Chapter 15: Confessions

Everyone was in complete shock, none more than Kai. One minute was saying his wedding vows then the next minute Cole comes running into the church. The last time they saw each other Cole treated him like he was the scum of the earth. Nya glared at the man who broke her brother's heart and King Nadakhan looked at Cole like he was something he'd scraped off the bottom of his shoe.

"What are you doing here?" Kai asked in an icy tone.

"It's bad enough being alive when no one wants you to but showing up uninvited to a wedding is just wrong!" Nadakhan added in disgust and Kai sent his fiancee a harsh look. He wasn't happy Cole was here either but he wouldn't ever say something like that to anyone.

"Kai I need to talk to you," Cole begged, ignoring everyone else.

"Oh, now you wanna talk? Well, it's a little too late for that Cole." The prince glared and turned back towards King Nadakhan, intending to kiss him, only to have Cole grab his arm and pull back.

"You can't marry him!"

"And why not?!"

"Because he doesn't really love you!" The alpha bear hybrid shouted. "He's just marrying you so he could be king!"

"Outrageous!" Nadakhan cried.

"He's not your true love!"

"And what do you know about true love?" Kai asked angrily.

"Well I...uh...I..." The alpha bear hybrid stuttered nervously, trying to avoid Kai's gaze. He knew he truly and deeply loved the human prince but he just didn't know how to say it. Nadakhan saw Cole's reaction and laughed like a madman.

"This is precious, the monster has fallen in love with my omega!" He laughed and everyone else in the church, except Nya, Kai, and Cole, laughed along with him.

"Cole, is that true?" The brunette asked softly, a glimmer of hope in his eyes. Cole locked eyes with the prince and smiled warmly. It was then that Kai knew it was true.

"Who cares?! It's crazy!" Nadakhan roared. "Now my love, shall we finish what we started?" He asked sweetly and extended his hand to the smaller male. Kai looked back and forth from Nadakhan's hand to his face and then to Cole's face before he slowly turned to the giant stained glass windows looking out to the golden sunset shining over the land.

"By night one way, by day another." He muttered, realizing his time was up, before looking back at Cole with tears in his eyes. "I wanted to show you before." He whimpered as the last of the sun's light faded away and everyone gasped when Kai was suddenly engulfed in a goldened, misty, glittery glow. As soon as the glow faded everyone stared in shock at the wolf ears and tail the prince now had. Kai looked back up at Cole and smiled sheepishly, showing off his white, shiny fangs.

Nya glanced back and forth between her brother and the bear hybrid, scared at what could happen.

"Well, uh, that explains a lot." Cole smiled awkwardly.

"Ugh! It's disgusting!" Nadakhan suddenly growled. "Guards! Guards! I order you to get that out of my sight now!" He bellowed loudly and almost within three seconds the entire church was full of soldiers. Cole growled, ready to tear the man to shreds but unfortunately he was quickly overpowered. Nya tried to get between the soldiers and her brother, but she was also restrained.

"No, no! Cole! Nya!" Kai cried and tried to help his sister and the man he loved, but the guards grabbed him and forced him to remain by Nadakhan's side.

"This hocus-pocus alters nothing!" Nadakhan snarled. "This marriage is binding, and that makes me king!"

"No, let go of me!" Kai screamed as the guards tried to drag Cole away.

"I'll make you regret the day we met you disgusting beast!" The king hissed at the bear hybrid. "I'll see you drawn and quartered! You'll be begging for death to save you!"

"No! Cole!" Kai cried in horror, but this only got the mad king's attention. Nadakhan stared at his new husband in pure hatred and disgust as he pulled out a dagger and pointed it at Kai's exposed neck. Kai's amber eyes widened in fear as he looked back and forth from the blade and Nadakhan's wild expression.

"As for you, my mate, I'll have you locked back in that tower for the rest of your days! I am king!" Nadakhan shouted and ranted as Cole managed to get one of his arms free. He whistled as loud as he could before he was restrained again. "I will have order! I will have perfection! I will have-"

Suddenly a mighty roar shook the whole church and Flame burst through the large window above the altar with Jay sitting on his head. Nadakhan screamed when the red dragon suddenly lunged down and swallowed the king whole. Flame released a thunderous roar in victory before he belched and coughed up the only remaining pieces of the king. His crown and his hook. Everyone simply stood in silence for a few moments before all the guests and most of the guards began cheering and celebrating.

They were finally free from that tyrant they called their king.

The few guards that were still loyal to Nadakhan grabbed the crown and hook and bolted out of the church, fearing the monstrous dragon would eat them next. Cole ignored them however and stared at Kai. The omega looked a little shaken up and he had a very faint red scratch from where Nadakhan had pressed a knife to his neck, but other than that, he looked fine.

"Uh, Kai?" The bear hybrid finally said.

"Yes, Cole?" Kai gulped nervously as they slowly walked towards each other.

"I- I love you."

"Really?"

"Really, really." He promised and Kai felt tears of joy well up in his eyes.

"I love you too." He sniffed, wiping the tears away. Gently, the two hybrids leaned closer and shared true love's first kiss. Nya smiled, happy from her brother as he started to float in the air and glow gold again. Except for this time, it was more bright and the magical shock wave caused all the stained glass windows in the church to shatter into tiny shards. As the glow faded, Kai slowly floated down to the ground and ended up lying on his side with his back to everyone.

When he opened his eyes, the prince was shocked and confused when he was he was still a wolf hybrid instead of a human.

He looked to Nya and saw she was just as confused as he was. They had both been told that when Kai found true love's first kiss, then he would take love's true form, not be stuck as a hybrid.

"Kai? Are you all right?" He asked as he helped the omega to his feet.

"Yes, but I don't understand." He admitted. "I-I'm supposed to be beautiful." He whimpered and Cole scoffed in disbelief.

"But you are already beautiful." He smiled as he ran a hand over Kai's cheek and the omega leaned into the loving touch, sniffing as fresh tears rolled down his face and he suddenly wrapped Cole in a loving hug. Behind the happy couple, Jay was teary up as well as he turned to Nya and smiled when he saw she was tearing up as well.

"I was hoping this would be a happy ending."...