Mate to a king

Bloom.

I woke up the next morning to have the sun streaming down onto my face. I had a pain in my neck from yesterday,

Flashback.

"I now pronounce you queen." The former king, James fathers voice boomed. Now was time for James to mark me.

 You see, if the king hadn't marked his mate earlier it had to be done during coronation.

Flashback over.

So that's why it hurts so much. James had to take me straight to bed as I was feeling sleepy from the after effects.

With the coronation over, today was the day I was going to meet his parents.

Beside me, I felt around the bed to find James gone, in his place was a note.

Hey Bloom,

I am just getting everything with my parents ready. I will be back before you know it.

Oh, so that's where he went.

I decided to get out of bed to get ready.

I took a fairly short shower before changing into a short, frilled black dress. Paired with brown lace up boots that come to just below my knees.

Walking down the stairs and into the kitchen, I grabbed an apple before walking outside.

I went to meet

not everyday you meet your mate/boyfriends parents for the first

gentle footfalls came closer before slowing to a stop.

up to?" The voice of none other than David, James's Beta asked, startling me out my

air for a bit," I answered, felling slightly

at me. I continued staring off into

to meet him in the kitchen in ten

will go in a minute,"

the footsteps growing distant signalling that he had left me in the garden.

small kitchen on the royals floor. This is the kitchen me and James were mostly in.

into the open kitchen, I saw

soon as he saw me he instantly put away his phone

wrapped my arms around his torso, feeling calm in

asked, stroking one hand down my back, the other around my

I admitted,

me out through the kitchen

in pictures of past royals, all the way up to James. I'm not on there yet because I need to be

into a small sitting room. The large black L shapes couch sat against the wall on the left. A dark mahogany table sat in the

placed at the back

as I realised that we were standing in

inside. She had

am Bloom," I try to answer as politely as

we can get to know

on the seat opposite his parents,

at me whilst I fidgeted with my