being in her presence still. It was weird the power dynamic between us had shifted. She seemed remorseful, she said outright she knew she had no right to ask for forgiveness. But that she still hoped I could find it in my heart to forgive her one day.

I didn’t answer her and up until I walked into the bridal salon, I doubted myself. Wondering if I had been too strict. If I should have given her my forgiveness. On the other hand, it was more than just the kidnapping. It was the entire history between the two of us. Everything that had happened. Even from before David betrayed me and rejected me. I was over it, I could have never been so happy in the BloodMoon pack as David’s mate. As I was with Griffin now, and I wondered if that didn’t just mean I should forgive her. Now surrounded by lace, glitters, and a whole lot of white dresses. All I could focus on was the fact that I was about to choose my wedding dress.

To be able to marry the love of my life in five short months. We had been saying five months, until I realized the first month had passed us by without a lot of planning. We settled on the fact that we would have the wedding in the castle. And we picked out invitations but that was about © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

We had spent three hours looking at dresses. The salon even had fake bellies I could wear under the dresses to see how they would look like when I was eight months pregnant. I settled on a bohemian– style dress with lace off–the–shoulder sleeves and a sweetheart neckline. It was soft and flowy but the floral lace covering the entire dress had a subtle glitter or shimmer in it. Causing it to still feel elegant and suitable for royalty. For the longest time, I had imagined myself wearing the highest heels I could find for my wedding. Just to be sure that I wouldn’t be that much shorter than my mate. The funny thing

is Griffin is a lot taller than David. And now when I am marrying Griffin I will be pregnant and unable to wear high heels. I already found cute ivory flats that looked like they were made out of lace.

Now I didn’t care for the height difference, on the contrary. I am already excited for the part where he can kiss the bride. He would just lift me with one arm like he usually does when he wants to kiss me. Nothing in this entire world makes me feel as wanted, and as protected as the moment where he lifts me off the ground to kiss me. Thinking about those kisses, We are on the way home and I have no idea if Griffin is going to be home already or not. Not wanting to risk mind–linking him I text him. There was no reply, so I decided to go to my room and unpack some of the clothes we had gotten today.

Due to their ranks in their respective packs, my family couldn’t stay long. Meaning that we would all go out for dinner tonight. And then they would go home first thing tomorrow morning again. I was very grateful that they managed to come over for such a short period so I wanted to spend as much quality time with them as I could. As Griffin wasn’t home yet, I invited the girls to come along with me. I could show them the room we wanted to decorate as the nursery.

I have been living in the Silver Moon pack for several months now. My

family has come over a few times since then. They have been in my apartment, or chambers however you would like to call it. They helped me unpack my stuff, and still, they have never seen how big my and Griffin’s living space is. For some reason, we never had dinner or lunch in our wing of the castle. Maybe next time when they come over we could change that.

The start would be to have them over for coffee and tea so we can relax a little bit before we need to get to dinner. Then the man told us they would fix dinner. None of us she–wolves knew what they had planned, or what we should wear. We trusted them though, happily chatting along as we made our way into my apartment. I put the kettle and the coffeemaker on and then gave the she–wolves in my family a proper tour of the place. Putting away my maternity clothes in my closets. For now, I placed all the baby and pregnancy stuff in the top drawer of the dresser. Next to my underwear, Griffin and I should

start working on the nursery. With how busy we are it might take longer than expected to get the nursery ready.

“No, Griffin agreed with me that we are going to make our nursery ourselves. It feels like a rite of passage we need to do as new parents” I answered Aunt Katie who had thought Griffin and I would just let one of the pack’s contractors make the nursery for us. And we easily could have but it didn’t feel right.

“Since I already RSVP–ed for the wedding you know I will be there. I will be sure to bring some decorative pieces fitting the nursery if you show me your style” Aunt Katie offered.

I was about to thank her and promise to keep her up to date on everything leading up to the wedding. As well as all things pregnancy and pup–related when we hear a sound coming from outside. Our

apartment was on the third floor, but we had a larger balcony. Where we could spend time outside if we wanted to. I think it was about the size of an average human garden in the suburbs. The sound seemed to be coming from the balcony. Whoever was on it tried to make as little sound as possible. After running into Hannah in the mall, despite her kind words. Despite what seemed like her genuine want for forgiveness it was all too circumstantial. I tried to mind–link Griffin but I couldn’t reach him. Probably because we were far apart. I could not be next to him, because if he texted back it could alert whoever was sneaking around on the balcony. I did a quick head count it was seven of us, likely against one or two of them. It wouldn’t make sense that they would try to break in with more wolves. That would draw way too much attention to them. No, if they had numbers that big they would have just attacked us out in the open.

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Everyone in the room had heard the noise coming from the balcony, and they were all waiting for my sign on what to do about it. So I signaled to the balcony door and made gestures I hoped would convey

opening the door. The others nodded so we sneaked to the balcony door careful not to make a sound.