All Legends In One

Chapter-Thirty-Three

Chapter - Thirty - Three - Blood

Bethany's POV...

"What do you mean Salem refused to give him a room?" My father snarls loudly when I finish telling him what happened, he looked like he was ready to kill and was breathing heavily as his eyes flicker between golden and their natural color.

With a loud sigh, I lean my head on the desk, wanting everything to just be back to normal and for me to be back in school and finishing my last month as a high school student and getting my high school degree, I wanted to have met Jack at a coffee shop and immediately clicked, he would ask for my number after he randomly bought me an extra donut and I would have given it to him because he was being nice. We would have gone out to our first date and he would steal my first kiss under the moonlight after he dropped me off and I would lay all night thinking of him.

God, I wish that image was real, that scenario would happen and I would have gotten my happily ever after three years of us being together when he would have asked me to marry him without all of these things coming between us spending time together, I wish I could close my eyes for one night and sleep soundly without having to worry about any kingdoms, Brody, my mate's safety, my past, or any of these shenanigans, I feel so helpless as I watch my life crumble around me piece by piece and I can't do anything about it, nothing at all but sit and watch as everything I had planned and everything I had prepared for just crumbled in front of my gaze.

I hate this. I hate that I feel like I can't do anything to change what's happening around me when I know that I can, everything is just so jumbled up and I feel so suffocated like I'm buried under miles upon miles of sand and can't get out no matter how much I struggle to get away from the particles that were slowly filling my lungs.

I was still new to all this, I am still trying to get used to the mate bond while experiencing the same pressure of being a princess of an entire kingdom. Taking care of thousands of people when I can't even take care of myself properly.

I was starving myself because of my decreased appetite, losing sleep because of my thoughts, unable to even drink because the thought of anything coming near my mouth just makes me want to gag, I was falling apart and I didn't know how to stop it.

All the pressure was already too much and I haven't even a princess for a month, it was scary imagine what I would do when I take over the throne. It would be absolute chaos, the whole kingdom would crumble under my reign and no matter what I can do to stop it I can't.

"That's what Chris said." I sigh dejectedly and rub my temples troublesomely, "The poor guy is turning seventeen next month and he's worried about bills and if he would be able to put food on the table next week, his little brother is the cutest little thing and I just..." I pause and raise my head to stare at my parents with a troubled expression.

"I just feel so guilty. I was out playing the role of a spoiled little brat while he was out there, fighting the whole world as it tried to bring him down." I look down at the surface of the desk sadly, my heart clenching tightly in my chest and causing me to feel like I couldn't breathe properly.

Standing up, I walk to a small window behind me, looking down at the beautiful trees as they swayed gently with the soft breeze.

"He looked like he wasn't eating or sleeping properly," I mutter, "Looked like he was on the verge of giving up and his eyes looked so... Dull. Absolutely lifeless, like he hadn't experienced happiness in such a long time that it seemed to be a foreign emotion to him," I tear my eyes away from the window and look at my parents staring at the ground in thought.