The Hybrid's Oracle

Meeting the family 1

  Luciana kept dialling her brother's number but it kept going to voice mail. “ -pick up, pick up. This is important but you are no where to be found. JUST PICK UP THE DAMN PHONE”. She angrily tosses the phone to the ground, not caring whether it is broken or not before stomping to a sofa.

  “Young lady, that's so unla-”. King Luther started but she interrupted.

  “-Unladylike and unprincesslike, I know but dad. What if this affect big brother and he never gets to meet his mate-”.

  “Who says so?”. A familiar voice enquired. Because everyone was busy watching Luciana throw her small tantrums, no one noticed when Lucian entered the castle.

  “You! Why didn't you answer your phone”Luciana began scolding and she continues without even giving him a chance to say a word. “Something bad happened, the balance of the world was altered and this is going to affect a lot of people out there. I'm worried that you might be affected. Did you speak to Renée?”.

  “Yes I did-”.

  “Good, did you apologise and tell her the truth? Did she accept you? I hope she's not upset with me? I kinda felt I should have told her the truth because you boys can't do anything right”. She ranting while trying to prove her point with various hand gestures. Raymond and Lucian facepalms.

  Lucian slightly moves to the side to reveal Renée who had been standing behind him the whole time.

  “Hello Renée- RENÉE! HOW COME YOU ARE HERE". The princess was so excited and forcefully pushes her brother aside to hug Renée.
 
  “Yelling should be prohibited so calm down princess”. Renée smiles warmly. “How come you never told me that you're a princess and you live on this big castle? How many ballgowns do you have? How come you don't flaunt your tiaras at school?”.

  “Renee, meet my mom and dad. King Luther and Queen Rosalie”. Lucian quickly introduced, he couldn't miss the glee that was in his mum's eyes, she had probably guessed who Renée was.

  “Your Majesty”. She curtsied perfectly as though she had done it a million times.

  “Mum, Dad, meet my mate, Renée”
 
  Once again Lucian is shoved to another side, this time it was the queen who was acting like a teen girl.“You're so pretty. I can't wait to start having beautiful grandkids. How come my son didn't find you earlier? And there should be no honorifics with me, you are my daughter”.

  Renée blushed in embarrassment, she didn't expect to meet an overly excited woman, a queen at that. She raised her eyes to meet the gaze of the king who was studying all of them in amusement. “It's a pleasure meeting you, my child and as my mate has mentioned, there shall be no honorifics between us, you can call me dad”.
 
  “Thank you, your maj- dad”. She turned towards Raymond. “I'm sorry for making you go through so much stress and I thank you for saving me”. Lucian already told her that it was Raymond who had caused an interception between herself and the vampire.

  “No thanks between us, we are all family but I have to ask are you comfortable being among us, with everything and all?”.

  All eyes were now on Renée, even Lucian was curious to know what changed her mind. “At first, I thought it was crazy but then I had to think everything over and decided to give my mate a chance”.

  A person materialized behind Renée and she lets out a loud Yelp which caused everyone to laugh. She playfully glared at her mate who stopped laughing immediately. “I forgot to tell you about them. They are shadow guards, they can blend into the shadows and they are everywhere in this castle”.

  “That explained the feeling of being watched”. She rubbed the back of her neck.

  “Your Majesties and Highnesses. It's time for the Meeting. It's time to leave”. The guard stated and quickly went invincible.