Angel's POV

We were now sitting in the king's study and they were about to tell me who they were.

They looked at each other and the king started.

"I am king Antonio Oakel, this is my wife, the queen of elves, Alyria Oakel, we have a son, his name is Stefan Oakel and we also have a daughter."

He looked at me pointedly as he said that.

I pointed my finger at myself.

"Me?"

"Yes, you."

"But, how..."

They both sighed sadly and looked at each other.

"You were only three years old when it happened. Me, your mother, Stefan and you plus many guards were visiting another kingdom. We were on our way back when suddenly we were ambushed. By werewolves."

He spit the word 'werewolves' out so venomously that I shuddered a little from the hate coating his voice.

"They were everywhere. We were greatly outnumbered even with the guards. We fought the best we could but in the end we were forced to stand down and flee. We couldn't find you anywhere. At that time we feared that the wolves had killed you in the fight but in our hearts we could feel that you were still alive. They didn't give us a chance to look for you, so we had to leave you behind. We started looking for you though. All those years... we nearly lost hope but then suddenly, we saw you. We knew it was you just by one look, so we decided to take you home where you will be safe from the wolves. And now you are old enough to meet your fiance, he's a handsome young man capable of protecting you and in time I'm sure you two will learn to love each other."

I just gaped at them both.

"FIANCE???"

"Yes! Isn't it wonderful? Don't be sad I'm sure you'll like him."

"No."

"What? What do you mean 'no'?"

"No. I won't marry him whoever he is."

"But sweeti-"

"I said no. I can't marry him."

"Well why not??"

"Because I have mates!"

"Oh, so that's what marks these are on your neck. Don't worry sweetheart, I'm sure we can have them erased and you can be free-"

"ERASED?? I don't want to have them erased!!"

"What??? Why would you willingly be bound to those mutts?!?"

I was now standing with my fists clenched and eyes narrowed.

"Don't you dare call them mutts. I love them and I will not marry some stranger!!"

They both looked at me astonished.

"You..."

"Yes, I love them! Now let me go home, they're already worried sick I'm sure of it."

"But your home is here."

"No. My home is where they are."

Now it was the queen who spoke up.

"Sweetheart, are you sure?"

I scoffed angrily.

"Of course I am!"

Suddenly there was a knock on the office door and it was opened with a slam as it flew against the wall.

"Dad! What's all this yelling about?"

In the doorway stood two men who looked to be a few years older than me. The first one had black hair and chocolate brown eyes and he looked like a younger version of the king. The other one had silver hair and grey eyes that I would've found beautiful, had I not met my mates.

The first one looked around the office and when his eyes set on me, he stopped dead in his tracks causing the other man to slightly bump into him.

"Angel?"

It came out as a mere whisper while he slowly advanced towards me. I tilted my head at him, wondering how he knew my name and who he even was.

Suddenly, I was crushed into a hug by him. I felt him sobbing a little and when he whispered into my ear it made sense.

"My little sis... I thought I'd never see you again!"

I carefully hugged him back which caused him to squeeze even tighter.

Finally he pulled back a little and looked at me with tear filled eyes, a slight smile on his face.

"I thought I'd lost you."

Then, as if something had clicked in his head, he abruptly pulled back and went to the other man who barged in after him.

"Angel, I want you too meet Illios Stone, my best buddy. Illios, this is my long lost younger sister, Angel."

A throat was cleared and we turned to see the king and queen staring at us.

"Oh and well, I guess, Illios is your fiance, Angel."

I stared at the 'Illios' guy and he uncomfortably offered me a polite smile which I didn't return. I know I'm rude but I don't care. Not when I know that the twins are waiting for me back home.

"Maybe you should take a picture, so you could admire longer."

It was the first time I had heard Illios speak. I rose an eyebrow in response.

"Oh I'm not checking you out. I'm just wondering how much pain you can endure from the torture that I'm sure the twins will put you through once they come to learn that I was supposed to marry you."

His eyes filled with fear even though he hid it pretty quickly.

"Who are those twins you're speaking of?"

I showed him my neck with the marks while speaking.

"My mates, also known as Xavier and Xander Slade, the twin Alphas of the Black Shadow pack."

This time he didn't even try to hide the fear in his eyes as they went wide, looking at my neck.

That wasn't the case for my 'brother' though.

"WHAT???"

I could hear my parents gasp at the new information of who exactly has claimed me as theirs.

"You heard me."

"No. Absolutely not. I will not let the wolves take my sister away from me for the second time when I've finally just got her again."

That made me narrow my eyes at him. Nothing comes between me and my mates and that's what I told to everyone in the room.

"But... you belong here, sis. With elves, with your family."

"No. I belong with them."

"Hey, so does that mean I don't have to marry you?" Illios finally got over his shock.

I quickly answered him before anyone else could.

"Yes, that means exactly that."

A large grin came on his face as I said that.

He came over to me and pulled me into a bear hug.

"Umm... what the heck are you doing?" My question was muffled into his chest.

"That's wonderful! We can be best friends now!"

He finally pulled back so that I could breath properly again.

"Oh, um sure!" I smiled at him warmly.

The others just stared at us mouths agape. Yes, even the king and the queen.

I smirked evilly at my newfound brother and he looked at me questioningly.

"Sorry brother, but I'm going to steal your best mate and make him my best friend now." And his jaw fell to the floor again, his eyes bulged out of their sockets while he stared at me in disbelief.

I smirked at Illios, my new friend and he smirked back, giving me a high five.