The Dragon's Queen

Chapter 2: Good Morning

Karisma's POV

The bright light of the sun caused me to blink awake. I internally groaned. I hated how it felt like I just closed my eyes and now it is already morning… and I am not a morning person on a good day.

I flinch as the covers are suddenly yanked away.

“Wakey. Wakey.” A bright and cheerful voice screamed out into the room. I heard Jason groan as he rolled over and put the pillow over his head. He wasn’t a morning person either.

I crack my eyes open and glare at the bright sunny person standing beside my bed.

There stood the Beta’s daughter and best friend, Willow Thompson. She was 5’8 with the perfect hourglass figure. Her light brown hair was already neat in a ponytail, and the morning light made her copper tan skin glow as if she had just gotten a fresh tan in the tropics. Her green eyes were full of joy and excitement… the kind of excitement that normally ended up with us getting a scolding from the adults afterward.

She beamed a bright smile at me before she pounced on me. I grunted at the impact.

“Come on, K! This is our last weekend home before we head back to school! You are not going to waste it in bed.” She declares.

I groaned but rose to sit up in bed, pushing her off me. Not that she released her grip… she clung to me like a little koala bear. Though if I put all my strength into it, then I could fling her off… but she was my best friend. I would never harm her.

Jason also sat up and rubbed his eyes.

“That's right. School starts up again next week. I almost forgot.” He said.

I snarled. It was not like I was going to see them at school. Jason, Willow, Willow’s big brother, Derrick, and Gamma Eric’s eldest son, Henry… They were all going to the Lunar Flare Academy. It is the special school that Queen Melody put together to have future ranked members get along from a young age.

I have to attend public school with other pack members and humans. Even though I was adopted into the alpha family, I am not an alpha by blood, so I go to the public school with Gamma Eric’s second son, Jace, and Head Warrior Winston’s daughter, Mina. They are to ensure I don’t lose control at school because human students are there.

All the staff are made up of members from our pack and our neighboring pack, the Moonlight Rose pack. It is so that there is no favoritism for students from either pack.

A snarl rings through my head, and I have to grab my head and rub my temples to fight off the headache.

Jason and Willow both give me a concerned look. I sigh.

“Winter is in a foul mood this morning.” I said.

Jason growls as I see his wolf, Luke, flash in his eyes. Willow just has a sad look in her eyes.

Though it is normal. Ever since my wolf woke up early, she has been hard to control. No matter how much I train, she will snarl and snatch control. I can train my body to be tough, but when Winter is in a mood, she snatches control and will beat up anyone near us.

Most of the time, it is pack members who don’t like us… and who could blame them? I am a rare hybrid that has made our pack a target for rogues, especially rogue vampires, and has gotten a lot of people killed.

Plus, I have no control over my wolf that tears into anyone she doesn’t like.

Winter may only go after people who tend to bully me, but that just makes me seem like I am a loose cannon and have no control. Even the members of the Moonlight Rose pack try to keep their distance. Even more so after Winter threw their beta across the room when he used his aura on her to submit to him on the school grounds.

The school grounds are a neutral area, and even though I am not a real alpha… Mother and Papa treat me as their own. Beta Park had no reason to order me to submit. He only tried because it was his b***h of a daughter, Tessa, and their gamma’s son, Roger, were the ones that started the fight. Winter just finished it.

When Mother and Papa got the whole story, they almost went on a war path. Their wolves have claimed me in front of the pack and staff, so no adult truly wants to deal with me. Sometimes I feel like the only people who want me here are the rank members and their families. Everyone else is either against me or they are staying clear of me.

I get out of bed and head to my bathroom. I hear Willow and Jason leaving the room.

“See you at the table, K.” Willow says, in a more gentle tone so as not to make my head pound even more.

“Hurry up if you don’t want me to eat your bacon, sis.” Jason calls out in a teasing tone.

I lift my hand to wave them off, but don’t say anything. Well, at least out loud, I don’t. Inside my head, though, it feels like World War III is starting up.

‘Winter, you need to calm down.’ I plead with her as I strip and allow the hot water to blast my body. I grab my strawberry shampoo and start soaping up my long hair.

‘Girl, you need to learn that we are not lower than anyone. We are stronger than any of those who run their mouths.’ Winter snarled.

‘Just because we have strength, does not mean that we forget our compassion.’ Another voice said.

I smiled as my vampire soul, Angela, materialized in my head. That was another thing that I could not understand. Winter was present in my head, but I could never see her form in my head like Angela. Angela only looks like a slightly paler version of me, but with a blood red mix in with my deep green eyes.

Normally, vampires only have blood red eyes, but my natural green mixes with the red into a beautiful swirl. I wonder what my wolf would look like, but she says that we have to wait until we shift on my 18th birthday to find out. She could only tell me that she was a wolf. I let it be since my birthday is getting closer. I turn 18 in the next couple of weeks.

Winter huffed and went back into the depths of my mind.

‘Don’t worry, Kari, I will try to talk some sense into her. You know how she feels about what people have done to you.’ Angela says to me.

‘I know, but we can’t forget what Alpha Damian of the Moolight Rose pack said… The next time we cause a huge incident like what happened with his beta… they will be taking this matter up to the Alpha King and Luna Queen.’ I said.

Angela sighed as I washed my body and stretched out in the hot water.

‘I know… but please don’t think poorly of Winter. She is only doing what she thinks is best for you. You lost so much that night that she has made herself your protector. She never wants something like that to happen ever again.’ Angela said before going into the back of my mind as well.

I sigh. I know what they both say is true. I slam my hand on the knobs and shut the water off. I feel so lost and angry. My wolf and vampire are so strong that they want to protect me, but I don’t know what I am supposed to do in this life.

I dry myself as I walk to my closet and look at all the clothes that my mother has filled it with. I love blue, green, and white, so that is what half of it is… but over the recent years, I have been trying to hide myself more and more.

I pull a pair of black, ripped jeans and toss them onto my bed. Then I grabbed a black tank top and a black leather jacket that had a hood. The jacket is big, so I can hide most of my body. My family says I look beautiful with my tan skin and toned muscles from training, but I believe it is best if I don’t stand out. I go over to my dresser and pull out a dark blue bra and pantie set and black socks.

Getting dressed, I brush and throw my long black hair with blonde streaks into a messy bun on my head. Once I put on my black combat boots, I snap my silver anklet around my right boot on the ankle. The anklet shimmers, and I hear Winter growling again.

‘I hate wearing that damn thing.’ She growls.

‘It is for the safety of our pack. Deal with it.’ I told her. She huffs and mutters about why I should care when this pack is so cold to me. The gemstones on the anklet look to be dimmer.

‘Hmmm. I am going to have to ask Papa to get a new one.’ I thought to myself.

This anklet is the only thing that conceals my true scent. It gives me the scent of a regular alpha’s daughter, and not the scent of a vampire-werewolf hybrid. It may make finding my mate hard for me, but I won’t have to live with the thought of my pack members dying because of me again.