I rolled onto my back and blinked my eyes open sleepily. The bright sun light streaming in from the open curtains stung my eyes causing me to close them again. I groaned rubbing my eyes. I had closed the curtains last night, why are they open now? I stretched out on the bed a blinked rapidly until my eyes adjusted to the sunlight. I inhaled deeply and a sweet scent filled my nostrils. It was a woodsy scent. It was purely male and it sent my senses into overdrive. I quickly controlled myself and sat up. The sheet falling from my chest revealing my silk strapless pink Victoria secret night gown. I looked around the sunlit room and froze as my eyes came to land on a very imposing Demetri. He stood leaning against the wall beside the window, attired in a black Armani suit and a deep red tie his lips pulled in a smug smile as he stared in my shocked eyes. He looked every bit the playboy prince the magazines have depicted.

"Good morning my little mate." He drawled walking over to me. My breath got hitched in my throat as I felt the undeniable pull towards him. I scrambled backwards as he sat down beside me. He grabbed my chin and looked into my eyes with his bright purple eyes which were filled with fury. I felt a bolt of electricity shoot through my body. He ran his fingers across my cheeks leaving tingles all over my face. "Happy birthday, baby."

I pushed his hands off me and ran into the bathroom and locked the door. I brushed my teeth washed my face and took a quick shower. I wrapped myself in a light blue towel and exited the bathroom. Demetri was still seated on the edge of my bed. I grabbed a blue underwear set from my suitcase with a pink dress, I walked back into the bathroom and got dressed, when I was finished I walked back into the bedroom and look at Demetri again.

"Why are you here?" I asked softly. Not wanting to anger him further. In a flash, he was across the room, pinning me to the wall as he towered above me and caged me between his body and the wall with his hands on either side of my head.

"I told you I would find you, didn't I?" He asked pressing a kiss to my neck.

"I want you to leave." I said breathlessly as my head spun from the contact of our skin.

"I want you to come home with me." He said pulling away and looking me in my eyes again.

"No. I'm staying here."

"You will come back to the castle with me. Now." He said, the purple in his eyes darkening as his pupils began to pinpoint. "If you refuse I will throw your aunt and uncle who you love so very much in the royal dungeons."

My eyes widened. I can't believe it. My own mate was threatening me on my birthday. "No." I said in a broken whisper as I felt warm tears pool in my eyes.

"No?" He questioned, then smiled cruely, his extra large fangs on display. "OK then, I want to show you something. Come." He said taking my hand and pulling me down the stairs into the living room where five guards stood, one held Aunt Morgan and another held onto Kevin. The living room looked like chaos.

"What have you done?" I whispered in horror.

"Nothing. Yet." He replied "Make up your mind Jessabell, you either come with me willingly and I leave your aunt and uncle alone, Or I drag you back to America and they get thrown in the dungeons."

It really isn't a hard decision for me. These people are really the only ones from my family that I love or even care about slightly. I couldn't ruin their lives trying to stay away from Demetri.

"I'll come back with you." I said softly staring at the floor.

"Release them and fix the room. James go get my mate's things from the room and put them in the car." Demetri ordered the guards who got to work quickly. "Say your goodbyes my darling." He whispered in my ear and the tears fell from my eyes as Aunty Morgan walked over and wrapped me in a hug.

"I'm so sorry." I sobbed wrapping my arms around her "this is all my fault."

"No sweetie its not." She said pulling away to look into my eyes. Using her thumbs, she wiped the tears from my cheeks. "Hey don't cry. Were all ok." She said as Uncle Kevin came over with a small box.

"This is from all of us." He said handing me the box. "Well its from us, the kids got you candy with a side of diabetes." He said and I smiled opening the box to see a beautiful heart shaped locket. I opened it to see a picture of us, aunt Morgan uncle Kevin the kids and I.

"Thank you." I said hugging both of them. The sound of little footsteps pulled us apart.

"Jessie." Kieth and Katherine squealed coming towards me with a large box of chocolate and candies. "Happy birthday!!" They said handing me the box.

"Thank you guys so much." I said stooping to their eye level. "That's why you guys are my two favourite people in the entire world." I said hugging and kissing them on their little faces.

"Not even mommy and daddy are your favorites?" Keith asked and I smiled and shook my head.

"No, they come in a close second, but I love you guys more than anyone else in the whole world." I said and Lathering smiled.

"Is it true that you're leaving now?" Keith asked and I nodded as tears came back into my eyes.

"Why are you leaving? Don't you want to stay with us anymore?" He asked his eyes filling with tears as Katherine started crying. I pulled her into my arms.

"Of course, I want to stay with you. But I have to go home for a while." I said hugging both of them. "I'll be back soon ok?" I said and they nodded.

"And you guys can come visit me in America anytime. Preferably when its snowing so we can go play in the snow and get cold." I said tickling Keith and Katherine and they squealed with laughter. "So I'll see you soon ok?" I asked and they said ok. "Alright gimme kissie." I said puckering my lips and they kissed my lips. I stood up with both my presents in my hand and turned to Aunty Morgan. "Thank you for a fun Christmas day." I said and she hugged me.

"I love you Jessabell, we all do and I wish you the all best with whatever life throws at you." She said holding her hands out to me, I placed my hands in hers and closed my eyes. Her memory of this morning when Demetri came in flashed through my mind. His large figure storming up the stairs as guards grabbed her and Kevin and another locked the kids in their room. The struggle as she tried to break free causing the damage in the living room. I was pulled from her memories as she pulled her hand away from mine. I opened my eyes and looked up at her.

"I'm sorry for all of that." I said hugging her.

"We're ready your highness." One of the guards said coming down the stairs with my suitcase and backpack in his hands. I took my backpack from him and pushed my box of candies and chocolate in it. I pulled my necklace from the box and had aunt Morgan put it around my neck as I placed the box in my bag. I strapped the bag on my back and headed to the door.

"Where are your shoes?" Demetri said and I bent down by the front door to pick up my booties in my hand. "Put them on." He ordered. I ignored him and turned back to my family and waved goodbye with a sad smile.

I walked through the front door with my shoes in my hand and my bag on my back. The jagged, sun heated stones in the driveway dug into the soft delicate flesh of my foot bottom causing pain to shoot through my feet. I ignored the pain and climbed into the back of the black Hummer with tinted windows. Demetri climbed in after me and I shuffeled across the seat to put some distance between us. Demetri gave instructions to the driver then turned to me. I could feel his eyes on me as I started out the window as tears fell from my eyes. Demetri shifted across the wide leather seat so that he was pressed against me.

"Do not cry, my darling," he said wrapping his arms around my waist and pulling me close to him "None of this would have happened if you had not disobeyed me." He cooed into my ear as he stroked my hair. I raised my hands and placed them on his chest. I attempted to push him away from me but he just held me tighter.

"Let go of me." I sobbed trying to pull away from him. "I don't want you near me."

"I am your mate and I will hold you if I want to." He snarled wrapping his hands in my hair.

"I hate you." I yelled at him and I brought my hand up and slapped him across his face. He released me and I made to slap him again but he grabbed my shoulders and pushed me to lay down on the seat as he climbed over me. His eyes glowed purple as his fangs elongated and I started to squirm even more.

"I'm going to punish you for that." He growled pushing his face into my neck. Before I could react. I felt his fangs sink into my flesh as he marked me as his. I gasped then let out a blood curdling scream as my soul attached with his, the instant headache that came with him being inside my head. Finally my voice gave out and he pulled his fangs from my neck and closed the puncture marks by licking them. He sat up and looked at me. My cheeks stained with tears my eyes red and puffy and my neck sporting a fresh bite mark from my Alpha male.

I sat up and blinked back my tears. I wiped my face with the back of my hands and leant my head against the window. Demetri scooted closer and tried to wrap his arms around me. I shot him a blistering glare.

"Don't touch me." I hissed slapping his hands away.

"You are angry with me." He stated the obvious, I shot him a glare "I would say I'm sorry but I'm not. You are mine now and I'm glad I marked you."

I didn't know how to respond so I stayed quiet, looking through the tinted windows. We were driving for about an hour before we arrived at what looked like a private air strip. The car pulled up on the runway a white plane a few feet away. I recognized it as the royal jet from the wolf head on the side.

"Let's go love." Demetri said attempting to take my hand. I shifted and he turned to look at me with purple eyes which were fading into Gray. He narrowed his eyes at me and growled.

"You will behave yourself or I will punish you. If you embarrass me before anyone I will tie you up with silver chains for two days and see how brave you are after that." He said staring right into my eyes. "Now let's go."

I did as he said and got out with him, he placed his hand on my lower back as he guided me to the plane. The ground was hot under my bare feet. My booties securely stored in my backpack which Demetri had given to one of the guards.

"Why are you still barefoot?" He hissed in my ear. I shrugged not wanting to talk to him. He dropped the conversation and we boarded the plane.

After we settled and the plane took off and was in the sky, I unbuckeled myself and walked over to the leather covered couch and lay down to wallow in the misfortune of being me. After laying curled on the couch for a while, Demetri came over and stooped before me.

"Are you hungry?" He asked brushing my cheeks with his fingertips."you haven't eaten all morning." He said and I shook my head.

"You should eat something." He said and I turned my head to face the other way. I wish he would go away. Better yet, I wish he would just disappear from my life forever.I felt his rough fingers tangle in my hair then he roughly spun my head around so I was facing him.

"I will never disappear from your life. So you should just dispel the thought from your head my princess." He said looking into my eyes which began to fill with tears. He sighed and picked me up, taking me into a room, with a circular bed in the center of the room. He placed me on the bed and climbed over me. I started to squirm underneath his large well muscled body.

"I'm not going to hurt you." He said looking in my eyes, I stopped moving and looked away from him to view the room. It had a dresser to the far end, the floor was covered by a pale carpet.

"I want you to eat something Jessabell." Demetri said pulling me from my thoughts. The way he said my name sent shivers through my body.

"I don't want anything to eat." I said, my voice scratchy from all the crying I did this morning.

"Do not be stubborn. Eat something or I will punish you"

"Punish me all you like. You can even make good on your promise of chaining me up with silver, but that won't Make me eat." I spat glaring at him.

"Ok, don't eat." He said getting off me "let's see how your little cousins will survive a day in the dungeons."

"You wouldn't." I gasped

"Try me." He smirked. I jumped off the bed and walked past him, the flight attendant brought me a plate of bacon and eggs with Orange juice. I silently munched on the bacon until it was finished then I drank the juice.

"May I get you anything else, your majesty?" She asked and I waited for Demetri to answer her.

"She's talking to you Jessabell." He said

"Just call me Jessabell. Can I have a glass of water please?"

"Of course ma'am." She replied and I glared at her retreating back. Demetri chuckled beside me.

"You are her new princess so she has to treat you with respect." He said and I ignored him as I dug through my backpack for my bottle of sleeping pills. When I finally found them I pulled one out.

"What are those?" Demetri asked reaching for the bottle. I moved my hand so he would not get it. Instead he grabbed my wrist in a painfully tight grip and took the bottle from me. He read the bottle, there is no way he will be able to figure out what they are because they used the scientific name on the bottle.

"Why are you taking sleeping pills?" He asked and my eyes widened in shock. He saw my expression "I went to med school." He said as the attendant returned with my water then left. Just as I was about to put the pill in my mouth Demetri slapped my hand causing it to fly away.

"What the hell was that for?" I shouted at him. He grabbed my jaw and pulled me to him roughly.

"Never speak to me that way again." He growled "And you are not taking those. I bet you don't even need them."

I pulled away from him and relaxed in the couch. I sighed and rubbed my neck where Demetri marked me. It wasn't healed and it stung when I touched it. I winced slightly but continued to rub it. Demetri gently took my hand away from my neck and I turned to face him.

"Why do you do that? It's not healed properly as yet." He said "Doesn't it hurt?" He asked and I shrugged. Of course it hurt, but its my neck and I will rub it if I want to. Demetri pressed his lips against his mark and I sighed as he continued to kiss my neck. After a while, he pulled me on to his lap and continued to kiss my neck. I rested my head on his chest and let him continue. Occasionally sighing or gasping with the pleasure of having my mate's lips on me.

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