|- For Every Girl Who Thinks She's Met Her Prince-|...Well I Have...Literaly. And He Has A Secret. (Prolouge)

I jerk up from my bed. I was having a dream about…I cant even remember most of it now.

I look out my window. It’s still dark outside. I look at my clock.

Three-fifteen am. I groan and lie back in my bed and try to put myself to sleep again.

After fifteen minutes of trying, I sigh and roll out of my bed. I have only been asleep for a couple of hours but yet I seem to be wide awake.

I walk to my window and look up.

“Oh my Gosh.” I whisper

I quickly tiptoe down the stairs and go outside.

I look up at the sky.

“It’s so beautiful.” I whisper. There are more stars than I have ever seen and the moon is so big and looked so close.

I’m completely mesmerized. I’ve always been a dreamer. Things like stars always fascinated me.

I begin to wander around the court yard, but I am so engrossed the sky that I hardly noticed where I’m walking.

It isn’t until the branches from the trees began to disrupt my view did I realize that I had walked into straight the forest beside Lyon Hall.

“Smooth move Rayne.” I whisper to myself. I begin turn around and start walking out the way I came.

I think.

Uh oh.

I have no idea where I am.

I can not believe I have gotten myself lost in the woods, I mean honestly Rayne how immature and completely stupid of you.

You better find you’re way back to Lyon hall ‘cuz there isn’t any way in hell you’re sleeping in…

I have to clasp my hand over my mouth to keep from screaming.

Fear grips me as I witness something I think I wasn’t supposed to see.

There are two figures and they are standing over something. At least what’s left of it.

They're eating it. I realize. They are growling and ripping at it like animals. Except they look like humans.

I know I have to get out of there.

They do not look like the friendly type.

I take a step back. But before I can even take another step, I find myself pinned to one of the trees and a hand covering my mouth that isn’t mine.

“Well look what we have here Trager. I’ve caught myself a human girl.”

It’s the one that has me pinned that’s talking. He has short black hair and black eyes to match.

“Yes you have Kyson!”

The second one has long brown hair, but the same black eyes.

“And she’s a real pretty one too. I say we have a little fun with her before we kill her. What do you say?”

“Sounds like a good idea to me. Trager”

His hand begins to slip up my shirt.

I quickly open my mouth and clamp down on his hand as hard as I can.

For a second he stops, and then he begins to laugh. Not exactly the reaction I was hoping for.

“What’s so funny Kyson?”

“The little b*tch just tried to bite me!”

The second one starts to laugh as well.

“Oh now that is funny.”

“I think I should slap her for trying something so stupid Trager!”

“I think you should too, Kyson.”

He reeled his hand back. I squeezed my eyes shut and brace myself for the pain.

But instead I feel him release me and I topple to the ground in front of the tree. I open my eyes to see what had happened.

I gasp.

There standing in the moonlight, holding my two attackers up in the air by the neck, is Alek. The expression on his face is one that I’ve never seen before. It filled with so much rage, it scares me.

“The only reason the two of you are still alive, is because I know it would only scare her to see me kill you.”

His voice is filled with such venom and hate. And his eyes, they are no longer their normal blue-grey colour. They are now steely, almost sliver and seem to be burning right through the two men.

“I’ll have you know, I take care of what is mine. And that girl over there? She’s mine. And I swear to God if you ever touch her again, I will kill you both slowly and painfully.

But first I’ll rip your throats out.

So you can’t even scream.”

He releases them and they waste no time running. Alek brings his hands down to his sides.

He clenches them into fists and starts breathing heavily. I can tell that he’s trying to calm himself down. He opens his palms and turns to face me. His eyes are back to the way they normally are.

“Rayne.” He whispers and takes a step towards me.

I instinctively slide myself back from him. He stops his step and I see the pained expression on his face.

“Please don’t be afraid of me…” he whispers.

I feel a little piece of my heart rip away when I hear the pain in his voice. I get up off the ground and he takes another step towards me.

“Stop.” I say. And he does.

“I…I don’t understand.”

“I know its okay now. Just let me hold you.” He takes another step towards me.

“Stop!” I yell this time. “I want you to explain to me.”

“I will Rayne, I will. But right now I really need to hold you.”

He starts taking slow steps towards me but this time I don’t tell him to stop. He’s close now; his hand is on my cheek.

I’m so tired now. I really want him to hold me.

“So let me.” He whispers.

He pulls me into his arms and I don’t protest. I bury my face in his chest and relax myself completely against him.

He buries his face in my hair and inhales.

“It feels so good to hold you Rayne. You don’t even know…”

He picks me up and starts walking. I keep myself buried against him. I think back to the men in the forest.

They could have…If Alek hadn’t have come…

“But I did, and you’re safe now.” He whispers.

I want to ask him how he did that. How he knew what I was thinking. But I’m too tired to really care.

We soon reach the hall and he takes me up the stairs. I expect him to put me down, on account of the fact that we’re reached my room.

But he doesn’t. He walks right past it. And into his.

I look up at him.

“What are you doing?” I ask

He looks down at me.

“You’re staying with me tonight.” He replies. “And every other night from now on.”

I open my mouth to protest, as he places me on his bed. But then I realize how stupid that would be.

I want to stay here with him.

I watch him as he take off his shirt and pants. He has short black boxers underneath. I feel the weight of his body as he falls on the bed.

“Don’t worry.” I say with a yawn “I’ll stay on my side of the bed.”

He laughs, reaches his arm out, wraps it around my waist, and pulls me into his wonderfully cool chest.

“You’ll stay on my side.” He whispers in my hair.

I begin fall asleep blissfully in his arms.

“Alek?” I ask “Don’t leave okay?”

I wasn’t really expecting an answer. But I think I got one.

Maybe I was just dreaming, but I swear I just heard him whisper,

"Never."

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