“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 lifted his

family humbly thanks everyone for joining us. Those here in the

the selected candidates, any one

is, the next

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

something about themselves.

pack. “I will bring glory

half the

beside her, was not to be outdone. Her pack was just as

other half of the

at Olivia, but it was too fight to

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

on from her distress, passing the microphone

it was my turn, Elva helped me hold the microphone.

“I am twenty years old, and my pack..” I quickly gave the name of my less- prestigious pack. 1 would like to thank the royal family for giving a single mother like

the selection.”

for me. They whispered and

into the microphone. “And I’m

earned

worried her bottom lip with her teeth, as Nathan took

her, but she still didn’t

introductions, we were ushered to a press conference

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