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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!

to be bothered by his latest comment and were simply glad that they weren’t

my reaction locked inside. Brook did the

come with me!” Beta Xavier declared. “Let us go meet the man himself,

we all began to move again.

the fragrance of flowers. Oohs and aahs serenaded me as we took in the beautiful roses, gardenias, lilacs,

few steps of

announcement, the crowd had been much more lighthearted. Being

courtyard certainly eased most of

to chat about how grand it would be to stay here, and their conversations carried onto the subject of Prince Theo. His ruthless

nearly

around to know she was talking about me, but i’d decided that she was the least of

morning sunshine coated the royal garden in gold, which made the palace seem warm

had made it sound, the palace was nothing more than a prison to me. Being

absolutely the last thing I wanted to do

to get intimate with the most terrifying man in the

had to come up with a way

Brook caught up to me and asked, “What do you think about the news?

“I don’t know, Brook,” was

wasn’t sure whether it would be good or bad. I didn’t want to make my already worried friend

the living quarters. Make sure you are on

us a stern look, and we all nodded in unison. At this

we stepped into a smaller garden. It was even more

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

cautious father.

was a gate nearby. At that moment, I felt

on Sophia’s face. She’d pushed me! For Goddess’s sake, why couldn’t she just leave me

my nose on the ground. However, that wasn’t my worst problem. My biggest fear was that… hadn’t Beta Xavier

to come up with a plan to explain

pain I’d expected