The Mate of a King

Prologue

4 years ago

Cassia's POV

"I'm going to miss you so much." Liliana my best friend said.

You see my family is moving to Europe for who knows how long. My Father is the Head Warrior of the North American Royal Pack and is being sent by King Benjamin, King of the North American werewolves, to aid the European Royal Pack with training.

Liliana is the King's daughter, the princess, and my closest friend. Our mothers were best friends as children and are still basically inseparable to this day, much like Liliana and I. Liliana's twin brother, Alexander, is next in line for the throne. At 17 he is already taking advantage of his position and has a new girl on his hip each week. Which is where I'm assuming he is now, as he is not here to see us off, not that I expected he would be.

After saying my goodbyes to Liliana I turned next to my brother Eric. Eric is 18 and will be staying here to train to be the future Head Warrior of our pack. Eric and I are really close. Being only one year apart we have always hit milestones at the same time, however he never fails to remind me he is the big brother.

"Stay safe Cass and I better not hear about you hanging around any males." Eric told me as I hugged him.

Oh I guess I forgot to mention he is also extremely protective of me. Eric has basically chased away any and every guy that has ever been interested in me. So basically he is the reason I have never had a boyfriend.

Well that and I always swore I would wait for my mate.

A mate is basically your other half or soul mate. Every werewolf is given a mate by the moon goddess and is decided from birth. The moon goddess pairs every wolf up with another somewhere around the world. At the age of 18 is when we are first able to sense our mate.

The first way to sense your mate is their scent. Each werewolf has a distinct scent that smells absolutely intoxicating to their mate. The next thing that usually happens is making eye contact. When you look into the eyes of your mate you and your wolf know for sure that the other person is your other half.

Well this is at least what my mom told me. I just turned 17, so I still have yet to meet my mate. Anyway back to what is currently happening.

"Don't worry Eric; you know I am waiting for my mate. I wouldn't look twice at someone who isn't my mate."

"Ya I know. I just want to be there to keep all those stupid male wolves away from you."

"Don't worry any guy who lays a hand on me will be sorry he did." I laugh.

"That's my girl." Eric says ruffling my hair.

I give Eric a final hug before quickly giving Liliana one last hug.

"Don't forget to text me every day Lili." I say before sliding into the black car that is going to take my parents and I to the airport.

I quickly wave goodbye to Lili's parents, the King and Queen, and Aaron, the packs future Beta and my friend, and close the door of the car.

As soon as I sit down the car pulls away and the familiar faces I have known all my life start to fade away. As we begin to pull towards the castle gates I catch a quick glimpse of a familiar head of dirty blonde hair walking up to the castle.

I notice that attached to his hip is yet a new female I didn't recognize. Our eyes meet for a quick second as we pass Alexander and his new friend, but he is quickly gone as we roll out of the gate and onto the main road towards the airport. Towards my new life far away from my friends, the place I have called home for the last 17 years, and everything I know.