The Lost Alpha Princess

Chapter 77

Hunter's POV

The last two days have been bliss just Hope the twins and myself, I haven't seen Hope smile this much since I met her. I was living in the moment because I had a feeling that when we go back to what will be our new reality things are going to go wrong, I don't like the feeling I have that this crowning is going to bring something bad our way again. All I know is I will not lose Hope or the twins, I will die before anything happens to any of them. All I spent the last two days doing is staring at my beautiful Mate and children, I don't think I have ever smiled this much before either.

I'm making the most of the time I have because the twins are going to Snow-peak pack this evening with Hope's mother along Kane and Summer, I'm not happy about it but I know it's for the best I can't begin to understand how Hope is feeling about them going. They are going with the people I trust the most in the world, I may not have known Amelia and Summer for long but I do trust them with the twins.

The drive home was long and Hope and the twins slept most of the way, by the time we get home it's late afternoon and we need to get the twins ready. As we get the twins out of the car Amelia greets us "I packed everything the twins will need, but you can check before we go. I wanted you to spend as much time as possible with them, before we head off later." Amelia explains with a small smile. I look at Hope and can see she is struggling with the twins up coming departure "Thank you Amelia, we will be in the nursery for the next couple of hours." I say and Amelia looks at Hope before giving me a knowing nod.

Hope's POV

I'm not sure how I am going to sleep tonight knowing the twins aren't under the same roof as me, I'm not happy about it but I know I need to keep them safe. My father will be here but no one knows about the twins yet only our pack, they know how important the twins safety is and we trust them not to stab us in the back. We have shown why we are the strongest pack, and those that joined recently pledge their lives to me. To go back on that will be a dire decision for the one doing so, punishment will be given in accordance to the crime committed.

We are currently in the nursery doing the last check, and as mum said she has packed everything the twins will need. I'm keeping them in my arms until the last second even Hunter won't try to take one of them "Selene I'm not coping right now, and I don't know if I will be any good tomorrow with all this stress." I say through our link with a worried tone.

I hear her sigh "Hope I know this is hard... How about this, you sleep tonight and I will take control. I will link mum every hour until the twins are safely at the pack, in the morning while the last preparations are being done I will sleep ready for the Councils arrival." she reasons. I sigh "Ok, I think I can live with that." I say.

Before we can discuss anything else there is a knock on the nursery door, mum popped her head in with a small smile "We're all ready and the cars are packed, we are just waiting on these two munchkins." she says walking into the room fully, I can't help but sigh before standing up and handing Sapphire over to Hunter.

He kisses the top of her sleeping head before heading out of the room and off to the cars, I follow behind sadly still not ready to let my babies go. I give both my children one last kiss before placing them in their cars seats quietly closing their door, so I don't wake them. Turning to Kane and Summer I give them both a tight hug silently begging them to look after the twins, I kiss KJ and then hug and kiss my mother.

Once everyone was strapped in and secure the car slowly pulls way with my babies, I know they are only going for a few days and also I can just look at things through their eyes. But that doesn't change how hard this is as I stand on our drive with Hunter's arms wrapped tightly around my body, watching the car with my world in leave I lean my back on his chest and hold my breath until the car is no longer in view, then with a long sigh I turn in Hunter's arms as he picks me up carrying me back into the pack house.

I didn't sleep at all last night, instead I spent the night watching the twins through Kane's eyes. Thankfully he was ok with me doing it, he said and I quote "I would be the same with KJ." I knew he would understand me. Kane has become a second brother to me, we seem to have a connection to each other. Whether it is because of my escape, or that he was destined to help me on my journey. I don't know, but I do love him almost as much as Holt. Everyone arrived safely at my family's pack and they were settling in fine, so I relaxed a little but I'm going to need a lot of coffee to get through the next few days.

Hunter didn't sleep well either and only went off a couple of hours ago, I feel bad that I have to wake him up soon but we need to finish getting everything ready for the council. He spent most of the night with me projecting what I was seeing through Kane's eye's, he dosed off just before they all made it to the castle. My father and brother will be here in a couple of hours, everyone else will be here a few hours after that. My father is the Council member for the Wolves, being a Royal wolf. Me being his eldest child means I will inherit his seat when he steps down, that is if I wasn't to be the Queen of the prophecy.

I try to get out of Hunter's tight hold but as soon as I start moving he tightens his hold stopping me from getting out of bed, I try again and Hunter groans "Little Mate I'm trying to sleep here, stay still." he grumbles in his sleepy husky morning voice. That voice always makes my thighs clench together and my core throb, but we haven't got time for any of that. I keep struggling against his tightening grip "Hunter I need the bathroom, and we need to get ready for today." I huff at him. He chuckles "Ok, ok." he say's as he releases me from his clutches.

I jump up and run to the bathroom, I use the toilet and wash my hands. I pop my head out the door before I get in the shower "You will need to use a guest room to get ready in, we haven't got time for you to wait until I'm done. And NO we are not showering together, we are already late now move." I shout out to Hunter, who is still laying in bed but now he is scrolling on his phone. He chuckles "Fine, point taken." he calls out as he leaves to go to one of our guest rooms.

I jump in the shower and rush through washing myself, only shampooing my hair once. When I'm ready I head to the closet, when I first came here Hunter had all sorts of clothes put in the closet for me. I need to impress the Council but I'm not trying too hard, if they don't believe I'm the Alpha Princess that's fine. Hunter and I will go back to running this pack and we can have a some what quiet and peaceful life, that's what I dreamed about in that cell. I know I nearly gave up in the end, but before that I always had hope I would have a somewhat normal life.

Of course that was never going to be the case, I shake the dark thoughts away as I continue to get ready for the Council meeting. I opt for a simple fitted white button up shirt with no sleeves, a black pencil skirt with a small slit in the front. It stops just below the knees and the slit stops just above, I match this with black pumps with a white heel. As I'm walking down the stairs to the front door I hear a car pull up knowing it's my family, as I'm wearing heels I decide against speeding up and continue slowly walking down the stairs.

As my feet touch the floor the front door opens and my Father and Brother walk in laughing with Hunter, I walk/run to them and my Father grabs me in a tight hug "Princess, you look beautiful." he whispers in my ear. He then passes me to Holt who hugs me even tighter causing me to wince slightly, Hunter see's this and lets out a low growl warning Holt to back off. I feel his grip loosen as he chuckles looking from me to Hunter "Sorry." he says guiltily. I just chuckle "Ignore him." I say waving my hand over at Hunter who huffs and crosses his arms over his chest like a child.

Holt releases me and chuckles again "Come on lets go eat." I say happily walking towards the dining room, everyone follows "We have much to discuss." my Father says in a tone I've never heard him use in front of me before. I look over my shoulder at him with a questioning look, he just shakes his head and looks down until we get to the dining room.

We all take our seats and wait for the food to be served, once everything is on the table I ask the staff to leave us until I call for them again. I get a feeling my Father would like some privacy so I asked for us not to be disturbed unless we were under attack or the Council happened to turn up early, which isn't unheard of.