Chapter 5

She had eyes the color of grass on it's brownest days and short shoulder length brunette hair that framed her face nicely, she was dressed in a high neck short black dress with a slit that showed of her long legs, it pained me to admit it but she was beautiful to say the least. She smiled at me with a knowing wicked glint in her eyes."It's nice to finally meet you Lucy."She greeted me ,pretending as though we hadn't met earlier when her hands were wrapped around my now husband.She held out her hand for a hand shake and I warily accepted it . I forced myself to return her smile."It's a pleasure to meet you as well Ariana."I felt her hand grip mine tighter , so tight that I was sure it would leave a bruise by tomorrow . "So where is Austin?"Eric inquired ,his eyes searching the room. "Oh he was just outside with me a few minutes ago, I'll go call him father."Ariana answered ,finally letting go of my hand. My entire body stiffened at her words, so that's where he was the entire night , I should have guessed. "Those two have always shared an unbreakable bond."Eric commented staring after his daughter. "Well not always."Prince Lucas cut in."A few years back Austin didn't so much as fancy Ariana, but something changed in him like a switch one day ,it's pretty hard to explain,it's almost like if he went under a spell one would say." Eric seemed disturbed by Lucas's words and quietly excused himself while the queen left to make sure he was okay. "Thank you for that." Lucas grinned at me."Anytime Lucy.I know what it's like being a newcomer and having all the attention on you, don't worry, I'll try my best to make this entire experience easier for you." "I wish there was some way I could thank you for your sweet words ."I responded smiling brightly up at him , for once I actually felt like I had an older brother looking out for me and it felt amazing. "A hug will suffice!"He suggested with a cheeky grin. A low menacing growl came from behind us and I saw Austin glaring at Lucas, the look on his face was deadly , almost as if he wanted to attack his own brother. This time there was no mistaking that it was a growl I had heard coming from him ,nothing was making sense to me ,never before had I heard anyone in my entire life growl like that and believe me I've been around a lot of people before . ""Wow there brother,just be grateful it was me asking her for a hug and not any of the men staring at her right now." "Austin!"Ariana almost shouted, trying to get his attention, she seemed shocked at his reaction to Lucas asking me for a hug. It did work however, he seemed in control of himself once again as his glare was now focused on me. I gave him a perplexed look. What exactly did I do? His eyes moved from me to scan the room and a scowl formed on his face.I followed his gaze and noticed a few faces were looking in my direction ,all mostly men. A muscle ticked in his jaw and it seemed as though he was fighting to control himself. "Where is my father?"Ariana asked. "I think I said something that upset him, you should go check on him ."Lucas confessed with a smile, it was clear as day he didn't like her and that confused me , why would he prefer to be kind to me when it was her his brother preferred ? Her eyes flashed ."What did you say?" "Ask him." "Lucas."Austin said his name in a warning tone , not pleased with his brother's behavior . Ariana rolled her eyes and linked her arms through Austin's."Let's go find my father." My eyes rested on where there skin touched and again just like before I heard the voice in my head, this time it all but screamed 'mine'. It hurt, it hurt like hell to see him so close to another woman, especially when the woman was her.I still didn't understand why it did however, how could I already have feelings for someone I had just met?The emotions were already so strong , like if I had known Austin my entire life and that was simply absurd since I'd never met the prince before , I was certain of it, he had the type of face one couldn't help but remember. Unable to see anymore of it , I quietly excused myself and walked into the palace's garden , wanting to get some fresh air to clear my head, away from everyone and especially away from Austin and Ariana. For the first time since I reached here I begun to miss home , even though I was mistreated back there ,I still knew almost everyone  and I didn't have to worry about a husband who didn't want anything to do with me. I felt like a complete stranger here , the only thing giving me courage was how nice Austin's family was to me. I was experiencing a new kind of pain at this palace and it was becoming almost unbearable. A sound from the woods suddenly caught my attention and against my better judgement I inched closer to get a better view. "Is anyone here?" I walked a little further ,my feet coming to an immediate stop when I heard a soft growl.My eyes widened as they settled upon a huge brown wolf .It looked angry or hungry, I wasn't sure at the moment.But either one wasn't a good sign for me. I slowly begun to move backwards but that seemed to make it more angry as the ferocious growling only got much louder. My hands flew to my mouth to stop the scream that threatened to escape, I feared any noise would make the damn thing attack much faster. I looked around me frantically , hoping to find something that could possibly help me in this situation.I felt the sweat build up on my forehead as I listened to my own racing heart beat while the wolf stealthily approached me. My heart dropped in defeat as I realized this might be it for me , there was no way I could survive an attack like this from something as huge and vicious as this wolf. The wolf snarled at me ,preparing itself to attack as its eyes focused on me, it launched forward and I let out a frightened cry. This was it. Suddenly, a loud howl rippled through the air ,all the hairs on my body stood up at the power that radiated from the sound.Out of nowhere a huge jet black wolf jumped in front of me and barreled into the other wolf,I watched in horror as they both tackled each other . What the hell was happening ?