Stolen Bite

Chapter 6

Evelyn's POV

"There is an uproar in one of the packs! They say they does not want you as their Queen!" He says.

What is he talking about?!

"What?" I am confused now.

"The King, is waiting for your arrival, Princess!" He bows once again.

I look at Liam. And he nods. His message being he will take care of filth and locking these doors behind and that I can rush to the scene of uproar.

I am instantly on my feet. Almost running. Taking long strides. Not even knowing if I am walking straight.

What is with this uproar?

Did they come to know about me capturing the Rogue Alpha?

Or is it about anything from my past??

Once I reach the courtroom where all the meetings that involves other packs, it is already reflecting the sounds and voices that of a fish market.

But as I enter, the whole courtroom goes quiet. No one says anything. And as I walk, they stand and bow.

So they respect me as their Princess but does not want me as their Queen? That does not even make any sense, somehow!!

And before my father, seated Victor Frank. The Alpha of Howlers Pack. It is said that the Alpha who created the pack on his own, could Howl loud that had the power to reach Moon Goddess. And hence, the pack got its name as Howlers Pack.

Also, Victor Frank is a very good friend of William Brown.

I have met Victor just a couple of months ago, and he was fine. He agreed. And he said he was looking forward to seeing me rule the race. Because he said, that he finds a different aura around me.

"Good Morning, Alpha Victor" I greet him.

He takes a step forward and bows. I nod as a dismissal greeting, and he stands straight again.

"So, what is it?" I ask particularly no one.

Hoping either my father or victor or anyone else would answer. I see my father sitting on the head chair that resembles the throne. But not an actual throne. And the courtroom is filled with probably 20 people. I find not just one pack, Howlers but another too.

I instantly identify them as Ambersy pack because their eye colour is Amber. I have heard that once, the packs used to be independent. Ruled by their own Alphas. They meet their mates from various packs, have children and create more of the race.

But then, everything started to mix up. So from then, the Moon Goddess let few powerful Alphas build their own packs with a characteristic.

One of such is Howlers. And the other is Ambersy. There were also Ever Green Pack, River Ash pack and White Paw pack. But they are no more. Extinction. Because their Alphas were too heavy headed they lost their packs and their unique ability.

Remaining, Howlers and Ambersy. Next to the capital pack, Blue Blood Pack.. the bowlers and Ambersy are the strong ones.

But I cannot find the Alpha of Ambersy pack, Alpha Ryan anywhere.

"Princess, Evelyn!" Dad's voice breaks the chains of my thoughts.

I turn to him giving him all my attention.

"The people present here today, came here with a question. And they do not need an answer. They need assurance" Dad says.

I once take a look at everyone present in this room.

"About what, if you don't mind me asking?" I ask Victor.

He looks at the wall behind me since it is disrespectful looking into the eyes of King, Queen and Princess. No one looks into the eyes of Alphas but Alphas doesn't looks at Royals in the eye.

"Pardon, Princess! But we would like a ruler that knows us the best" Victor speaks still staring at the wall behind me.

"And why do you think that I don't know you people?" I question him again.

He stays silent for a second. And I know that he is contemplating. Not sure if he can talk or state the reason or whatever is running on his mind.

But when he finally does, it stuns me. I look at my father who is already looking at me, disappointed.

"I don't think so, princess! Just because you visited packs and met Alphas does not mean you know us well, Princess Evelyn!" He says.

That really stuns me!

"Because you were never there, Princess! Even at Alpha parties, we rarely saw you. I was in an illusion, that it was with only me. But talking to Alpha Ryan.. made me realise that you were never there for anyone" he says.

Is this why he changed his decision?

"We don't see how you would rule us good, when we don't even know what your true self is like. Only, we have heard" The Beta of Ambersy pack speaks.

I go still.

I stay silent.

I look at everyone. Their backs rigid. No one meets my eye.

And I look at my father. Who seems to be already looking at me. His eyes clearly displays disappointment.

At that moment, I don't see anything other than the filth who is locked up in the silver cells. If I need to take an action properly on him, then I need power. Becoming a Queen, is necessary to me now. Because killing Rogue Alpha would generate more uproar.

I should be travelling packs. Meeting Alphas. Knowing them. Becoming the ideal Queen. But, I cancelled that because I wanted to capture a rogue. I put the Queen title aside for filth. That will not end well.

"I am sorry, if that is what you think of me" I start speaking and I can see that I grabbed their attention.

They are curious. To know what I want to talk.

"I am sorry that I was never there" I say.

Dad looks at me and he is curious too. He is unable to crack that out. Figuring what I want to say.

"But, don't you think I am already trying my best?" I question them.

Silence again. No one says anything.

"I agree. I was bad. All I did was waste my time. But I picked my pieces up. I found a new way. The way I am meant to walk on" I say.

If I am not wrong, I caught Victor looking at me for a split second before he stares at the wall again.

"I started off late, I agree again. Because I had no mother to guide me. My father who dedicated his life to serve you. Rule you. Make sure there is peace always around" I say which is also true.

The main reason why I did whatever I want without no one questioning me was because I have no one to question. Not my mother. And my busy father. It is since last one year of my stay here, I am learning him more. Getting bonded with him more.

"And maybe, I will spend my time that way too" I say.

"I will not rest till I become the Queen, no offense" I tell and I hear sighs.

"Because that is what I am born to do! That is my ultimate home. Being a Queen, is what my whole existence means" I tell them.

"But then again, just because I become the Queen, the story does not end there. I need your help. To guide me more. To stand in between all of you so we can walk better together." I say.

I see smiles forming slowly. Just on 3-4 people's faces. So I proceed.

"Also, I have high goals. We shall train our female wolves as warriors. We shall show the supernatural world what happens when a Queen becomes the sole ruler. Because I also saw a lot of domination in many packs I have visited" I tell them.

I tell them what I observed from all the packs.

"I also saw that many female wolves are still not allowed the freedom of doing whatever they want to" I state.

"Not to mention this too, but Mr. Zachary.. I have also met your son" I say and he goes rigid.

"Is it alright? If I can address that issue here too? So people would know how pathetic of a father you are?" I question him.

He does not say anything.

I still look at him with disgust.

"There are many she wolves who found their mates, happens to be she wolves too. The same goes with male wolves. And yet, no one really supports them. Why? What is wrong in it? A girl having another girl as her mate is fine. A boy having another boy as his mate is fine as well" I am almost yelling now.

"Can we please normalise that it is all a part of nature? Can we please not take our s****l refrences as our own pride? Because that would be no less than pig s**t!!" I say.

"And still, I would say I don't know you all that good. But maybe, I will know you all to that point where during the next meet, we would be discussing about such issues and how it has an impact" I tell them.

No one speaks a word.

"I don't want to rest till I become the Queen. But for that to happen, I need your support equally. Without you all, the Royals would not be here this way. Our lives, we owe them to you" I tell them.

To be honest, I started talking hoping to convince everyone here that I want to be the Queen. I saw that the title and coronation is a necessity.

But as I talked, addressing the issues I saw in each pack.. something inside me was boiling. I think that is the Royal blood pumping through my veins. No matter how much I try, I fall back again being a Royal. Maybe I am really meant to rule these people.

Victor is the one again. To clap first. He still doesn't look at me. But his smiles speaks so many words. I smile gratefully at him. And taking his lead, everyone else starts clapping as well.

"I am sorry for the inconvenience, Princess. I am particularly blinded by someone's influence but that does not matter anymore. You will be our Queen. And please give me a chance to serve you" he says.

I laugh.

"I am glad you actually came all the way here for it. That shows you are brave. I appreciate it" I tell him.

He smiles and bows.

Within moments, the crowd clears. It is only my father, Beta of Ambersy pack Zachary, Victor and I.

"I am really sorry, Princess Evelyn!" Victor says again.

"Oh My Goodness! Stop!!! That's okay." I laugh.

"No, really. Also, I trusted Ryan and Zachary's words on this. I wonder what your hidden warning to him was, earlier.. Princess" he says.

I look at

"I am sorry, Princess" Zachary hangs his head in shame.

But I still have the same feel on him. Disgust.

"His son, Evan. I talked to him for a while when I visited his pack. He found his mate. And his mate happens to be the son of his own Alpha, Alpha Ryan!" I tell to people around me.

My father's eyes go wide. Victor's too. I bet Victor did not know it.

"Does Alpha Ryan know about this?" My father questions Zachary.

He nods his head.

Holy s**t!

"What is wrong with you people?" I hear my father shout at Zachary.

Zachary's son Evan is now nineteen and Alpha Ryan's son Brad is now seventeen. So Brad doesn't know yet. But Alpha Ryan probably sensed it, which is why Evan is still not made the Beta of Ambersy pack.

"I will personally visit your pack, Beta Zachary. And I shall take proper action that may range from both of you losing your titles to preaching" Dad orders.

I look at Victor and he suddenly feels so uncomfortable.

"That will be it for today" Dad says in dismissal.

Zachary looks at Victor who is planning to leave. But I will not let this man leave that easily. There is something bothering him clearly. Though I don't know what that is.

"Can I have a talk with Victor in private?" I ask particularly no one.

Dad looks at me and nods finally. Zachary leaves. And once he leaves, Victor turns towards me.. staring at the wall behind me again.

"What is it?" I ask him.

I have known him as William Brown's best friend. But I personally don't know him. And yet, I can easily see that something is not right.

"About what? Princess?" He asks.

"Earlier" I tell him.

"Uhhh" he stutters contemplating. But he finally opens up.

"I did not know the hidden agenda of Alpha Ryan and Zachary. I did not know they had this in their minds when they were manipulating me. Because removing you from the way, will make it easier for both of them to dissolve the fact about their children. I mean, how awful!!" He says.

Indeed awful. They know that I know about it. Which was why they saw me as their threat. I mean, what is wrong in this anyway? Their mates. Their lives!!

"Anyways. I don't want to talk about it anymore. I feel embarassed" he says.

I smile a little.

"And, you can drop the formals. Because I see we can be friends and you can help me with all this stuff" I smile again.

"At your service, Princess!" He bows.

I don't know, I just want to be friends with this guy. Because I also need someone to tell me about such stuff.

"Evelyn!" I correct him.

"Princess..." He trails.

"Evelyn!!" I correct him again. And he nods.

"Okay"

I smile again.

"I was talking to William earlier and.." he trails.

I am damn sure he observed my cheeks turn pink.