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A lot of you have asked in the comments about the sequel and my answer is I'm working on it. What will it be called? Honeslty I don't know. It's still in the works but once I have enough information for you, I'll make sure to update you all.For now, I have a new book out called MY SEVRANT MATE, MYH MOTHER-IN-LAW.Please go support me by reading the book, leaving gems, comments and reviews🙏🙏🙏It would mean a lot to me and be such a great help. I really appreciate you all. The book has about 15 chapters now and is being updated daily.I hope you like it, I've included a preview chapter for you. Thanks to each and every one of you. Thank you.**********************************************************************************************************PrologueLydia’s PovI LET OUT AN excited whoop as I ran through the hallways of the palace.“Lydia! Careful! Don’t fall!” Aunty Mardris called out behind me.“I won't!” I yelled back in reply as I dodged several servants and slipped into my passageway behind the door.Well, it’s technically not my passageway because this is not my palace. My mum is just a lady's maid to Luna Cathy.That’s okay though, once I grow up and marry Wilson then I’ll be the Luna and everything will belong to me anyway.My name is Lydia Shapiro and I love the hidden palace passageways. Not everyone knows about them, but I figured them out when I was four and I’ve loved transporting through them ever since!They’re convenient and if you look past the cobwebs that trail the tunnels and the constant dust mites, then you’ll find it a really efficient method of transportation. Especially when you are fast like me and everyone keeps yelling at you to slow down.Slow down indeed.I have a perfect plan in place for Prince Wilson to fall in love with me. He’s sixteen now. Quite bigger than me, but that’s okay too. It’s perfect.Today is his sixteenth birthday and in two years, he’ll be awakened. He loves me so he’ll wait the extra six years until I’m awakened too and we can live happily ever after as mates.“Mamma!” I yelled in excitement as I pushed open the passage door behind the mirror in the Luna’s chambers and climbed out.Mamma was brushing the Luna’s hair and jumped in shock at my voice.“By the moon, this girl! Are you trying to give me a heart attack?!” She hissed angrily as she placed a palm on her chest, probably to calm her beating heart.I pouted and came down halfway from the passage.Why are people so jumpy and scared anyway?I love being fast and I love running! I might be ten but I’m all grown up already and I know, I’ll be the fastest werewolf alive once I’m awakened at eighteen.“Get down from there this instant! Are you trying to break your neck?” Mamma hissed in irritation as she brandished the hairbrush in her hands like a weapon.“Leave our Lydia alone, Grace. One day she’ll be the luna just like me and have to be all prim and proper. She should be allowed to enjoy herself now. Isn’t that right Lydia?” Luna Cathy asked me with a playful wink as she gently scolded Mamma.My chest puffed up with pride and I came down from the passage to bow.“Yes, that’s right Luna. I’ll be just like you, all beautiful and grown and a wonderful mate to Prince Wilson!” I announced happily.Mamma clicked her tongue at me and went back to brushing the Luna’s hair.“You shouldn’t encourage her, your majesty. She’s just the daughter of a maid. The moon goddess would certainly not pick her to be the mate of the next Alpha,” Mamma grumbled.And I frowned as tears began to prick my eyes.Why would she say that? Wilson and I are meant to be together forever!Everyone knows that. So why is M M Ma-My lips wobbled as hot tears stung my eyeballs.“Why would you say that? You’re not just a maid to me and Lydia is like my very own daughter,” The Luna chastised Mamma as she turned to stare at her, stopping Mamma from brushing her hair.“We have no idea of knowing who the goddess will pick for Wilson but I’m certain she would see the love in our Lydia and pick her. In any case, you shouldn’t spoil a child’s fun,” Luna Cathy finished as she opened her arms to me.“Come here, child,”With a brighter smile on my face, I raced into her arms while Mamma looked on with a mix of disapproval and amusement.“You are a very beautiful girl and regardless of who the moon goddess picks for you, I’m sure you’ll be very happy,” Luna Cathy said to me softly as she looked in my tear-filled eyes and wiped my cheeks with her palm gently.“Can I tell you a secret?” She whispered.I nodded my head in excitement as a deep seated wonder and curiosity took root in me.I’m important enough for the Luna to tell her secrets! She trusts me.I don’t care what Mamma says, Wilson and I are a match ordained by the moon goddess herself, and we’ll be very happy!Luna Cathy bent her head until her mouth was close to my ear and whispered.“The moon goddess showed me that you’ll be a very beautiful and powerful Luna,”She winked conspiratorially as pleasure bloomed through me.A hot blush spread across my cheeks, and I turned to Mamma.“Wilson has gone riding, but he’ll soon be back, and I have a birthday surprise for him. Can you please mind link me when he’s close? So I can race to his room?” I asked her pleadingly as I bit my lips and waited for her response.“That’s Prince Wilson to you, young lady!” Mamma said as she put her hands on her waist and tried her best to stifle her laughter.Oh, come on, like you call me Luna anyway. Leave Lydia alone,” Luna Cathy said to Mamma as her laughter tinkled out of her like chiming bells.“Stop enabling her, Cathy!” Mamma said to the Luna as she playfully whacked her with the hairbrush she still clutched in her palm.“Come on, go on then, girl. Your Mamma will mindlink you when Wilson gets back, and if she doesn't, then I’ll mindlink you myself,” Luna Cathy said to me with a smile.I smiled so brightly that it felt like my heart would explode.He would love my surprise! I’M CERTAIN OF IT!“Thank you, Luna! Thank you, Mamma!” I yelled happily as I spun around and dashed behind the mirror into my secret passage.“YOU NEED TO START USING ACTUAL DOORS AND PASSAGES, LYDIA!” Mamma screamed after me as Luna Cathy’s laughter tinkled through the air.I crawled steadily through my passage and paused at the base of the tunnel that leads to and opens up under Wilson’s bed. Oops, Prince Wilson’s bedThe surprise I made for him made me smile, and I pressed my cool palms against my flaming cheeks to calm my blush.It wasn’t like anyone would see me here, but it still made me happy. I HAD MADE HIM A NECKLACE!And before you start wondering, it’s not JUST a regular necklace but a symbol of our love.It’s a necklace made entirely of earthworms! Of course, I made the necklace heart-shaped.You don’t get it, do you? Well, when I was four, a very big, scary earthworm came for me, and Prince Wilson saved me from it. That was the beginning of our love story, so every year on his birthday, I make heart-shaped earthworm necklaces and surprise him with them!Well, he acts like he doesn't like them, but I know he’s secretly pleased and happy that I do something so wonderful.So like every year, I stayed waiting in my passage for Mamma to mindlink me, and I drifted off to sleep.***“Lydia! Go!” Mamma’s loud voice broke through my mind, jolting me out of sleep.Prince Wilson is here!I’m so happy Mamma is enthusiastic about telling me to give him his present.With a happy smile on my face, I reached into my pocket and clutched my gift, just to be sure, and then I started scampering down the passage towards his room.“Thank you, Mamma!” I yelled back to her through the mind link as I climbed up and opened the trap door beneath Prince Wilson’s bed.He’s going to be sooo happy!“NO! LYDIA RUN!” Mamma screamed in fear at me, then went silent.I froze in shock, and my heart began to beat faster in my chest.Why had Mamma screamed at me like that? Run where? Did I do something? Did something happen?My train of thought was interrupted as I clearly heard a man’s voice come from Prince Wilson’s room.“WHERE’S THE YOUNG ALPHA? FIND HIM AND GET THE ELIXIR NOW!”His voice sent chills down my spine, and for some reason, I wished at that moment that my Prince Wilson was far away and safe from this bad bad man.“Mamma? What’s happening?” I called out tentatively through the link between Mamma and me that felt like it was getting weaker.She didn’t reply to me, and a sharp pain lanced through my chest as the link gave out.Tears gathered in my eyes, and I struggled to breathe as I pushed my head through the open tunnel door to crawl my way under Wilson’s bed.I froze in shock as I stared at the trail of blood that led to Alpha Mike, who lay on the floor bleeding out.I couldn’t understand it. Werewolves heal! Why was he bleeding so much?I wanted to cry out in alarm. Maybe if I shouted loud enough, Luna Cathy would show up and help me make sense of everything.But as I tried to move my shaking body through my tunnel, Alpha Mike stared straight at me and blinked twice.DANGER.It was our code for RUN!I LOVE THE SMELL of the orchids in my room each morning, I love the smell of the oil massaged into my skin each day, but I particularly love the smell of the scent my maids put on me tonight. I just hope Eden loves it too.My maids Lea and Brie worked so hard to prepare me tonight. Tonight might just be the night, I can feel it.Its my three-year wedding anniversary today.And even though I haven't seen Eden all day, I certainly hope to surprise him tonight. He doesn't come home all the time at night.Sometimes he has to settle pack conflict so he stays out all night. But tommorow is the pack's annual gala, and he needs to show up with me.The Luna of the Blood Diamond pack.I ensure things run smoothly around here, and no one knows this- "well except for Eden and I"My wolf Eva responded."Shut up Eva"I do most of the paperwork and I make the alpha decisions. I basically run the pack, I do it to help Eden.Everyone thinks he runs the pack. And they all love him for it.So tonight h
I tried my best to sleep. I really did, but I couldn't. Not after what I'd seen. I felt so much pain, I almostchoked with it.I could still hear them, I mean its pretty difficult to fall asleep to the sound of your sister and husbandhaving sex.Sometime in the morning, the sounds stopped, and I heard Nikkini leave and Eden get into the shower.I remember all the times Eden has made me feel so bad. His coldness towards me in private after ourjoining. His insistence on private rooms and the celibacy he inposed on me. Well now I know why.I wonder how long this affair has been going on for. I was lost in my thoughts when a knock on the doorjarred me back to the present.I got up, wrapped my sheets around my body and went to open the door. I had barely unlocked thedoor, when Eden barged into my room."What the hell is this? Why are you not dressed?" He yelled angrily.I was too upset to reply him so I just kept mute."You haven't even done your makeup or taken a bath. A Luna with suc
I was in absolute shock. I wasn't shocked that Eden pushed me, I wasn't shocked because the strong armthat 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 suitand 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 lostt
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