Falling For Alpha Knox

"Where the heck have you been in the past hours?" Emiliana screeched as she slapped the lady before her.

"My party is about to start and my dress is still at the seamstress' place,'' she yelled again, making the lady quiver and her face now imprinted with Mark from the slap.

Being the last daughter of Alpha Damien and Luna Selena, Emiliana was pampered and a little spoiled.

"Forgive me, my lady, I had to go pick out the jewelry you'll be using tonight," her voice quivering and her head low.

While other helpless maids scrambled around in panic trying to clear the mess Emiliana made in her room.

"Get it done, now!" Emiliana yelled, throwing tantrums as she slumped on her chair. The maid bowed and disappeared through the door before she received another dose of her furry.

"You know that kind of behavior is unbecoming of a princess, and you are one." Xiamen expressed as he stood by the door, leaning on the side of the door. Two of his warriors acted as bodyguards behind him.

"I'm just so worked up about my party, I guess. I know how much of an effort you guys put into the preparations and I just want everything to go smoothly," Emiliana replied, resting her head in her palms.

Xiamen strolled into the room casually. "

He then turned to one of the warriors following him and instructed to stay outside.

"I thought the dress was supposed to be delivered yesterday, princess. Why the delay?" Xiamen asked his younger sister.

"They delivered it yesterday, but it was a little bit loose around the waist and I wasn’t satisfied with the gemstones she put in the dress.” She let out, touching her waist and pouting her lip.

“Emeliana! This is going too far! You don't have to treat them that way because you are higher than them,” his voice turned stern, this reminded her of one person, her father.

“But I wanted something royal so I could look like the princess you always call me, but all I got was a piece of trash meant for paupers."

Xiamen shook his head trying to control his furry, “The guests are arriving and so get things done on time.”

Emeliana scoffed at this, “Can't you get worried for some..”

“Emiliana! Don't get me mad!” Xiamen's voice thundered as she stood right, she hated and got scared of him when he got mad.

Xiamen is the acting Alpha at the moment. Their parents had embarked on a sacred journey for some werewolf rituals that take place once every twenty years and won't be back for a while.

Emiliana is a late bloomer. She hadn't been able to shift for the past 18 years of her life so her brother threw the party for her in hopes that she'll be able to find her mate there and that once she's mated, it would trigger her wolf to shift.

“Xiamen! You don't have to yell at me!” she let out almost in tears.

He sighed at this knowing he was getting mad at her, “I am sorry okay, just please don't hurt others if you don't snag to get ok my bad side.” he pulled her in for a hug and she smiled a bit sadly.

*******

One and a half hours later, Emiliana was standing at the top of the stairs as cheers surrounded her from every angle. She smiled happily as she made her way down in her sky blue elegant dress.

The outfit had a form-fitting bodice paired with a long skirt that was gathered at the waist and dropped in three wide loops when draped in front. The petticoat was decorated with gemstones and had embroidery at the bottom of the skirt.

She styled her hair in a very pretty half updo with flowers and silver strands woven into her dark hair and an elegant silver tiara to match. At that moment, Emiliana felt like a princess.

Her brother was waiting for her at the bottom of the stairs to guide her to the dance floor for her first dance before other eligible male suitors would dance with her.

“You look beautiful, princess,” he said as he helped her toward the dance floor.

Xiamena snorted at this and walked over to them with an air of authority.

She had now become the Beta in Daren's stead while they were away.

“Heard how you threw tantrums, you are lucky I wasn't there with you,” Xiamena's voice was low but the warning could be heard in every bit of her words.

Emeliana clicked her tongue trying to control herself, “I should mingle with them,” she spoke out.

She knows better not to get her sister's bad side, She moved forward now leaving the twin.

Another sigh escaped Xiamen’s lip, he hoped she would find her mate at the ball because he had taken great pains to invite werewolves from all over the world just for that to happen. And he knew just how much Emiliana had been looking forward to finding her mate.

“You spoil her too much to control her now,” his twin let out and also joined the crowd.

Emiliana mingled with several suitors and danced with many, but she didn’t feel any pull towards any of them. She was already starting to lose hope but decided to keep going, at least until she had made contact with ninety percent of the men, if not all of them.

“He’s not here. I want all of them to leave,” she frantically told Xiamen when she got to his seat after a few hours of socializing.

“Calm down, princess…”

“No. I want all of them out of my party. If you don’t send them all away, I will.” She shouted impatiently.

Her voice was so loud that some of the guests turned to look at her.

“What are you all looking at? I said you should get out!” She shouted angrily and ran to the nearest table, swiping all the food on it to the floor.

Murmurs erupted but Emiliana cared less about it, she wasn't happy about her situation. She had high hopes of getting her mate tonight, but now nothing good is coming out of it.

She then dashed away to the garden behind the palace, crying and ignoring her siblings’ calls.

A loud scream echoed from outside the palace, and this made everyone stand alert, ready for attack, but the next thing they felt was a foul smell filling the whole environment.

Before everyone could understand the smell, they had begun to fall to the ground.

“Wolfsbane!” Xiamen yelled trying to cover his nose but he had inhaled some amount of it so it was blurry his vision already. It

“Emiliana!” Xiamen roared, recalling his sister had run out of the palace.

The twins fought the smell hard about going after their sister, but some masked men attacked them.

They were already weak, the men blinded their vision and stabbed them both.

Xiamen struggled to get one of the men's masks but he was stabbed continuously, propelling him to let go.

Emilana knelt next to the water fountain as she cried bitterly.

“Why does the moon goddess hate me so much?” She cried, biting her lip hard so she didn't sound loud enough to attract attention.

She was still in tears when she heard footsteps moving toward her. She muffled her tears thinking it was one of her siblings but when the footsteps got closer she felt a painful metal hit her head.

But she is the Alpha King's daughter, she can't give up easily. She turned about to attack but that was another big mistake.

The wand hit her right on her arm, making blood slash out of her delicate skin and smudging her gown.

Her eyes met with a masked-up figure staring right into her, sniffing him to know if he was from their pack but she got nothing. He hid his scent already.

“Who are you?” she cried out, but then she felt the masked figure press a cloth on her nose and tried to fight the person off but soon enough, she fell unconscious.