I feel warm and stiff, I slowly open my eyes and I catch the smell of him. It's dark and warm, I move around and feel that I'm in a bed. I'm in his bed and I sense movement in the room. I look to the right of me and it's him sitting in a chair in the dark watching me. I can hear thunder and lightning outside, I've always loved storms they made me feel at peace.

"I had to wash the blood out of your hair." He says in a low dark tone looking at the opposite wall. I pull my hand from under the blanket and touch my hair which is soft and still a little damp. I start to remember the events that happened and it aches my heart again.

I turn my head to the side and scrunch my face to prevent tears from coming out of my eyes.

"I had to calm down your parents, it wasn't easy." Xavier says again in his mysterious tone.

I turn my head back towards him and my eyes water more with another tear coming out of my eye. Xavier focuses his attention onto me and slowly get up. He's wearing lounge clothes and still looks amazing. He makes his way to me and get under the covers to cuddle me. He kisses where my tear had fell and I feel safe again.

"I took care of Elise's body and sent for Mackenzie to be put in a better room in the Palace permanently. She's no longer a servant but a guest of Queen Amelia to live with in the Palace." I squeeze while my heart still aches.

More tears begin to form as I think of Mackenzie and my inability to save her sister. Xavier slightly pulls away and begun to kiss wherever the tears fell. I had noticed I was in my underwear and pulled him closer to feel more safe. My tears had stopped because I felt I couldn't cry anymore,

We laid there holding each other, "I was scared I'd lost you today, until I got there and saw the bodies of those rogues."

It was like I couldn't speak back to him, my throat felt sore from all the screaming and sobbing.

"But hey what can I expect from a Queen? Specifically my Queen." He finishes and kiss my forehead.

"I don't ever want to feel the panic of loosing you ever again Lia." I pick my head up and look him in the eyes. This honey brown eyes that makes me fall in love all over again.

"Prince Charming you won't ever loose me, I love you." I whisper to him in loss of my voice.

"I love you too Lia." He says and I pull my face up to kiss him. I feel his soft plum lips and he moves his hand to touch my face softly then moves his thumb to open my bottom lip. He slips his tongue in and I do the same, this was different from the last time we've been intimate. This was love, it felt passionate and loving at the same time, if feel another tear slip from eyes and he takes his thumb always from my lip and wipe the tear away.

We pull away from each other and lay my head back down onto his chest. "I carried you all the way back to the palace, now I really do feel like Prince Charming." He says

I smile and hit him with hand, "Shut up." I whisper.

"Lia that attack wasn't random, My Father and I have been looking to the attack at the ball and it was planned and so was this. I cannot risk loosing you, I've spent my entire life being alone. Now I know how it feels to have that missing part of me."

A planned attack against the palace and the royal family means war. Xavier words for me drives me to feel at peace for one moment in this terrible day. All I want to do is spend the rest of my life in his arms.

"Lia, I want you to go home with your family until I figure out who's behind this attack." After he says this my heart drops right to my stomach and I get up to look at him.

"You're not sending me away. What about our wedding?" I say to him in stern whisper.

His face is stern and emotionless, "I am not sending you aw-"

"Bullshit, you are. I can handle myself, I'm not some princess that runs away. I'm a fucking warrior Xavier." I say with as much power as I could with the annoying absence of my voice.

"I know you're capable of handling yourself, there's going to be a war soon. And my number one priority is to protect my Queen over anything else. Over the entire kingdom I choose you. You're more than capable of handling yourself but the moment we laid eyes you'd never have to worry about that." He finishes.

Out of all the things I could fight with Xavier on this one I wasn't going to win because deep down I knew there's going to be a war and I'm going to be a target now. I can't imagine being away from Xavier for long, "My Mother is also going with you. I had demanded my father to send her with you. My Father and I have much to talk about.

Queen Victoria is coming back to my home pack, at least we'll keep our deal.

"You're going tomorrow to limit the time between the next attack. There's going to be guards to escort you and protect the pack while you're there. I issued the alpha to arrange an estate for you all to stay. Call me as soon as you reach the pack." He says and my heart is still aching at Elise and leaving my mate.

"I hate you Prince Charming." I say with another tear slipping down my face.

He pulls up to kiss it away, "I love you too Lia."

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i hoped you enjoyed this chapter.

xoxo -me