I was in absolute shock. I wasn't shocked that Eden pushed me, I wasn't shocked because the strong arm
that caught me belonged to Arnou lycan king and our special guest for today. No what truly took mybreath away was how majestic Arnou was.And I don't mean this in a casual sense, like this man could walk around without a crown and you wouldstill be able to tell that he's a man of considerable power.He was so goddamn tall, that was the first thing I noticed. Arnou was incredibly handsome with a strongcut jaw.He had his shoulder length black hair tied back by a strip of leather. He wore an expensive armani suit
and he smelled amazing, like a mixture of wood, dark chocolate and spices.I removed his hand clamped around my waist and hurriedly thanked him. He just noddedexpressionlessly in return.By now almost everyone had followed the source of the commotion and was staring at us.Eden was staring speechlessly at Arnou, he quickly removed his arm from around Nikkini and she lostthe support so fast she tripped and barely managed to keep upright."Eden are we starting the conference first or do you want me to give you space to deal with familymatters first." Arnou askedGods even his voice was sexy. I don't know what was wrong with me, I've never had this kind of reactionto any man before.I placed a palm on my cheeks in an attempt to cool the rising heat there.
"Conference first definitely" Eden replied.As he walked up to Arnou he whispered in Nikkini's ear."I'll help you vent your anger later"He turned his head and glared at me "Let's go"We walked through the throng of people, the better part of them stepping aside for Eden and I to pass.
The festival was in full swing at this point and I could tell everyone was having an immense amount offun.At first Eden was just in front of me but I paused to listen to a small pack talking about the Lycan king
Arnou and Eden ended up ahead of me."He's the youngest lycan king we've ever had and apparently he has no mate yet." A teenage girl said.
She stood with her pack of friends close to the refreshment table."I heard he came to look for his mate this time. Thats why I wore this forest green dress. It makes my tits
look good and I heard he loves green" Her friend replied giggling."Yeah I don't think it works like that, my pa told me lycans don't get fated mates, they are special in the
sense that they have to find the people they love themselves." A young boy in the group said."Your pa is a little bit close. But Lycans can have mates. But they're very rare and precious. So there's
still a bit of hope for me and my forest green clad boobies." The girl retorted.The entire group laughed and continued talking in reduced voices. I was so engrossed in listening to
their discussion that I had stopped walking.Eden noticed that my steps had slowed so he came back and held my arm. A bit forcefully while keeping
a pleasant smile on his face."Come darling we're going to be late" he said sweetly while digging his nails into my arm.
I could not resist and push him away because we were in public and I could even hear someone sigh
"They're so loving."What a joke, outside my appearance was solid but inside of me I was cracking and falling apart.
We got to the center of the gala for the conference. I planned everything, I even wrote the pretty
speech that Eden gave.But when it was time to cut the ribbon, I stood prettily at his side while he received all the honor.I looked around, the gala was in full swing and everyone was so happy.
My smile was wavering and I didn't know how long I could keep up the facade of the loving luna.I walked towards the gardens with a heavy heart and a wide fake smile.
I kept thinking over and over again.What do I do about Nikkini and Eden?How do I start the confrontation?And most importantly, what do I do if they decide to open their relationship?
The embarrassment will be a lot to handle, because people might assume that the relationship ended
because I could not provide Eden an heir.I was so lost in my thoughts about Nikkini and Eden that I did not notice on time, that someone was in
front of me and I bumped into a hard chest.Arnou again!
I knew by the spicy, woody scent, even before I looked up, I had bumped into Arnou again.
My guards rushed to help me stand upright but Arnou helped me first. He put his arm around my waist
and helped me stand upright.I looked up and him, and smiled a little bit. "Thank you, once again"
"You've fallen twice now in a very short time. I wonder if there will be a third time.'
So he has a sense of humor, my wolf smiled widely inside of me. But I was still wary of him. Because in
my experience people are never just nice.I smiled politely in response and attempted to remove his arm from around my waist.
But his grip was iron clad. I looked up at him and a small smile played on his lips.
"You can let go of me now, I promise no more falls" I said with a small smile playing on my own lips.
His grip loosened but he didn't take his hands off.
I looked up at him, but he was staring behind me.I turned around to see what was behind me.
Eden was stalking towards us with a very angry scowl on his face."What the hell are you guys doing?" He yelled in an angry voice
I pushed away Arnou’s hand from my waist and straightened up to lookat the mouth of the garden where Eden was standing. Apparently, it was already time to show the important guest the newgarden statue because standing closely behind Eden was Nikkini, theLunas, and some other esteemed guests. “What exactly are you trying to do? Are you trying to seduce the Lycanking?” Nikkini asked me in a very loud voice while gesturing to theother Lunas.As expected, she never loses a chance to embarrass or undermine me.“Nikkini shut up and stay out of this, you have no idea what’s going on.”I replied her as I took a step away from Arnou. “Oh please, stop acting so innocent. We all know you tricked AlphaEden into joining with you, now you’re trying to seduce his majestywith the same method. I mean how a married woman can be so shameless is beyond me. Evenif you have no regard for your marriage, at least have some regard foryour position as luna.” Nikkini outright attacked me with her w
Revised chapter 5Chapter fiveI was standing mute in the garden staring at Arnou like a statue. Because truth be told, I didn't think I heard what he said correctly.He couldn't possibly be asking me to marry him, moments after I got divorced. Stuff like that only happens in movies, and this was reality."I'm sorry what?... I don't believe I heard you correctly." I asked Arnou in disbelief."Yes you did. I just asked you to be the Lycan queen.Daciana, will you be my luna?." Arnou asked again with a slight chuckle.At this point, I was utterly bewildered. I mean why on earth would Arnou ask me to be his luna?I know that the Lycan kings pick their own mates. Because it's so rare for them to find their fated mates.But even if by some stroke of luck, Arnou had fallen hopelessly in love with me and wanted me for his luna.It didn't explain why he would propose bare moments after my marriage ended. And in front of all these people too."Why?" I asked, still in a state of shock."I'm sur
Revised chapter 6Chapter six I still remember all the pain and humiliation I received from him and Nikkini. I crossed my arms as I stood in the gap between my open door. "What do you want?" I asked in a harsh voice.He smiled widely at me. Gods, I can't remember the last time Eden directed a smile at me. Yet here he was smiling like he was the most pleasant person on the continent."I just wanted to apologize for everything that went down today." He said pleasantly.Eden has never apologized to me for all the things he put me through over the years. Now just because I could potentially become the Lycan's luna and technically outrank him, he's trying to suck up to me. I can't believe I ever loved such an unflattering person. Just the thought of it is ridiculous.He looked so ecstatic, I couldn't even help but wonder if he was affected by our divorce at all. I mean, he didn't even mind that I was going to be someone else's mate. He showed not even an ember of jealousy. Honestly it ki
Chapter 7I was so glad to see the gentle approval on Arnou’s face when I gave my reply. He seemed pleased that I was walking away from such a bad situation.“What time do you want to leave? Just say the word and it’s done” Arnou asked me. I looked at Eden and realized that I couldn’t stomach to be here, another minute. Not with Nikkini about to take over my chambers. I didn’t necessarily need to be the Lycan’s luna but I could at least use this opportunity to leave.“How about immediately?” I asked a bit tentatively scared that I would seem too eager.Eden looked at me, a look of wide panic on his face and yelled “No, if the Lycan leaves before the annual gala is over, I would become the mocking stock of all the other alphas.”“It’s a bit late for that don’t you think? I can assure you that you’re already being mocked for rejecting your luna in front of the others lunas.” I said with a mocking smirk at him.Arnou pointedly ignoring Eden, just looked relieved, and said to me.“I was ho
I stood in front of that door, with my heart beating fast in my chest. Arnou took one look at my pale face and asked if I was okay with concern in his voice.Honestly, I was just trying to focus on my breathing, I was too nervous to even pretend like I was alright.“I know you’re tired. It’s been a long day for you, with everything that went on today, it’s a miracle you’re still on your feet. I’m sorry for being so inconsiderate. I should have seen it earlier. We can meet my family together whenever you’re ready to do so.”Arnou said softly in a calm voice.And slowly, my racing heart calmed as Arnou’s woodsy spicy scent Arnou flooded my senses.I was so tempted to ask him to delay the meeting. I knew he would agree in a heartbeat but I took one look at Alisa’s face and knew I had to do it. If only to prove myself, and wipe that contemptuous look from her face. Besides If this was going to be my new family, I needed to make a good first impression. Not a weak one.And so, squaring m
Alisa’s offer to be my tour guide filled granny with pleasure and filled me with dread. Before I could object again, Alisa clamped her arm around my arm and said way too sweetly“Come on now Daciana, let’s go.”I knew that at this point if I refused, grandma might consider me rude. So I put on a fake confident smile and stepped out of the room with Alisa.As soon as we got out of my room, I smiled a meek smile at her, hoping her feelings towards me had changed. All it did was incite a laugh from her. And so the tour began.We went from room to room, and Alisa was a surprisingly good tour guide. Even going as far as to give me the backstory for some of the artifacts and impressive rooms we passed.But I was too wary to probably enjoy the tour. I knew Alisa didn’t like me so I spent the better half of the tour worrying about why she volunteered to be my tour guide and what exactly she had planned.But as time went on and she didn’t pull any nasty surprises I actually started to enjoy my
I smelt the shadow before I saw it coming towards me. It smelt like rotten eggs and full sewages. It took all I had not to gag as my heightened senses were flooded with the nasty smell.I saw the black shadow looming ahead of me, come closer and my heart started racing. I knew I had to keep calm so I could think and act clearly.The shadow got nearer and nearer. The closer he got, the more I tried to prepare myself for the inevitable.When the shadow finally came into view, it was a wolf.The slight bolt of relief I felt upon discovering it was a wolf soon vanished as the wolf came into full view.It was very massive. Big in the way only powerful wolfs could be. Its fur was black like obsidian and it was covered in wounds. Small cuts, open sores, and badly healed scars. It looked absolutely terrifying.I wondered if it was a rogue wolf, which had gotten lost or barely survived a fight. But when I looked into its piercing golden eyes, there was nothing human in that gaze. No it was pu
I looked at Arnou in blatant surprise. I had not yet agreed to be his Luna, so to be invited to the meeting was a privilege.“Why do you want me to attend the meeting?” I asked surprisingly.”“That’s because I might need you to describe what happened in detail. That way we can create a detailed plan according to your description.” Arnou replied.“Oh alright.” I replied.We all left my room and moved towards the meeting room Alisa had showed me earlier during the tour.I was bone tired and I still felt a dull pain where my flesh tried to knit itself, but I put on a brave face and followed them into the meeting room, limping a bit.Some officials, several of whom I had met earlier in the day, were already waiting for us in the meeting room. Herley was also in the meeting room, I schooled my face not to show shock. Now I understand what Alisa meant when she said Herley was greatly valued by Arnou. I mean in my former court, females were not allowed to attend such high ranking meetings