1 Carina

Honey!, come downstairs, Jared is here to see you. I flinch at the sound of my mother's voice, like a child caught doing something bad. Well jumping out of my bedroom window when there is an actual door isn't a good idea and obviously a bad thing hence the reason I panicked at the sound of my mother's voice.

In my world nothing like soulmates exist, we have free will to choose whoever we want to be with and what not, however, arranged marriage is quite common as well, especially among royals, who usually marry people who suit their status. As an enchantress princess living in the enchanted kingdom, it's mandatory to marry someone of high rank, that includes any kind of supernatural being aside ours. We share borders with the Centaurs and have never been at peace with them. There was always some tension between us and them. During the last meeting, they came to an agreement. I was to marry their prince, Jared, to ensure peace between our races. My parents made no promises, only agreeing to persuade me to marry him for the sake of peace, though I'm currently being forced to marry. The Centaurs are quite formidable, they are good at running, incredibly strong and the best archers ever known to exist.

I'm quite mad at my parents forcing me to get married to someone who's half horse and half man, how does she expect us mate, this is basically the same as asking me to have mate with a horse because from his torso downward is all horse.

My pleas fell on deaf ears, I mean we could defeat them if it came down to it. We have immense power at our disposal, not to mention beasts like griffins and trolls in our possession as well as the enchanting effects of our songs and voices used to lure the mightiest of men into our traps.

Since I'm not one to judge people I hardly know, I decided to get to know Jared for a while and surprisingly, he was extremely polite and funny, he treated me with respect and usually listened to my ramblings.

He is a nice person and I would have actually agreed had circumstances been different. Unbeknownst to most, I'm partly Werewolf. My father is and I inherited the gene from him along with his mother's gift as a seer.

Being a werewolf I know I have a soul mate somewhere, the one person I'm meant to be with. My wolf yearns for her mate and I know bonding myself with another male while my mate is out there can kill her. I'm not like most wolves either, I need my mate for the survival of my wolf, I cannot bond with another and I certainly cannot reject my mate like my dad told me most from his world would. My dad believes it has something to do with my strange wolf. Apparently, white wolves are almost extinct and we're known to have unusual characteristics unlike normal wolves. My father knowing all this still thought it wise to have me married to Jarred. I don't think I'll ever forgive him for trying to forcefully have me mated to someone who is not my mate. My mom may not understand but he does as a werewolf yet he still does nothing about it and this is why I'm escaping. I'm going to open a portal to my father's world, the world of the werewolves to find my mate.

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I make my way to the enchanted cave in a sprint, not wanting to delay any further as I'm sure my family would be looking for me. In the enchanted cave, the are open portal doors leading to other realms, since my father is werewolf and clearly not of this world, I assume his portal should be here as well, how else did my mom find him if she was stuck in this world with no means to explore others. People are only allowed to use the portals if the council authorizes them to and very little like me could open a portal of their own, my parents don't know I can do it though. I want to find the one my dad used to get here so that I will land in his former pack where I know I'll meet his family. His family has been visiting the enchanted kingdom for a long time so I know them. I find a portal door with lupine written on it and I know that's the one....well lupine means ...wolf..or wolf-like? I'm not sure but I know this is it...however it is part of the many portal doors that are locked!. I rub my hands in frustration. Examining the door, I feel the powerful aura rolling off it waves, it was not just locked by the council, my mother had a hand in this. I know how her power feels like.

I'm not sure I'll have enough time to try to open it. It is heavily sealed with a spell pattern obviously created by the council and my mother. My parents might have guessed I would try something like this. I left a letter on my dresser in my room before leaving, I felt guilty going without saying goodbye to them, if they have read it, they'll be hot on my heels by now. Using my power, I try to break into the spell formation created to keep the portal closed and just as I expected, it fails and counter-attacks but uses the same pressure I applied to knock me off my feet and I slam into a wall.

I can open my own portal but It might not lead to my father's pack. Since no one knows about it, I practice in secret which is not overly good because I still can't open a portal that will take me to my exact desired destination but rather a surrounding area or a place close by, hence the reason why I want to open this portal badly.

"Damn it!!!" I curse out loudly in frustration as this weird spell formation counter-attacks once more sending me straight toward the wall.

This time however, I steady myself and avoid hitting the wall.

I could try making my own spell formations to break it but I'm going to need time which I don't have. Just as I decide to try, I hear Jared's shrill scream telling me to stop and I knew my time was up. I open my own portal in desperation and step inside.