Chapter 6
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LeeAca’s POV
Beta Markus takes me to a parlor next to the ballroom. "Who do you need to come and help you?" He asks.
"Luna Laura of the Green River pack." I say as he leaves. 5 minutes later Laura comes rushing in and hugs me. "What the hell happened?" She all but screams at me.
"I am the chosen queen.. And I need you to help me get cleaned up." I say with no emotion. She gasps and looks at me and sees the dress is torn on the side and the arm.
"OMG did the King do this? He found out you are his mate and ripped your clothes so you and him could get it on?" She asked in excitement.
"Ew Laura no. You know that I would never give myself to another, even if they are my mate. No.. I just threw us off a balcony because he was trying to force me to submit." I say and she just stares at me in shock.
"Excuse me. You did what?" She asks, trying to comprehend what happened.
"I threw us off the balcony and it pissed him off. Now he is punishing me by choosing me as queen. I will have to submit to him now. Or so he thinks haha. He needs me to be cleaned up in well 20 minutes. What do we do?" She is just standing there staring.
"There is nothing we can do. I dont have another dress for you to wear and I do not have a sewing kit. The best thing for you is to give you my sweater to wear and try not to move to expose the pin that I am going to put in the side of your dress."
"Okay." I say and she gets to work.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Now it is time for King Allarick to name his chosen one." I hear Beta say outside the doors. I am just standing here waiting, as I was told I was not allowed back in until he announced me as his chosen mate.
"Everyone, it is an honor to have you all here tonight as I .."
"Even his voice irritates me." Fen grumbles in my head.
"It only irritates you because it pulls at the mate bond." I retorted.
"Well it can stop that. We will never give in to that stupid thing. We did before and we got hurt. We will not get hurt again." She says as I feel her disappointment and anger.
We may be one being, but Fen and I are two separate entities sharing one body. We have our own feelings and they rub off on one another. Since we are an empath we share feelings more than the normal wolf.
"That being said, you must wait no longer. Your chosen queen is…" He pauses. I feel all the anticipation and hope of women radiating. "Gamma LeeAca Caterina Petrovich." The double doors open and I hear gasps from the whole room. Everyone is silent, but I feel their surprise, anger, and jealousy. Some are happy but it is overshadowed by the other emotions. I walk up to the stage as they start applauding, and stand next to the King. I put on a small smile and wave as I say thank you.
Fenn is pacing in my head worried about how this is going to turn out.
The Beta walks up to the microphone "Now will everyone make way for the King and Future Queen to share their first dance."
Everyone parts and the king puts his hand on my waist to guide me to the dance floor. When we reach the center the music starts playing. It is a slow romantic waltz.
"I don’t like him being so close." Fen grumbles.
"I know." I reply, not knowing what else to say. We can feel the slight buzz of the bond. At least the necklace works in that aspect for me.
The King looks at me like he is trying to solve a puzzle. Curious eyes studying my every movement and facial expression.
"You are very hard to read." He says looking into my eyes.
"Maybe there is a reason for that, your highness." I retorted.
I feel his frustration and curiosity. "What about your family?" He asks. I can feel Fen staring him down and getting irritated even more.
"What of them?" I ask. I do not give away information for free, you know.
"Where are they?" He asks, not bothered by me trying to avoid the question.
"Across from the stage." I say as he glances back toward them.
"I see your father and maybe one brother and one sister. Where is your mother?" He asks.
"You are correct and she is not here." I say, not answering his question.
"Where is she?" He asks, looking into my eyes.
I looked him in the eye and made sure not to show any emotion. "She is dead."
"I see. I am sorry for your loss." He says and glances back at my family.
"They don’t seem to be happy." He comments.
I glance over towards them and see my sister, Alpha and Laura, with a worried expression and my father and brother with no facial expression. I feel the worriedness and anger they all are holding.
"Hmm. They don’t, do they?" I ask and look back at the King with a small smirk.
"Any family and pack would be ecstatic to be so close with the future queen and they are not. That is quite suspicious, do you not think?" He asks in a suspicious tone.
"No, not at all. I am quite close with my pack, they do not wish for me to leave. If you take another look you will see that they are all worried. Not unhappy." I say.
He glances back at them.
"I can see that, but why? You are going to be living a far better life at the castle." He says.
It takes everything in my power to hold Fen back from attacking. One of us has to be reasonable. After a second of struggling I answer.
"Would it ever occur to you that not everyone would wish to live here. You are taking me away from my family, my pack. They know my wishes and being queen is NOT one of them. Yet here I am." I say through grited teeth. The audacity of the man.
"You do not wish to be queen? Every woman here wishes to be queen." He says, and studies my reaction.
I scoff at that statement. "Not EVERY woman here. You are not the center of half of these wolves' attention. They are not worried about who will be queen, they are worried about what is happening at home. It is not like you are the talk of every pack. You are not even a spec that the normal wolf is worried about. Life will continue and some of us enjoy that life. Yes most women here are disappointed and jealous, but the others are relieved and glad it was not them." He says.
I can feel his anger and scrutiny and he looks around the room.
"And how would you know what all these people feel? It is not like you know them all personally." He says.
"And nor do you, but my gift is empathy. I can feel what they are feeling." I say confidently.
He just looked back at me and stared. Comprehension of what I have said showing in his eyes. Then the music stopped and I stepped back and curtsied as he bowed. We went back up to the stage and everyone started dancing. I had many people come to congratulate me and wish me good fortune. Most with fake smiles. Fen was about to snap.
"If you do not get me out of here this instant I will turn and kill all of these people." Fen snarls.
"No you won’t Fen. You may want people to fear you so they will not come close. But you will never hurt an innocent." I retort.
"GET ME OUT OF HERE NOW!" She screams at me. Making my wince.
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