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Chapter 3: Unwanted Attention

Regardless of how shocked I was, I realized that I needed to say something, or do something before I was severely pun ished for falling into the prince.

Based on the royals’ reputation, it probably didn’t matter that it was Sophia’s fault. I’d messed up, and that was it.

“Miss Black, I had thought that you were better than that. Now, as punishment for your unruly behavior….” As expected, it certainly didn’t matter to the unforgiving Beta.

I could sense danger in Xavier’s tone, but it was even more frightening that he actually knew who I was.

I’d assumed that Xavier, being the Beta of the Alpha King, wasn’t someone who could easily be fooled. But I hadn’t ex pected him to have already learned everything about us.

I heard Sophia’s voice as she snickered behind me. “Serves her right.”

My heart sank even more. For the first time in a long time, I started to panic. All I could do was pray that I hadn’t brought disaster to my pack.

But before my sentence was announced, I heard a calm yet authoritative voice say, “All is well. No need to overreact, Beta Xavier.”

“Thank goodness you’re unharmed, Prince Warren!”

“Prince… Warren?” | shouldn’t have spoken aloud when I

was still standing right next to him, but he acknowledged my

question with a slight nod.

“I believe the ground is a bit uneven here.” He looked at me. “Are you all right?”

I finally got the chance to fully appreciate how handsome he was, and my heart stopped beating for just a moment.

My voice was trapped somewhere in the back of my throat, but I managed to nod and then forced myself to say, “Yes, Your Highness. Thank you, and I apologize.”

“No need.” The prince had a faint smile on his face. Then he turned to Beta Xavier. “Carry on.”

Beta Xavier bowed deeply. “Yes, Your Highness.”

The crowd of girls continued along the path, and I was swept up in it. I reminded myself to pay better attention and turned to face the front, while I was still pondering the entire incident.

Prince Warren! Thank the Goddess he wasn’t the cruel Prince Theo! I almost felt happy tears began to form in the corners of my eyes.

But then, how could the enchanting young man I’d met long ago be a prince? It was in a forest so far away from the capital… I couldn’t have possibly encountered a royal there, could I?

I approach him and find a chance

seems to be very kind!” Brook whispered. “You’re

this time. But if | made another mistake, it could be

saw her give me a scornful sneer. “Just wait. Your luck will

fists, but I knew I couldn’t afford to take

and my unanswered questions about Prince Warren to the back of my mind, so I could concentrate

had said that we’d be there for three years, collect our riches, and then return to our families… but had a feeling the real situation would be much more

the palace was just as luxurious as the rest, with priceless artwork in gold frames lining the walls above the black marble

front of a group of rooms with thick mahogany doors. A man dressed in a uniform similar to Xavier’s was

broader shoulders and a mop of curly black hair atop his head. He was

his eyes

a flourish of his arm. A shout arose from the crowd as giggles and clap ping filled my ears. I forced a smile onto my lips so I wouldn’t stand out

was where Prince Theo lived? It felt different from the rest of

the door to be opened, but the other man stopped us. “Actually,

“What’s this now, Beta Jake? ||

look after the young ladies until the prince is ready. He wanted me to tell you he’d get back to

“But-” Xavier began.

with a harsh whisper. “You wouldn’t want to disobey His Highness’ order, would you,

cleared his throat. “Very well,” he said, “I shall report to the king that it is all in your hands now… Beta.” He said the last word like it was a curse.

Interesting.

king,

powerful Beta in the entire country… but it seemed that Beta Jake had easily defied

and that was why his Beta was able to overrule someone

trying to fool us. “It’s a pleasure to see all of you. Prince Theo is quite busy with other tasks at the moment, but I assure you that

deeper into the prince’s quarters we went, the stranger I

People.

more precise, a lack of

eerily quiet in this wing of the palace, because

palace, where guards and servants were

here just seemed so…

door that seemed to lead to an

the gentle morning sun started to burn even brighter, beating down on us as we stood in line. After a while, the back of

even Sophia.

was trying their best to make a good first impression

long had it been? Two

this was how Prince Theo treated

want to be selected by him, I just couldn’t understand why this was necessary. Why did