The Beta's Forbidden Mate

Chapter 2 - Problems

Kimberly POV

My life has been a rollercoaster ride. When I was about six-months old, a warlock murdered my parents and was about to get me. However, somehow, I was protected by my parents, who were a wizard and a witch. They covered me with a protective spell that would take effect until I reached twenty-one. If I would like to stay protected, I would have to meet my mates before then. Otherwise, I would be dead.

It was in a prophecy that someone would kill me, but I would have to get through it. Then, in the future, it said I would be ruling lands with my royal mates. Who knew my mates would be the heirs of the werewolf kingdom? The famous, or perhaps infamous, werewolf twins – River and Ryder of the Royal Pack.

I met them when my stepsister, Alice, and I were enrolled in The Royal Senior High School Academy. It was a posh school for elites, whether human or supernaturals. The twins were seniors, while Alice and I were juniors.

River, the twin with tantalizing blue eyes, was amazing and had always been helpful to me. He was the president of the student council and graduated at the top of the class. This twin was the responsible and level-headed of the two.

Ryder, the twin with the enigmatic green eyes, was aloof and seemed not to like me at first, but then he would continuously tease me, and eventually be protective of me. He had always been the naughty twin, the one who played around. He had been with a lot of girls before I got him to stop playing. Otherwise, I would have burned him to the crisp.

When I was little, I never knew I was a witch, until I discovered it accidentally. My adoptive mother, Martha, who was married to a human king, Edward, never told me about my powers. She kept me as a human until I was old enough to understand. I was rather smart for my young age, so when I accidentally set a fire in our fireplace, she told me everything about me being a witch.

As an adoptive princess, I was enrolled in the royal school together with my overly sensitive and arrogant stepsister. She hated me the moment I stepped into the palace. I didn’t hate her back and, actually, understood where she was coming from. However, she was wrong when she said we were gold diggers and were trying to steal her dad away from her. I tried very hard to stay away from her, but fate had it for us to stay together in a boarding school away from home.

I was then given permission to practice witchcraft in school. My power was the fire element, which means I could produce fire from out of nowhere and put up firewalls for defense. Eventually, I also learned how to control the water, air, and earth elements through the help of the academy principal, Ms. Blaire, and my dear friends, Blaise and Allona. I owe a lot to them for bringing out the powers within me. For without them, I wouldn’t have beaten the warlock, who had been looking for me for many years.

We had finally met a year ago. Felix was a powerful warlock, so evil that he had also wanted to overthrow my stepdad from his seat as king to get to me. He wanted to do it silently by marrying Alice.

I eventually beat Felix but with repercussions. He killed Alice and Suzette. Suzette was the daughter of the Royal Pack’s Beta and the sister of Sam, the twins’ Beta.

We didn’t know until the war that Sam’s fated mate was then Alice. With the loss of two women in his life, Sam went into depression. Losing a mate was like losing your own life. It was said to be very painful. We didn’t know exactly the reason but he asked permission to leave the Royal Pack. The Alpha King had approved the request and gave him his blessing even when Sam did not bring up the decision to his best friends, the twins. He had not reached out to us while we were away. So, however long it took us, we would still wait for a word from him if he would still come back to claim his title as the twins’ Beta.

After winning the war against Felix, the twins and I accompanied my parents back to our kingdom to give an honorary burial for Alice. It was also then that I was asked to ascend to the throne as the next heir. The twins’ parents were also waiting for us in the Royal Pack for us to take over as the new Alpha Kings and Queen Luna. My parents’ coven was also brought back and I was asked to lead them back to the former glory the coven had experienced many years ago.

It had been almost a year since the war. It was indeed a challenge for us as new rulers. Yes, we had accepted all roles as it was part of the prophecy. Buying lands in between, we were able to bring the two kingdoms and the coven together. So, geographically, it wouldn’t be that hard for people to cross borders. Yes, we made that happen.

We mostly stayed in the Royal Pack but went back and forth to the Kingdom of Samara and The Enchanted Golden Star coven. Samara was in the east, the coven in the middle, and the Royal Pack in the west. It was not easy. I had no experience of ruling, so my stepdad and my mom had to help us. The coven was being taken care of by Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft, while we were not there. We still handle the decisions offsite. Thank goodness for technology; it made things easier for us. So far, everything had been doing fine, except that a dark memory in our history was creeping up.

Almost one year had passed since the war and it meant that we would be nearing the first death anniversary of Alice and Suzette. It also meant nearing the last day we saw Sam.

We had not heard from Sam since he had left the kingdom. We had our crowning ceremony and we missed him so much during the event because he was also supposed to be vested in the position, too. We never filled the Beta position because it was his. Always had been his. So, for the time being, it was his dad, Uncle Billy, who had been filling up the position.

Blaise and Sarah were both vested in as our Gammas. The couple, together with our Head Warrior, were in charge of training the werewolves. However, it was also part of our plan to create a program to train the wizards, witches, and humans, too.

It was a challenging and yet a blissful year for the couple, as Sarah gave birth to a bouncing baby boy two months ago. They had not wasted any time in creating a family.

As for me and the twins, we were having a hard time conceiving. Not that we were not trying. There were a lot of days and nights when all we did was work. We had a lot of things in our hands anyway. It was not easy to rule one kingdom, and yet we rule over almost three institutions.

We did make time for ourselves, but it seemed like we were having sex just for the sake of doing it, to be able to produce an heir. Maybe it was only me thinking about it that way, because of me not being a werewolf.

River had been understanding though.

“It is the stress, Kimmie. We will take our time. We are still young anyway. Let us not be pressured.”

However, I could feel Ryder being tensed about it. He was envious of Blaire and Sarah having a baby boy.

“How is it that we are not yet pregnant? Is there a problem with our swimmers? Should we go and have the three of us checked?"

He did not outright ask me those questions. He asked those to River through mindlink and forgot to shut me out of it.

I was hurt. It could have been me who had the problem. There were two of them, so at least one of them had gotten me pregnant, but no! More questions had been running inside my head. My two best friends, Kira and Allona, were pregnant when they were ready. I was ready. We were all ready for the added responsibility. However, it had already been a year and there were still no signs of being pregnant.

Papa and mama thought that all we needed was a vacation and they happily offered to take over while we were gone. They were practically pushing us away on a holiday! I was really embarrassed about it because they were already waiting for our pups! Their grandpups! One of the responsibilities of Lunas was to bring an heir out into the world, but me, as the Queen Luna, could not produce one right away.

We turned down the offer as we would like to be in the pack when we commemorate the loss of two kingdoms. Suzette was to be honored as the Beta’s daughter, as opposed Ryder was on it. However, Alice would be given the highest recognition as the Kingdom of Samara’s princess and the rightful heir.

We were hoping to see Sam on that day and have a long talk with him. Although nothing was said about it, I felt Sam wanted to cut ties with the pack because of me. He had hopes of me bringing Alice and Suzette back to life. I didn’t have that kind of power. I could heal, but never bring back people from the dead. Though it was really not my fault, I still felt I failed him.

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It was Sunday and out of habit, I was up so early, at four. There was no training and we were not supposed to go down for breakfast until eight.

Yes, even as heads of the kingdom, we still had to do our training. We didn’t want our bodies and powers to get rusted.

As much as I was eager to start my day, Ryder was more excited, I think. He was not in bed when I woke up. Not wanting to wake up River, I slid out of bed quietly and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. I quickly brushed my hair and pulled it up in a bun.

Going out of the bathroom, I noticed that the door to the balcony was open. It was then I saw Ryder standing by the railing, looking out at the horizon, more like the woods at the back of the palace. Observing him for a while, all I could think about was his sexy ass and his lean and muscled physique. I walked towards him quietly, not wanting to disturb his peace. He was probably thinking about pups again.

“You’re up early, babe,” Ryder whispered as he turned around. Of course, he would know it was me snooping around. He reached out his arms to me and I was obliged to step into his embrace. He turned me around and we stood with my back to his front. We were silent for a few minutes and when I was about to ask him why he was outside, he lowered his face to the side of my head.

“Hmm…you smell so good. Too good, in fact.” He murmured in my ear as he sniffed through my hair down to my neck.

“You. Are. Early. Yourself,” I couldn’t help but moan. “Stop it, Ryder.” I tried to control my breathing, but it was getting harder by the second. It had been a long while since I had felt this kind of fire inside me.

“Are you sure you want me to stop?” he asked as he went nipping the skin on my neck.

“Yes! No! Ugh!” I moaned as he started to lick and suck at his mark on my neck. My hands went around the back of his head and my fingers ran through his soft hair, grabbing a handful and at the same time.

How could I say there was no more passion between us, when one touch between us breaks down our walls.

Ryder’s hand went down to cup my butt, the other around my back. He pulled me up and my legs automatically went around his hips.

“Ryder, some patrol might see us here,” I muttered to his lips breathlessly.

“Then let them see us.” Ryder growled as he pinned me on the wall. His mouth went up to my jaw and finally found my lips.

We were going heavy in our make-out session when a voice surfaced in my head, probably in Ryder’s too, as he slowed down in assaulting my mouth.

Do you mind bringing that heat inside the room?