“Linda”

“Olivia!”

A few other names were called as well, but none as loud as those two. They had to come from

prominent packs indeed, to have been allowed so many onlookers into the small crowd.

Elva, nervous by the noise, hid behind my skirt. I picked her up into my arms.

“Are you frightened?” I asked her.

She nodded.

“Don’t worry,” I said. “They just want to see you. They’re here to cheer for you,

“They aren’t saying my name.”

I kissed the side of her head. “They just don’t know it yet.”

When the royal family arrived to the stage, the camera crew came alive.

Elva.”

Nathan walked his way down the line of us girls. “Heads up, everyone. We’re about to start.”

1 straightened Elva’s dress, then held her close as the director waved and the crowd erupted into a roar.

took a strong breath that

Those here in the crowd,

to the selected candidates,

is, the next Queen.”

by one, the girls stepped forward, introducing themselves, the pack

something about themselves.

pack. “I will

the

was not to be outdone. Her pack was just as prominent.

other half of

it was too

softly into the microphone for anyone to hear. Nathan asked her to

Nathan smoothly moved on from

me hold the microphone. The crowd, watching

is Piper,” I said. “I am twenty years old, and my pack..” I quickly gave the name of my less- prestigious pack. 1 would like to

the selection.”

for me. They

leaned into the

earned a couple

bottom lip with her teeth, as

told her, but she still didn’t seem so

to a

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