Bound By Lunarius.

Chapter 1

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JULY 25th
Three days before the Lunar ceremony and I still have no one to escort me and nothing to wear that half as decent as it should be. Wait wait wait, I forgot. This is the first, crisp page of my new journal. I need to start it properly.
Hello there, I'm Lucy. I'm a 17 year old girl, almost 18, in two weeks that is. I live in a small town, or kingdom I guess, called Lunaria. Yes, I am sure you already see all the "lunar" things in this journal already, but this is because our small town has a secret. A very big one at that. Our rulers, princes, kings, queens, whatever you want to call them, are all werewolves, werewolf hybrids, or vampires. Only three of these higher class people are pure blood werewolves, which is the rarest breed. These people are King Darius, Prince Zander, and Queen Anna Lee. The princess, is actually human. She was an adoption but the royals see her as nothing less than them.
King Darius is that kind of cold, emotionless man you would expect in a king. He isn't really the talking type and hes more focused on warfare and profit.
His son of the other hand, I could go on for days about. He's like the jock in a highschool. Girls are always all over him and crushing on him, its pathetic. He's tall, funny, charming, all of the above. Anyone would KILL to be his date to the ceremony, or just a partner I guess.
He was supposed to escort Lady Charlotte, but he rejected her as he does most women. So, he is either still going to possibly be on the look out for someone or he is going to go alone as usual.
Oh, i forgot to mention as well, the ceremony I am talking about is the crowning of the next heir. It is on Zanders 18th birthday. His dad gives up the heir for him since he is now old enough, but Zander also has the challenge of finding himself a queen whom will be chosen at the ceremonial ball.
The queen is supposed to be chosen by the moon god, Lunarius. Lunarius chooses all mates in the werewolf, vampire world. He chooses everyone's mate who is over 18. This is EXTREMELY important since it could just be some random girl off the streets or in poor housing who could become royalty, aka me. And also, YES the mate can be a human, it can be someone of any race.
But, who knows. I'm just some girl with an ordinary family. Not rich, not poor. Just ordinary. All things are boring here, nothing a prince would want to go after.
Well, it's my time to depart since I hear my mother calling for me. I have to go wash the dishes for her, gross. I didn't even eat off of them.
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JULY 27th
Finally! I got my dress and it's absolutely stunning. It's a golden silk sweetheart neckline dress with floral decor in silver glitter on the lining. It took me SO long to be able to get the money to afford it, but I finally did it after hours and hours of working at a dreaded fast food restaurant. I couldn't have asked for anything else. I just KNOW I'm going to look amazing at the ceremony and pop out in the crowd. I mean, I did buy this dress from a royal clothes maker who costume designed it and isn't that their job to make royals stand out?
I'm borrowing the shoes I'm going to wear from my mother and a necklace from my best friend Sierra. The shoes are classy nude pumps that will mainly be covered by my dress the whole time except when I will be dancing, which will be rare. The necklace is a diamond necklace with not too too many gems. I don't want to stand out that much. My hair will be going into a braided messy bun that I have no idea how to do myself, so my mother will be doing it since she is a professional hair dresser.
Good news though! The big day is tomorrow and I'm sooooo excited. I can't believe it! This will be my first ceremony since I'm finally old enough. But, it will probably also be my last for a very long time so I have to enjoy it while I can.
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JULY 28th
Oh...my...lord...I'm headed to the ceremony as we speak and I managed to sneak out my diary with me in my purse. Luckily, it's small enough to fit in this stupid little designer purse. I'm taking my best friend's limo with her mint her, father, and my mother. My father couldn't attend with us since he is on a business trip in the states.
All I can do is just stare out the window in anticipation because there really isn't anything else to do to pass this precious time. I literally, can not wait for this. Slowly, the palace was beginning to appear in the distance which made me even more excited than I already was to begin with. I was basically jumping up and down out of my sear. Sierra on the other hand didnt seems used, she was always going to these kinds of things since her family was on the richer side of the scale. But, I am different. I may get to see Zander, do the waltz, EVERYTHING.
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When we got out of the limo, I tried to look at proper as I could, walking next to my mother. I basically just copied whatever she did, standing tall with my chin up and curtsying to the others who were above us, who were a lot of people, as we went on. We also did simple nods to others. I tried my best to sound intelligent when others talked to me but it didnt always work since I am an over thinker.
I had everything going for me till I saw an amazing figure in the distance, Zander. He was greeting everyone who was arriving andI felt myself begin to blush. Yes I admit, I have some kind of boy band crush on this man, it's childish. But I cant help it!
Every once and a while I would catch him glancing in my direction which was a bit weird, but I ignored it. He seemed very fidgety around the others, like something was bothering him. I finally added two and two together and out he was probably stressed as well as his wolf whom he was probably trying to hold back.
Well, I guess I should explain what someone's "wolf" is. A werewolf transforms into a wolf as you may know. The wolf is almost like another being inside of the human being. They can communicate with each other and understand each other. It is a complicated subject, but you will catch up at some point.
I was assuming he must have been able to sense his mate near by, which was probably driving his wolf crazy as wolfs are quite obsessive with finding mates. It's basically all they live for, just like animals. But, the strong man still kept greeting other and socializing like nothing was wrong. God, that is hot.
Slowly, I noticed he was making his way in my direction. Then, I realized he was actually in front of me, which surprised me. My heart was pounding at a million miles an hour, and went even faster when I realized how embarrassing it was that he could hear it with his heightened senses.
When I finally got myself together, I did a small curtsy. When I rose back up, he gently took my hand from in front of me and placed a soft kiss on the top of it. Small sparks of energy ran through my body as he touched my hand.
They weren't bad kinds of sparks. In fact, they were quite comforting actually. But, I didnt pay attention to the sparks, but Zander seemed quite startled.
Zander looked up at me with curious and questioning blue eyes before finally speaking up in his raspy soft voice, "I apologize for my rudeness but, are you human?" He asked with his eyebrow raised.
In this kingdom, it is rude for races to question each other of their own races for some reason. It never bothered me to be asked and I never understood why it mattered but who knows. The more important question was why he was  asking me this.
I wasnt physically able to get the words out of my mouth so all I could do was a small quite nod. Zander let out a long, deep sigh in response. Was he seriously getting bothered by it? Does he know something I dont?
He smiled for a second before stating a brief goodbye and walking to begin his greetings to the others.
I only had to wait a minute or two before the ceremony itself started. Zander and his father walked to the front of the throne room where the priest stood next to a boy who held a large crown on a burgundy satin pillow.
The ceremony begun once everyone had silenced themselves at the ring of a large bell. The king said his own speech before it was the priests turn.
"King Darius, do you accept to give your beloved son, full and complete power over your kingdom, which you have built over the many years of your life, with full trust and love. Passed down through your family for many generations?"
The king glanced over to the priest and then to his son. "I do" he replied. He almost sounded caring when he did but everyone knew for a fact it was quite fake.
The priest turned to Zander, " Prince Zander, do you now accept to take full responsibility of what your father has passed onto you. Ruling a whole generation or more of your race and other that will trust in your to take care of their lives?"
The prince nodded "I do" He then got down on his knees in front of the priest, looking down a bit, The priest slowly and gently took the crown off of the pillow and placed it perfectly upon Zanders head and some out to the crowd. "This young man shall now be known as Zander, King of Lunarius."
The crowds cheered loudly but quickly stopped when the priest held his hand into the air. "Hold the applauds my dear friends. We mustn't celebrate till our kingdom is complete, and a complete kingdom requires a queen."
By now, Zander was up and off of his knees. He almost seemed tense at the words and thought of queen. Normally, the kingdom would have a pure blood as queen, but since they're all extinct now outside of Zanders lineage, there is no pure blood for him to marry. The possibilities are endless though. It could be a human, vampire, or even a hybrid.
The priest and Zander exchanged looks, and I noticed as they used a mind link communication that allows them to speak through their minds instead of words. The priest did a brief nod and looked out to the crowd. "The king has decided to speak to his newfound mate in private as he doesn't believe she is ready to be put out for public announcement."
The crowd seemed a bit bummed but didnt sulk or boo at him, they just cheered quietly. Zander smirked to the crowd before giving a brief wave and walking to a room in the back of the thrones. I began to walk back to my friends since the announcements were over.
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As I was walking back, I could see my friends and had to get around people by walking on the outskirts of the crowd. Suddenly, I felt a firm hand grab my wrist and pull me aside behind a wall away from the crowd.
I almost screamed until a hand covered my mouth. And just like that, I knew the scent of the persons cologne and looked up to see the brand new king. I didnt say a word, just shocked that I was dragged behind a wall by a king.
His crown was already gone and he looked a bit tired now that he was away from the crowds. He slowly removed his hand from my mouth when he realized that I was going to be quite.