"Claudette, we've landed its time to wake up" Christian's deep warm voice trickled down my body like a warm blanket.

I woke up with a yawn and rubbed my eyes. Thank goodness I didn't put any make up on this morning otherwise I would be looking like a panda right now I thought to myself.

"How long have I been asleep?" I asked quietly realising someone had taken off my shoes for me and readjusted my chair so I slept a more comfortably.

"A few hours" he replied with a genuine smile.

Christian's perfect smile made him look like a teenage heart breaker with his deep dimples.

Sitting up I noticed Dante looking at me in remorse. They must have had a talk I realised looking between him and Christian.

Before he was able to say anything I put my hand up. "Please don't commander" referring to him in his official title. "I'm sorry about before, I'll respect your personal space and won't demand you or Christian to do anything like that again verbally or non-verbally. Now I'm embarrassed enough about it as it is and I'd prefer not to talk about it if that's ok with you" I said flicking my wrist waving him off.

During my little crying fest I had made a decision. I'm about to turn 18 which means that I will officially dropping my title as princess and after my coronation I will be Queen. This meant I could no longer allow myself to act like a hormone driven teenager. It just leaves me looking like an idiot, and my wolf won't stand for that humiliation any longer, she was demanding respect even now.

Standing up I straightened out my clothes and stretched my long limbs.

"Arrangements have been made for your living situation whilst at the school. You and Christian will be sharing a 2 bedroom penthouse apartment in the student campus" Dante said quickly obviously not happy with the arrangement.

"The staff have been informed of our arrival, they know that both Christian and myself are part of your personal security team, however the students will not so its important for us to all play our parts to ensure your safety"

"Won't it be weird that I'm sharing a apartment with a guy?" I asked confused.

"This school has a firm co-ed belief" Christian said simply.

"Right.... that's different" I thought out loud.

My wolf however was ecstatic. Our true mate might be there she said quickly as I felt her enthusiasm

kick up a notch causing the blood to rush to my cheeks.

"Well what am I going to do about clothes?"

"Stazey has already gone shopping and sent everything she thinks you might need" Christian said with a grin.

"Aghh of course she has" I said rolling my eyes. My best friend was a shopaholic. She was always trying to get me to wear outrageously sexy clothes. I had to fight her tooth and nail to let me wear underwear to a function one night. Underwear! For goodness sake and when she finally let me put some one she made me wear the most uncomfortable outrageous lingerie.

"You do realise that she will have filled my bags with short skirts and even shorter dresses not to mention the crazy underwear" I mumbled to myself as I grabbed my bag. Checking my phone I had a few missed calls from Stazey, one from Levi and one from a number I didn't recognise but they left a msg so I dialled my voicemail as I made my way off the plane.

"Hey beautiful its Antonio, a little birdy told me that we will be attending the same school, looking forward to having a catch up with you, wear something pretty ok princess"

I looked at my phone is disgust. "Aghhh how did he get my number again" I said rolling my eyes and deleting the msg.

"Who has your number again?" Christian asked in a serious tone.

"Who do you think? My personal welcoming committee" I said without looking at him.

I knew Christian's father worked for the English royals and he grew up with Antonio's sister in England. When he was 10 he was sent to St Dela Marquez becoming best friends with my brother. Antonio took offence that Christian didn't try hard enough to defend his sister during the attack that killed my brother and his sister. Seeing Christian straight after the attack I knew he did everything he could do.

"Well with me around I'm sure he'll leave you alone" Christian said knowingly.

"Fingers crossed" I growled as we walked out into the evening air.

A 45min drive later we had arrived at the boarding school.

It was a modern building tucked away in what looked like a man made rainforest. The buildings were sleek and edgy. We were buzzed into the property by serious looking guards. Roaming the boarder were a number a huge looking wolves.

"are they?" I asked recognising a couple of the wolves.

"Yes I've arranged for a team of hand selected guards from The Unspeakables to co-ordinate with the European Royal guard The Dominators to run a 24 hour guard around the school." Dante confirmed.

Dante turned around to look at me seriously. "Claud" he said using my nic name I couldn't help but smile slightly. His blue blue eyes sparkled as a small smile flashed on his full lips.

"Yeppp" I said popping the P.

"While you're here most of the guys will probably want to claim you as their mate" he said with a heavy frown. Looking to my side I saw Christian frown too.

I cracked a laugh. "As opposed to half the political party or the high society werewolves I've met" I said rolling my eyes.

"I know your used to men cracking onto you" he said with a 'you think I'm stupid' look.

"But these are hormonal male werewolves, they will try everything possible to try and make you fall for them. I'm guessing they all know your royal abilities to create mates and to claim the princess as a mate would be a huge prize" he said looking at me.

"Including the prince" Christian grumbled to the side.

Rolling my eyes at them I laughed. "You two need to chill, I had this talk with my dad when he was alive when I first phased, I know how to keep an eye out for the RL's" I said looking outside.

Dante looked at me with a questioning look.

"Royal Leeches" I said grinning at him.

"Right, well anyways everyone will think that Christian is your cousin so Christian the same goes for you" he said looking at Christian.

I held up my hand. "No, if Christian finds someone there that he likes and thinks is his mate he has my permission to pursue it" I said looking at him.

"That goes for you too Dante" I said with a dismissive nod

Before either one of them could say anything we pulled up to the school and Dante jumped out. "This is my stop, you can't be seen turning up with a teacher, I'll see you in the morning for your first head mistress address".

"If you need to contact me you have my mobile Claud" he said with a smile. I nodded as he made his way to the building.

We drove through the forest and approached the Student campus. The architecturally designed building looked so modern it was hard to believe this was for the students. The contrast between the rainforest background and the building was so dynamic yet complimentary that it was amazing to see.

The building held huge windows that were lit up like golden orbs

As we pulled up we stepped out into the night air my senses were assaulted with an array of different wolf scents. My wolf was on edge.... She wasn't used to being surrounded with so many different scents. Recognising a familiar scent my wolf knew instantly who it was the prince.

"Typical" Christian muttered as he saw a figure standing from 1 of the top 2 apartments - Antonio

Looking up at the building I realised now that pretty much every student was standing at their windows staring at us.

"oh great lets all stare at the princess" I mumbled under my breath.

"And the hot guy" someone from a window said with a giggle.

"Wolves remember princess" Christian said with a chuckle as he pulled on my ear playfully reminding me that from this point onwards every word murmured and sighed we made could be heard from a mile a way.

We walked into the building to be met by the Student body president. A tall skinny blonde model looking girl, that wore way to short skirt and a crisp white top waiting for us with a raised eyebrow smirking at me and glowing towards Christian.

"Good evening your highness, I'm Emma the school president" she greeted me with my official title.

"Oh hey Emma, you don't need to call me that just Claudette is fine" I said with a quick handshake.

"and you must be her cousin?" she said looking at Christian hopefully.

"The better looking one of the family" he said as he placed an arm around my shoulders.

"aghh and the modest one" I said rolling my eyes.

"Nice to meet you both" she said ignoring me completely trying to catch Christians eye which was currently looking around like he'd never seen the place before.

"Well let me show you to your rooms and we can discuss the school in a little more detail" she said marching off towards a flight of stairs.

"The school was founded in 1816 by the Marquez family. The school was founded on the principle that werewolves required their own special location for schooling to enable young adults to adapt to the trials and tribulations of become a full grown were. The classes are limited to approx 10-15 per class and specialize from everyday learning like history, maths and English to modified classes like defence & combat and were history." She said flirting with Christian under her set of false eyelashes.

I had to stop myself from choking on a laugh at how obvious she was being. Looking to my side I saw Christian with a smile on his lips. He was enjoying the show.

"You've been assigned to one of the penthouses" she said standing at the door.

"Rule number one in the student campus" she said holding up a perfectly manicured finger.

"No one is allowed to enter into anyone else's room without invitation. Being wolves you can imagine how territorial some can get with their personal space"

"Rule number 2, the school has a strict no sex policy, although it encourages co'ed living they don't want to deal with unwanted pregnancies....Unless your mates and in which case that rule doesn't apply to you." She said staring at Christian.

I knew what she was doing a lot of female were's stare at both Christian and Dante in the hope that they are their mate. Its not common knowledge that member's of The Unspeakable's will remain mate less until I release them from the royal bond that they carry with my mark on their forearms.

Looking at her clip board she glowed towards Christian.

"Looks like being a royal gives you special privileges already, you two are sharing the penthouse" she said looking at him like he was gold.

"Thanks Emma, If you don't mind I wanna have a shower and freshen up, thanks for the run down" I said walking into the room.

I walked in looking around. The room was pretty lush even if I did say so myself. It had a big lounge in the middle with an open style kitchen. On each side of the lounge was a bedroom, one blue obviously for the guy and one light purple for the girl. Inside the room was huge king sized beds with matching blankets and sheets. Off my room was a walk in wardrobe and a ensuite.

Looking around expecting Christian to be behind me I realised he was still in the hallway which now had the door slightly closed. Using my wolf senses I focused to hear what was being said.

"So if you ever wanna tour or anything let me know, or if you just want a visit your welcome any time I'm down a level in room 36" Emma purred.

I stepped back into the room waiting to hear his response.

"Really?" I heard him rumble in a laughing tone.

"mmmmhhh" she purred again.

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind but I'm sure there are a lot of other pretty girls here so I have to keep my options open, you understand" he said as he open the door stepping into the room.

.

Standing there looking at him in shock I didn't know what to say.

He stood his ground with a grin looking at me. "That was priceless" I said giggling as I sat on the couch staring at the room.

He cracked up laughing. "I know right, she looked like she had been slapped with a wet fish" he said plopping down next to me.

"The penthouses are all sound proof so we can speak freely in here" he said looking around. "They look the same from when I went here"

"I guarantee that that was the first time that girl had been rejected" I said with a smile on my lips.

"well it wont be the first rejection I make while I'm here I bet..." he said standing up and looking around.

"Why did we plan to say your my cousin, when the prince finds out he's gonna put us on blast to everyone" I said realising the truth behind my question.

Christian frowned then turned around, shoving his hand into his pockets he looked at me sheepishly, I couldn't help noticing how his eyes were like two golden brown orbs that I felt like I could sink into. His arms flexed as he rocked on the balls of his feet.

"Christian! Just spit it out already" I growled.

"Dante was hoping you could talk to him about it, he knows the prince has a soft spot for you, and that you two KNOW each other" Christian said looking at me confused.

I looked at him as he scrunched up his forehead. "is that how he got your number the first time around?" he asked me with his eyebrows raised.

"aghh yes we know each other, you know we do but I dont KNOW him like that" I said throwing cushions at him. "I heard rumours after I recovered that you guys hooked up when you visited him after Tatiana's death but never did get the full story" Christian looked at me with a pair of questioning eyes.

Truth be told I used to have a thing for the prince when I was like 15. My father invited their family to our lake house one summer and I followed him around like a lost puppy. He invited me to the lake one day but must have forgotten because when I arrived I found him making out with my fathers assistant who was like 20 at the time, I was crushed and a little creeped out she was so old.

When I finally had the guts to ask him about her he was really rude to me telling me I should stop following him around it was pathetic and that I needed to think about my own looks before he would even look twice at me. I was hurt and upset and he really knocked my self confidence at the time I was going through my awkward teenage phase.

A year later my brother and his sister Tatiana were killed. I travelled to his home land to attend her funeral out of respect, by that time I had grown up.

** Flashback **

Walking into the foreign palace was like walking into another world. I gasped at the extravagance of it all. I knew they were as wealthy as us but I didn't realise how amazing their home would be. The European Queen had amazing taste; she had been a supermodel before she met her mate in the king.

I straightened my black dress that was hugging my curves. Pulling out a little mirror I checked my makeup quickly. My almond eyes were shinning a bright blue as my cheeks were a rosy pink, my lips a light shade of glossy nude and my black hair had been curled into natural waves and was cascading down my spine. Nodding towards my new guard Dante he opened the door allowing me entrance.

"Claudette, its so nice of you to come" the Queen said instantly as she stood from her chair. Sitting next to her was the sad king and then Prince Antonio to his right.

"Of course your highness my family and I are so so sorry to hear about your loss" I said walking forward to the queen as she held her arms open to embrace me into a warm hug. She herself was wearing a black gown.

"My dear we are sorry for both our families losses" she said wiping a tear. My brothers funeral was a few days earlier and both the king and queen had attended and then flown home to oversee the arrangements to bury their own princess.

I turned to the king and curtsied quickly bowing my head. "Your grace" I said clearly as I was taught from a young age to address royalty.

"Claudette, thank you for coming it really means a lot to us" he said with a small smile on his lips as he held out his arms also. I stepped forward and gave him a small hug. "My husband and I were just saying what a stunningly beautiful young women you have grown up to be" the queen said again with a smile and looked directly at her son. "I was going to say somthing to you at the funeral but never found the right moment" she said with a smile.

"Of course your highness I understand we all have been through so much but thank you for your kind words. I think the last time I saw you I was going through my awkward teenage years" I said politely. Turning to the kings left I curtsied again and lowered my gaze. "Prince Antonio its nice to see you again, I'm sorry it had to be under such terrible circumstances" I said politely.

I raised my gaze and saw the greenest green eyes staring back at me. The prince had grown more handsome then I would have thought. His curly blond hair had developed into soft blond curls that were now styled like a GQ model as he stood in his perfect black suit. "Of course princess, thank you for coming, I am so so glad you have comeeee" he said with a deep golden purr accentuating the word 'come' as he visibly checked out my new attained curves.

I raised an eyebrow. He seriously does not think I'm gonna fall for that crap again does he as I gave him a slight look of disgust and rolled my eyes slightly.

He looked at me in shock and a cocky grin graced his perfect face. Inside my stomach burst into a thousand butterflies but my wolf was more guarded. She didnt forget how nasty he had treated me that summer at the lake house. I turned quickly and chatted to the king and queen

*** End of flashback ***

"Agh NO Christian we did NOT hook up, not from his lack of trying though" I said as I stormed into my room.

"Well Claudy if you could use your womanly charms on him to keep his snout shut it would help our plans, but don't use those dangerous curves too much I dont want to have to kill him on our first night" he said standing in my bedroom door smiling as i opened the first of 5 huge suitcases that were dumped in my room.

"what did you call me?" I said turning around quickly.

"Claudy" he said with a cheeky grin.

Only my brother used to call me Claudy, it normally meant he wanted something.

"I thought it was cute when your brother used it so I thought Id give it a try, you dont like?"

I shrugged "Whatever its cool its nice to hear it again reminds me of him" I said as I opened my first suitcase.

DING DING DING DING DING - A loud noise erupted from a small speaker in the corner of the room from the ceiling.

"dammm I forgot about the dinner tone" Christian chuckled.

"the what??" I said looking at him.

"It means the dinner hour has started in the Student campus mess hall"

"You go, I wanna have a quick shower" I said as I found a pair of black skinny jeans and a fitted blue hoodie.

"There is no way I'm going without you, just hurry up and have your shower ill wait" Christian said as I pulled open a bag full of make-up and perfume.

"Just don't take forever putting that gunk on your face, you prettier natural looking anyways" he said staring at me with his golden brown eyes.

I just laughed as I walked towards the bathroom. I showered quickly washing my hair. Jumping out I towel dried my hair and put it up into a messy bun. Throwing on my clothes I grabbed the make up bag and looked inside. Stazey had picked out some good stuff. Grabbing some mineral makeup I gave my face a light dusting. Throwing on a thin layer of blush and a quick flick of mascara I grabbed my most favourite piece of makeup lip gloss. Plumping my lips I glossed them up and smiled all set. Throwing on a pair of white ballet flat I walked out of my room.

Christian turned around with sexy smile. Looking up at me from under his thick lashes I had to remember to breath he looked so devine. No Claudette you cant think like that anymore I told myself.

"Lets go princess" he said opening the door to our room waiting for me.

We walked down the stairs and towards the centre of the campus. In the middle was a large open courtyard surrounded by trees and plants. Walking through the courtyard we entered a large hall.

Christian held the door open for me as I smiled at him nervously and walked in.

The room looked like a normal mess hall, rows and rows of tables with teenagers of different ages and backgrounds.

Emma approached us with a seductive smile plastered on her lips. "Hey Christian you and Claudette just have to come sit with us" she purred grabbing onto his arm.

"Wow your so built you must workout" she said giggling as she clung to him like he was a fire fighter.

We followed her lead as she directed us to a table in the middle of the hall.

"Hey guys, this is the newest edition to our little group. This is Christian and his cousin Claudette" she said introducing us to the group.

"this is Sheri" a blonde girl with a large rack smiled and waved. "This is Cassie" A cute little brunette waved. "That's Arvi" a good looking Canadian dude waved. You could tell because he was built like a tank and was wearing a 'Canadian and proud' t-shirt. "This is Steven" a drop dead gorgeous golden island boy smiled a sexy smile at me and pulled a seat out waiting for me to sit down, and this is our other royal addition "Antonio" she said as a figure approached me from the side.

"Hey beautiful" Antonio's deep voiced echoed through my body like a volt of electricity.

"I didn't think it was possibly for you to get even more beautiful but I was wrong again" he said holding a hand on his heart looking at me with a jaw dropping heat stopping smile.

"You remember my cousin Christian" I said smiling up at Antonio.

He nodded towards Christian with a fake smile and turned back to me running a finger down my cheek. "You really have become more beautiful Claud" he said sincerely looking deeply into my eyes.

I looked to my left as Christian was clenching his hands looking murderously towards Antonio.

"Anty who is this girl" a peroxide blonde girl with black stilettos said as she grabbed his arm and whinged like a kid.

"This is my future queen" he growled a deep sexy masculine growl as his eyes glowed with a passionate fire.

I turned to look at Christian as I felt a wave of anger wash through me "Over my dead body...She is my Queen" I thought I heard Christian say but his lips didnt move.... WAIT his lips didnt move.... WHAT THE HELL? Did that mean I was intune with his emotions and I could hear what he was thoughts now?

Wow looks like I just learnt a new royal gift...