I was Kidnapped for Revenge by a Ruthless Alpha-Chapter 163: The First Meeting Pt 1

***Author’s Note: This is a repeat of Chapter 208 from The Gentle Maiden. If you have read it you can skip this if you choose.***

~THIRD PERSON POV~

The time for the alliance meeting had arrived.

The vampires had been preparing for this. They all had magic rings now, giving them the protection needed from UV. Thanks to Arya.

They would travel with stones.

Kalvin, ever since hearing the news of Odette being okay, hadn’t stopped thinking about her.

He was concerned, not just for her wellbeing, but their relationship. What if everything changed now? I mean it had already, the better question would be, how much has changed. Did she still love him and want to marry him, even though he wasn’t able to save her or protect her.

All his hard work for years, was it all a waste now?

She was a goddess, and he was a mortal man.

Kalvin had packed his best clothes and had picked out gifts for his fiancée.

When everyone arrived, they looked between each other.

Ash could barely contain himself. It was like the moment Violet went into labor all over again.

Arya opened the portal and they all walked through it.

They were surprised by what they saw when stepping through the portal.

It was a winter wonderland in the middle of a mountain range. The snow fell softly around them. The trees naked and asleep for the winter. When they stepped through a small white fox sat facing them.

The Leviathan left Lilith’s side and walked toward the little fox.

"Phera." He greeted.

In an instant snow and wind circled around her, seconds later a woman with long white hair and large fox ears appeared in the place the small white fox sat.

"Hello, Drakarys Family. Welcome to my mountain." Her voice was beautiful and carried the weight of ancient wisdom.

"Who are you?" Lilith stepped forward, she felt slightly threatened by the woman standing next to her man.

"Queen of those who are damned, I am Phera, the fox spirit, guardian of this mountain and the guide for the MoonChild. The shifters are expecting you." Phera spoke with grace bowing her head.

Lilith appreciated the sign of respect, and even though she didn’t like the woman, she let it go nodding back at Phera’s display of respect.

The tensions were high among the vampires.

They looked around at the kingdom of shifters and found their capital to be quite nice. The roads were clean, the buildings were solid, well built, and designed beautifully. It showed good leadership, when the city was well taken care of. They walked through the streets under the cover of darkness.

The guards were placed elsewhere tonight, to limit the knowledge of the vampires presence in the city.

"I didn’t think these animals would live in such nice homes. I pictured more caves for these beasts." Jeremy grumbled.

Kalvin was on edge. His nerves rattling inside his body.

When they arrived at the palace at the center of the city, they all looked up in amazement. The palace was incredible.

"Where is my daughter? Where is Princess Odette?" Ash spoke first demanding answers.

"She is waiting, impatiently inside for you. King Asher Drakarys." Phera used the most formal and respectful tone Ash found it hard to argue with her.

"Where inside?"

"The council room. It is her you will have the alliance meeting with. Her and Ambrose, but that will be tomorrow after you’ve had time to settle in." Phera answered him.

Inside the palace, it was even more spectacular than the outside.

"Take us to her." Ash demanded.

The inside of the palace was surprisingly silent. No guards were around.

Jeremy felt this to be particularly suspicious.

The enemy was visiting and they had no guards, no protection. Nothing.

Ash was vibrating with anticipation.

When the door to the meeting room opened.

There she sat at the head of the table.

The same as he saw her last.

Yet, somehow different.

He couldn’t move he was frozen. And Odette. She stood up and found her feet glued to the floor.

Standing before her was her whole family, but her eyes. They couldn’t leave her father.

Then she finally broke the silence in the room and cried out "Daddy!"

Her feet started moving again and she ran over to him, jumping into his arms.

His little princess was home. Right where she belonged.

He spun her around, just like he did when she was a young girl.

"You look so beautiful, my little princess." His eyes were filled with nothing but love and affection.

He put her on the ground and took a step back. Her hair was longer, holding a more silver glow to it. Her eyes were a more radiant red, and she dressed differently. She still wore a dress, but it wasn’t the same girlish style, this was the dress of a mature lady.

A queen. Ash thought to himself. It was a deep burgundy gown, the sleeves that hugged closely to her arms and hung loosely around her legs. She looked regal.

She looked like she belonged. And that stung. She was a vampire, so why did it look like she belonged with them.

"Odette..." Kalvin spoke.

Ambrose growled low and deep. His instincts to protect his mate kicked in. Onyx screamed in his mind, wanting to rip the familiar red haired boy to shreds.

He remembered how he touched what belonged to him.

"Kal..." Odette whispered back. A war erupted inside her at the sound of his voice.

Kalvin... Her fiancé.

Her childhood best friend. Her longtime boyfriend.

She cheated on him. She fell in love with another man. And the weight of those sins started baring into her.

"I’ve missed you..." Kal began when he took a step forward. However, he was met with a growl that made everyone in the room freeze. A heavy uncomfortable aura filled the room, Kalvin struggled to keep his knees from buckling beneath him.

"Get one step closer to her, and I’ll gut you on this table and eat your insides in front of everyone." Alpha King Ambrose let out a threatening and deeply violent snarl. His eyes flashing bright gold as he did his best to keep Onyx contained.

"That’s my fiancée, don’t think you can just step in and take her..." He started again, but in a blink, Ambrose had moved and was now standing in front of him, reaching out and holding him by his throat lifting him off the ground. "This is my fucking kingdom, and you are in MY palace as MY guest. Odette is MY mate, and MY future Luna. Approach her again you filthy peasant and it’ll be the last time you have a hand to touch your own cock with."

Ambrose left nothing to the imagination and made his stance very clear.

Arya stepped forward "You will not threaten my son like that again. As you said we are your guests, and I would expect a king to act and treat us as such."

Ambrose turned to her and said "You were not invited as my guests, the vampires were. Witch." He spat out. He knew she was with the Circe coven; she reeked of magic.

Arya was shocked to be treated like this.

"Lets get one thing straight. Shifters do not follow the same moral code of conduct vampires or witches do. We have our own laws and ways of doing things. I am the Alpha King, my word is the final word, inside the walls of this city, what I say goes. The vampires are my guests but you four," Ambrose pointed to the magic users in the room "Are crashing this party and are lucky I don’t have you thrown in prison for trespassing."

"Alright, Ambrose, enough. This is my family, not a band of rogue criminals." Odette finally spoke. She was in shock that everyone was here, even faces she hasn’t seen since her last birthday. And two face’s she’s never seen before.

"How about we all take a seat and start over?"