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!

of the girls 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

kept my reaction locked inside. Brook

Xavier declared. “Let us go

all began to move again.

of flowers. Oohs and aahs serenaded me as we

decorated every few steps

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

courtyard certainly eased most of the

their conversations carried onto the subject of Prince Theo. His ruthless reputation somehow seemed to be forgotten, and all of a sudden, he turned from

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

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

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

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

absolutely the last thing I wanted

to get intimate with the most

way! I had to come up

 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 about…

my head. “I don’t know,

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

courtyard next to the living quarters. Make sure you

nodded in unison.

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

were quietly admiring the variety of rare 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

cautious father.

were on the 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,

corner of my eye, I saw a vicious smirk on Sophia’s face.

about to collide with the pavement, 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… hadn’t Beta Xavier just said no noise, no

started to come up with a plan

pain I’d