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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!

didn’t seem to be bothered by his latest comment and were simply glad that they weren’t sent to the palace to work on their hands

reaction locked inside. Brook did the

come with me!” Beta Xavier declared. “Let us go meet

delighted laughter went through the crowd as we all began to move

through 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, and many other blooms I knew well from tending

and ponds lined the walkway. Elegant sculptures decorated every few steps of the royal garden. It truly

the crowd had been much more lighthearted. Being away

and getting into the beautiful courtyard

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

else is nearly

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

coated the royal garden in gold, which made the palace seem warm and welcoming, but I just knew that was only

Beta had made it sound, the palace was nothing more than

thing I wanted to

to get intimate with the most terrifying

I had to come up with a way

are you looking at? You’ve been so quiet.” Brook caught up to me and asked, “What do you think about the news? What do you think

head. “I don’t know, Brook,” was all that

something was going to happen, but I wasn’t sure whether it would be good or bad. I didn’t want to make my already worried friend even more concerned, so I kept it

Xavier stopped in front of us and reminded the crowd, “We‘re about to enter the courtyard next to the living quarters. Make sure you are on your best behavior. From this point on,

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

murmuring died down as we stepped into a smaller garden. It was even more luxuriously decorated, and the flowers

admiring the variety of rare and expensive plants, I was paying attention to the layout of my surroundings. The importance of knowing

cautious father.

tried to see if there was a gate nearby. At that moment, I felt a sharp shove in my back, and the next thing I knew, I lost

smirk on Sophia’s face. She’d pushed me! For Goddess’s sake, why

sharp pain I’d feel hitting my nose on the ground. However, that wasn’t my worst problem. My

up with a

I’d expected never