Samantha's POV



My wolf and I were arguing as usual. She was tired and that's why she had shut me off, or something like that. I could hear faint voices, but only Cole's voice was crystal clear. It's because he is our mate, my wolf replied immediately. You just can't leave me alone, can you? , I ask her rather snappily. Somehow I feel her rolling her eyes and I have a sudden urge to hit her, but how?



I try to open my eyes, but she still refuses to let me take control over my body. We need more time, she says and I mentally sigh. She has been like this for a while, she doesn't let me open my eyes or move. Blocking her out of my mind, I focus on other sounds around me, making them stronger enough for me to hear.



"And you have to wake up, because some pretty scary and surprised things happened recently and I need someone to talk to and I have no one. We have been best friends since birth and you can't just sleep all day, you know?" I hear Miranda say kind of like sobbing. I feel bad for her, because she is right. Ever since we because friends we were always together and now, I stopped hanging out with her, but I was doing it for her and she couldn't understand. "I know what Aiden and you did at the forest all this time. I know that you think you are dangerous to all of us, but we can make it work. I am your water, Sam. I am your same and opposite" she says like she read my mind.

"Just open your eyes" she whispers.

I don't know how. I don't know why, but my eyes fluttered open willingly allowing me to see my suroundings. "Sam?" I hear Miranda's sweet voice calling me and a small smile plays on my lips. "Her bestie, I need some water" I say and she nods and run to bring me.

I look around me and see that I am in a hospital room. I have an IV on my arm and I am covered with beautifull white smooth sheets. "I called Derek and Cole" Miranda informs me as she bring me a pitch and a glass. She pours some water in and helps me take a sip.

At the same time Derek and Cole come into the room. Derek smiles at me kindly and walks to stand next to Miranda taking her in his arms, while Cole stands there looking at me. Relief is clear in his eyes as he stares deep into my eyes. With a quick movements he takes a seat next to me on the hospital bed. "I missed you" he murmurs to me with a bright smile as his hand cups my face, "I missed you too" I say leaning into his touch.

He looked strange. Even though you could see the relief and happiness, there was something that worried him. "Is there something wrong?" I asked hesitantly, they all looked each other unsure. A long silence made everyone feel awkward. From the corner of my eye I saw Miranda and without anyone realising I begun assesing her posture.

Every time something was wrong I could tell, from the way she was standing. Her posture betrayes saddness, grief.

Grief? Something was definetely wrong. "Cole tell me" I ushered my mate , he looked at me for a moment and then whispered

"Michelle is dead."

The feeling that got to me was weird. I felt the urge to grief, but at the same time to be proud of her death. My wolf was proud for Michelle for an unknown reason, How can you feel like that when she is dead?, I asked her offended by the way she was feeling. You can't understand yet. She simply said and blocked me out.

I turned my attention back to Cole. He was looking at me closely like I was going to break into husterically crying or something like that, but he was wrong. I was going to grief, but not with crying like a baby. "How?" I asked suddenly and everyones head looked each other. They don't know, I thought right way. "We are waiting for the doctors and some..friends of mine conclusion" Cole spoke like a true King.

Miranda and Derek left an hour later, they were all tired, especially Derek. Miranda was checking of him every single minute which made me suspicious. "What's wrong with Derek?" I asked Cole after Miranda and Derek left and as Cole was playing with my fingers. He looked away the minute I finished my sentence and I was sure that he was hiding something.

"Cole, what are you hiding from me?" I asked him, he looked distant for a moment, like he really didn't want to tell me. "They were here" he said to me, looking at me deep into the eyes without breaking eye contact. "You mean-" , "The Black Mooners Sam. They were here, looks like the war in on" he said and got up.

He was looking out of the hospital window while I was lost in thoughts. Scary thoughts. I didn't know how to react, being scared was not something I wanted to feel yet here I was feeling afraid. "They are not going to hurt you" Cole said after a moment of pure silence, "I will keep you safe no matter what" he whispered more to himself.

Being in this situation now made me look some things more closely. I was now able to control my powers, thanks to Aiden. I wouldn't be a threat to anyone, but what about Cole? I was always prepared for the rejection I would eventually give to my mate. It was never an option, it was always a choice and now I was more confused than ever. I loved Cole, that was for sure. But every time I wanted to let myself get lost in the mating love, my aunts situation always hunted me.

It was like she didn't want me to be like her, and I didn't want to be like her. But my mate isn't like hers. Cole loves me, Ι said to myself. I knew that for sure, but the fear of loosing him over someone like Svetlana was strangely strong.

"Are you ever going to leave me" I whispered out of the blue, Cole's head spun around and looked at me like I was crazy. "Why would I do that?" he asked and I shrugged, then he made the question I never thought he would do "Is this about your aunt?" he asked. At the moment I didn't care where he found out, I only cared about his answer.

"Sam, I love you" he said, "I am completely in love with you and its not because you are my mate, its because I love who you are" he said, my heart skipped a beat as he said those things and then came closer and leaned in.

He kissed me like never before, his lips were soft and warm against mine. His hands somehow got locked around me and brought me impossible closer to him. We soon run out of breath, he must have realised that, because he directed his kisses to my neck. I moaned loudly when he reached the spot where he would mark me, but then someone knocked the door.

We both stopped even though I could see in Cole's eyes he definetely wanted to continue. "Go answer the door" I pressured him, with a sigh he opened it. A young guard was there looking at Cole in the eyes with terror or maybe worry. "Go to my office" he said suddenly, he called for another two guards and told them "I want Sam to be in my room. Take all of her stuff from her previous room and put them in mine".

The guards nodded, he came kissed my forehead and left. He didn't even ask me, that should make me mad, but it didn't. It made me happy and I just couldn't wait to see that room again.

His room wasn't something that I hadn't seen before, and yet being here to stay as his mate was so unfamiliar. Some things had clearly changed,but I couldn't place a date in my head when he had done it.

The bed was neatly made and two of my childhood teddy bears were sitting there watching me. Smiling while they brought me back unforgettable memories.

Two strong arms wrapped around my waist, and while the shivers run accross my body , my mate brought me closer to him. "I love the fact that your eyes are open" he murmured, I smiled and placed my hands over his. "I am sorry that I was so cold towards you" I begun to say, "I understand baby" he said. I noticed his voice and his whole posture was a little tense, but I didn't pay much attention to it as there were so many things I wanted to say.



"The truth is that ever since my aunt died, I made a promise to myself not to be with my mate. I didn't and still don't want to be like her. I know this is going to make you mad, but for a while I was in love with Jake" I admitted, his hands turned into fists, but I didn't stop. "Those feelings disappeared as soon as I laid on you, but I beat myself up in order to stay away from you. I didn't make it of course. In the end, I just couldn't stay away". I could feel him listening to me, concetrating to my words.

"I always thought that I could rest on my power. Fire was one of the things I thought I knew I could handle and when I lost control of it.... I was dangerous Cole" I whispered the last lart. He kissed the side of my neck and buried himself sniffing me.

"I am sorry I stayed away. I will not do that anymore", I said and turned to face him. "I love you" he said loud and clear.

His voice was smooth,but still worried about something. "Cole what is going on?" I asked him, he only said "Just love me" and we got lost into each other

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(I am working on the sex scene. I will upload it in a private chapter book...:) )

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I felt utterly happy. My head was spinning, in a good way and I couldn't stop smiling. Cole was fast asleep next to me, obviously tired, but there was also something weird about him. It was like he wasn't completely there the whole moment, like something was bothering him and I knew I had to know what.

I got up and wore his shirt as I begun walking around in the room.I noticed that there was a note on the back pocket of his jeans, that were laying there on the floor.

Carefully I picked the note up. It was full with drops of blood. I smelled the blood and my heart stopped. Michelle....

With shaky hands I opened the bloody note.

We were aiming for your mate, King, but the maid gave us an entertaining fight. You know we are coming for you. For all of you. Enjoy the moments you have with your special mate, because we might didn't kill her this time, but we will the next and we want to see you dying deep inside from her loss...

The Black Mooners

I didn't know how to react. On the one hand, I wanted to mourn Michelle's death and yell at myself for being the cause of this. On the other hand, I wanted to get away. Give myself to them and end everything. Maybe if I gave them myself, they would back off and no one had to die.

"Sam?" I heard Cole's voice summon me, I turned to face him. He eyed the note on my hands and said "It's nothing".

I yelled, I screamed, I cried. Michelle was my first new friend since I came to the palace, I felt it was my obligation to mourn her death and blame myself. "You are not to blame" Cole said, wrapping his arms around me he tried to calm me down.

Miranda and Derek tried too, but nothing could make me feel better. It was all because of me, as always. After a moment of crying Aiden came to mind. How was he feeling? He just lost his mate.

"Aiden" I whispered, from the corner of my eye I saw Cole stiffen and look away. "Cole? Where is he?" I asked, he looked down his knotted hands. He seemed sad,

"We don't know" he said.

"We don't know where my brother is"...