Sould As The Alpha King's Breeder

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!

simply glad that they weren’t sent to

kept my reaction locked

declared. “Let us go

began to move again. I

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

decorated every few steps of

Xavier’s announcement, the crowd had been much more

beautiful courtyard certainly eased most of the

onto the subject of Prince Theo. His ruthless reputation somehow seemed to be forgotten, and all of a sudden,

Sophia behind me declaring herself the winner again. “No one else is nearly as qualified as

she was talking about me, but i’d decided that she was the least of my concern

the palace seem warm and welcoming, but I just

it sound, the palace was nothing more

I wanted to do with my

 we were required to get intimate with the most

come up

quiet.” Brook caught up to me and asked, “What

don’t know, Brook,” was all that I

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

courtyard next to the living quarters. Make sure you are on your

us a stern look, and we all nodded in unison. At this point, I was used to

garden.

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

cautious father.

tall walls in the distance, and I tried to see if there was a gate nearby. At that moment, I felt a sharp shove in my back, and the

of my eye, I saw a vicious smirk on Sophia’s face. She’d pushed me! For Goddess’s sake, why

and I anticipated the sharp pain I’d feel hitting my nose on the ground. However, that wasn’t my worst problem. My biggest fear was that…

to come up with a plan to explain myself to

the pain I’d expected never