Chapter 5 Louis pov A beloved was something that I had never given much thought to, dad was in his 40th year before he met my mother. As the years have passed and I have seen the other rules and future rulers meeting their other half, it played on my mind more and more. Hell, even my best friend and future second in command got mated off, and that brought it home more than anything. Vlad ended up mated to the bloody lycan king. Well, he was just the prince at the time, but hell. I am glad it worked out for them, I can see how much they love each other. The two of them even got a surrogate so they could become parents, and they have themselves a son and a daughter, both hybrids and both of them the father to one. I did try for a bit to get the Lycan’s sister Rayne to become my mate, as

