Unknown POV

　　"Did she fight you?" my voice as cold as my heart.

　　"Yes master, it would appear that even though being kept in captivity most of her life she had still undertaken some training" Sebastien told me as he entered the room stopping to bow before me.

　　"Then at least this won't have been a complete waste of time. That will be all" I waved my hand at Sebastien motioning for him to leave.

　　Sebastien was my first in command, he had been a loyal foot solider when he first joined my army one hundred years ago. Since then, he had proved himself time and time again. He had been promoted to his new position just shy of twenty years ago, he replaced his successor after I ended his life. He had taken it upon himself to touch what didn't belong to him.

　　See I had once attended the Royal Kingdom after being invited to a ball by their King Jason. He had asked me to join forces with him, bringing our armies together and becoming a force to be reckoned with. Whilst in conversation with Jason my eyes found her, a woman of sheer beauty. Her hair was dark brown, and she wore it up in a bun, a picture of elegance. I watched her as she walked around the room, she was invisible to everyone else present. All except him. Jason had grabbed her by the arm as she passed us ordering her to fetch two drinks. The way he spoke to her caused a rumble to stir in my chest, a low growl leaving my lips. This was something I had never felt before. A feeling of possessiveness flowed through me. Jason stared at me a smirk playing on his lips as he saw how I looked at her. I knew from that very second, she was to be mine.

　　"If you agree to sign the agreement we spoke of after dinner, you are welcome to take her as a gift"

　　I hummed silently at the thought of her coming with me, the woman's eyes immediately met mine at her King's words. A look of pure fear filled her for she knew exactly who and what I was.

　　"I will take her tonight and think over your offer, do not think for a second you hold anything over me. For it was you that had seeked me out. Remember that" I snarled at him.

　　Suddenly there was a crashing sound that came from the corner of the room, a young girl had been thrown into a table smashing the glasses that had until now sat upon it. Jason's eyes turned black as he headed for his Luna that had just caused a scene. Amusement filled me as I watched the event unfold, he couldn't control his staff or his Luna, how on earth he controlled the Royal Pack was a mystery to me. I watched as did the entire room of guests as the girl was dragged outside, stripped of her clothing revealing a frail yet gorgeous body. I overheard Jason tell a guard to beat her letting everyone know the same fate was to befall anyone that bad mouthed his mate. The girl looked young sending a chill through my cold numb body. As I was about to turn and leave the woman that caught my eye screamed taking in the sight of the young girl chained to the wall.

　　They held similarities that had a stream of possibilities floating around my mind, none of which were confirmed until the woman confronted Jason. He pulled her away from the girl, the way he gripped her made my blood boil. Imagine my surprise when the woman blurted out Jason was the child's father. Grabbing her by the neck he raised her into the night sky.

　　"I Jason Bate, Alpha King to the Royal Pack hereby banish you, Jules Wright. You are now considered to be a rogue, unable to take residence in any other pack. Now if I see you in my Kingdom again, I will not hesitate to kill you" his voice loud and hard as he released his grip on her throat letting her fall to the ground."

　　"Jules" I whispered to myself enjoying the way her name rolled off my tongue.

　　After I was sure Jason had gone, I shimmered in front of Jules only for her to shuffle back as I frightened her. I offered her my hand, the hesitation in her eyes was impossible to miss.

　　"I will not bite… well unless you ask" I tell her softly while shooting her a wink.

　　Taking my hand, I helped Jules to her feet before snaking my arms around her and shimmering us back to my manor. As we arrived in my lounge Jules pulled away, worry written all over her face.

　　"Wh..what do you want from me" Her voice trying to sound strong, yet I could hear the tremble of her nerves as she spoke.

　　"You"

　　"But why? There is nothing special about me, you heard Alpha Jason. I'm nothing more than a mere r..r..rogue" she sobbed as she fell to her knees.

　　"YOU ARE NOT NOTHING" I shouted. "You are mine" I told her pulling her up to face me.

　　Before I could stop myself, my lips crashed into hers. I thought she would pull back, but she didn't, instead she deepened the kiss. Just the taste of her was enough to warm my cold body to my core, something that hadn't happened in at least a century. As I tried to step back to apologize, she pulled me back into a passionate kiss.

　　"Mate" I heard her purr before re-assaulting my lips.

　　How could I be her mate? I'm a Vampire and we didn't have mates. Yet I couldn't explain the pull I felt to her, the urge to claim her, making her like me. Mine for eternity.

　　As she ran out of breath, we broke apart, the look she gave me part lust and part fear. She was confused as was I.

　　"If you are going to insist on anything like that happening again then I believe you should know my name. I'm Lord Vladamir, but you my beauty may call me Vlad"

　　Ariel's POV

　　The second my eyes opened I jumped to my feet. Scanning the room, I was shocked to see I wasn't in a cell of any kind, I was in a bedroom; and a lush one at that. The room didn't have any windows making the only source of light the candelabra that hung from the ceiling. The walls were a light cream with a dark wooden floor. The bed was four posters with drapes the color of maroon. The room was very dated, cobwebs clung to the edges of the ceiling making it known that non-one other than me had been here recently. Getting to my feet I ran to the door, but it was locked, the silver doorknob searing my skin as I grabbed ahold of it.

　　"Hello Ariel" A voice came from behind me making my heart jump from my chest.

　　"Mother... how are you here, where are we" my voice laced with panic as I darted towards where she was sitting in an armchair to the side of the room.

　　The closer I got to her I could tell she wasn't herself; she was different. Her skin not as tanned as it was the night of the Royal Welcoming Ball, yet her skin was flawless. Her scars and bruised completely disappeared. As I fell into her lap I shivered as her hands began to stroke my hair, they were ice cold.

　　"What has happened to you?" I asked her.

　　"I have been given a second chance at life my darling girl. You see after I found you chained to the wall, I threatened to reveal to the Luna that Jason was your father. He banished me before I had the chance. That was when I found my mate. He saved me" my mum spoke softly a smile on her face, something I hadn't seen in forever.

　　"My mate was in attendance at the Ball, only he isn't from another pack. His name is Lord Vladamir" her voice strong showing how proud she was to be mated to this man.

　　"Mum No… he's a…"

　　"A vampire? Yes, I know. Now I'm afraid we don't have much time, there is a lot to do now that you are finally here. We need to get you ready for your changing ceremony"

　　"My what?"

　　"It's where you become one of us, live for an eternity, you will get to see empires rise and fall. What Vlad is offering you truly is a gift"

　　"Mum I want to stay a wolf. I don't want to become a vampire. I won't" I shouted as I pulled out of her embrace.

　　"Silly girl you will be both. We are going to turn you into something new, something stronger. A new race if you will. You will become a Hybrid"

　　"I said No, I won't become like you"

　　"I am your mother, and you WILL listen to me" she said as she back handed me hard enough to knock me backwards, so I fell onto the bed. "Now let me tell you a story. There was a strong wolf, one of which was going to die in vain as part of some sick and twisted revenge fantasy. We were in need of a test rat and so we chose one. An hour or so before her life ended, we compelled some poor soul to inject this wolf with a very special tonic. One of our own creations. You see once dead all we needed to do was collect her body, preferably before she woke up. Though getting her body back should have been easy yet proved to be harder then expected. But nether the less we obtained it. Once the body was in our possession, I could tell immediately we had picked the correct wolf to use. Her killer's scents were all over her so I knew she would fight harder than anyone to come back, regardless of the cost"

　　"Do you know how insane you sound mother, turning you into a vampire has messed with your head. How the hell can you justify messing with someone's soul like that"

　　"Darling you really are naive aren't you. The moment she died her soul returned to the goddess; our tonic however was designed to keep just a slither of her soul intact. That way when the special ingredient worked its way through her blood, she was able to come back. She would wake up feeling extremely hungry though that's one of the downsides. But never mind that as once she fed, she completed her transition. A half werewolf half vampire; a Hybrid. Exciting isn't it. Right… clothes are in the wardrobe, please wear something dashing" my mothers smile big as she pulled me into another hug before walking to the door.

　　I felt Jade stir in my mind she had been quiet this entire time just listening the crazy shit my mum had been saying. I felt her get ready to shift knowing full well she was going to run the moment the door opened. As the door opened my mother cleared her throat, a woman that had been standing outside turned to face her. Me feet routed in place as I looked at the woman that stood there. The story my mother told me was about her, I watched Beta Roger remove her body from the dungeon.

　　"Marie, be a dear and make sure my daughter gets ready and doesn't do anything stupid"