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Chapter 2: Was That Him?

“What? The prince’s Luna?!”

“Prince Theo is the King’s favorite son, and it’s most likely he’ll be the next king.”

“Then that makes his wife…”

The crowd buzzed with excitement at Beta Xavier’s words. The girls seemed overjoyed to think of themselves living in the palace as nobles, maybe even as a Luna Queen someday.

Some of them were so excited that they started clapping their hands.

Sophia glanced at them and sneered. “Foolish! They think they even have a chance!”

“Of course not! Miss Chambers, they are nothing compared to you!” Sophia’s followers flattered her, which brought a proud smile to her face.

“What if the prince doesn’t need our… our service?” one of the more composed voices asked Beta Xavier.

“Oh, yes, an important question,” he said, raising a finger in the air. Everyone quieted to hear him. “Those of you who are not successful in securing the prince’s favor will return to your packs after three years, with your payment of riches beyond measure.”

As he clapped his hands together, the girls cheered once

again.

Doubt rolled over me as I looked at Beta Xavier’s face. I didn’t believe him. People couldn’t just come and go from the royal palace. In fact, many rumors had arisen over the years regarding the disappearance of palace visitors… or their untimely deaths.

I was sure the truth wasn’t as glamorous as he was trying to make it sound.

As expected, he added, “However, His Majesty, our King Sebastian, would love to see you all try your very best, or-” He smirked, and the glee in his tone suddenly was replaced by an ominous warning. “Not only will you be thrown in prison for your negligence, but also you’ll bring shame and disgrace to your pack!”

My eyes widened. Beta Xavier was threatening us with our own packs! He was implying that if we failed to please the royals, we would bring destruction to our packs!

and were simply

reaction locked inside. Brook did the

“Let us go meet the man himself,

all began to move again. I exchanged a look with Brook. We had no

an exterior door, we were greeted with the fragrance of flowers. Oohs and aahs serenaded me as we took in the beautiful roses, gardenias, lilacs, hibiscus,

sculptures decorated every few steps of the royal garden. It truly was a gorgeous

Beta Xavier’s announcement, the crowd had been much more lighthearted.

courtyard certainly

chat about how grand it would be to stay here, and their conversations carried onto the subject of Prince Theo. His ruthless reputation somehow seemed to be forgotten, and all of a sudden,

winner again. “No one else is nearly as qualified as I am. Especially not that mouthy little bitch in front

to know she was talking about me, but i’d

palace seem warm and welcoming,

it sound, the palace was nothing more than a

thing I wanted to

now we were required to get intimate with the most

come up

You’ve been so quiet.” Brook caught up to me and asked, “What do

know, Brook,” was all that I could

my stomach, a feeling like something was going to happen, but I wasn’t sure whether it would be good or bad. I didn’t want to make

and reminded the crowd, “We‘re about to enter the courtyard next to the living quarters. Make

look, and we all nodded in unison. At this point, I was used to this Beta’s quickly

we stepped into a smaller garden. It was even more luxuriously decorated, and

and expensive plants, I was paying attention to the layout of my surroundings. The importance of knowing all of my options where I was, and what obstacles I might confront-was ingrained in my mind as a small child by my

cautious father.

if there was a gate nearby. At that moment, I felt

of my eye, I saw a vicious smirk on Sophia’s face. She’d pushed me! For Goddess’s sake, why couldn’t she just leave me

on the ground. However, that wasn’t my worst problem. My biggest fear was that… hadn’t Beta Xavier just said no noise,

had already started to come up with a plan

the pain I’d expected