Blue Moon

| TWO |

chapter two
edited

Niall got himself settled back in the carriage, his father by his side, waving goodbye to the wolves and letting them go back to their previous activities.

The wheels turned and the horses snorted as they trotted off to another part of the area, where the more mature alpha wolves hung out. It was a place filled with strong looking men, all wise but slightly immature, the blond Prince enjoyed watching them whenever they visited here.

Not long after they got in the carriage, they stopped, Niall looked out, seeing the men play fighting in their wolf forms, large, furry bodies toppling through the grass, the ground shaking under their large, alpha weight.

The carriage shakes as his father climbs out of it, a ringed, large hand coming up to take Niall's small one. And as soon as the blond got out of the carriage, plopping onto the grass and grabbing at his dress so it didn't get dirty, the men stopped what they were doing, even the large wolves nipping at each other's ankles stopped to stare at the beautiful royal. Niall immediately trailed his eyes to the ground, shrinking under the many dominant stares.

"How are the alpha's today?!" Father yells to the men and they all let out little hoots and holler's out of their mouths, pumping their fists in the air. The ones that were in their wolf forms, quickly transforming into their skins.

But as soon as Niall's father spoke, the man letting the group have a cheer, all the alpha's froze and shut their mouths, listening carefully.

"I have brought my son along to have a look at the alpha community, to see who is protecting him and his kingdom." The king smiles as the alpha's let out a roar of pride.

Niall's father then turns to him, the smile still on his face, but his eyes softening as they locked with his sons.

"I'll take you along, let you chat some alpha's up, see if any catches your eye." The king then sneaks a wink making the prince blush in embarrassment.

"Go on with your work" The king waves his hand up, a motion for the alpha's to turn their attention to what they were doing before.

Niall followed his father, almost catching at the mans heels at how close he was to him. Niall felt a shiver go down his spine seeing the many eyes piercing at his back, other alpha's trying desperately to catch his eye.

The blond suddenly would rather go home and pick flowers for his crowns, instead of getting eye-raped by alpha's.

-x-x-

They walked for a few minutes, Niall watched his father chat with alpha's, the blond just hid behind him, preying to just go home.

But then he caught two familiar faces, the two out of the four head alpha's of the packs, Harry and Zayn.

"Ah!" Niall flinched at his fathers sudden spark of interest. He looked up, seeing the man walk towards the two alpha's that he was just looking at. Niall quickly followed behind, eyes still trained on the ground.

"How are you two? I was going to ask for you boys to join us, but you looked busy." The king shook the two alpha's hands, Niall stood hunched over, still behind him. But the blond couldn't help but sneak a look, those two looked so beautiful, and the other two alpha's, Louis and Liam, they all were just stuck in his mind.

The two men smiled at Niall's father.  "We are doing fairly well my king!" Zayn says and father smiles back, nodding. But then his head suddenly turns to Niall, the blond flinching and straightening himself up.

"This is-as you know-my son, Niall" Niall's father says and Harry, to the princes surprise, didn't hesitate to lean in, pulling Niall in towards him and kissing him on the cheek, a deep blush painting Niall's cheeks.

"We meet again" he says and let's go of Niall's waist, straightening up and stepping back for the other alpha to lean in. Niall barely had enough time to recover, Zayn walking over and giving him a more lighter, delicate kiss on the cheek and than a small squeeze of on the hand.

"What he said" Zayn mumbles and looks deeply into Niall's eyes, a small smirk on his face as he steps back beside Harry.

It was an awkward silence after that, the two alpha's didn't seem to mind. Just kept on smiling down at Niall, but the blond was fidgeting with his dress, shifting on his feet and chewing on his bottom lip.

"Well, I'll let you boys get back to your duties. I'm deeply grateful you decided to accompany us, tell Louis and Liam we appreciate their presence also." The king gave them a final nod, the two doing the same and then walking off back to their daily training areas.

Niall couldn't help but stare back, watching as they left. The blond was now going to have a dilemma, he had to pick one alpha, and now he has four perfect ones to pick over, but he wanted all of them.

They got back into the carriage, the horses trotting off back to the castle. Throughout the ride, Niall had his head rested on the seat, staring up at the top of the carriage. Thinking who he wanted to most, who was the most beautiful in personality and in looks.

He wanted to scream, it was so difficult.

"Niall, you're in love aren't you?" Niall's father speaks suddenly, catching the blond by surprise in the middle of his deep thoughts.

He looked towards his father, staring him down for a few seconds before stiffly nodding, dreading the next question the man will ask. 

"I know it's ones of the four pack leaders, which one?" Niall closes his eyes, the dreaded question finally being asked.

"I can't choose" Niall mumbles, and his father barely heard it, but then a chuckle leaves his mouth, the blond was now very confused.

"Those four, I knew you'd have trouble, they all fit the perfect alpha, very loyal, very strong, very handsome." Niall's father says, shaking his head with a smile still on his face. But when he looked back at Niall, noticing the deep frown on the blond's face, he immediately went serious.

"Why don't I ask them to come to dinner with us tonight? Let you get to know them more and than see which one is your favourite." The king says and Niall's nods, but still holds the frown on his face.

He just wished he could have all of them, but he guessed that was too much to ask.