Novels by Norah B

The next morning the girls were sent for breakfast then they were made to assemble in the hall again but this time instead of the elaborate and heavy ball dresses they had been made to wear the previous night they were provided with light dresses with pantaloon type petticoats under their dresses and asked to keep bare faces with their hair pulled away from their faces.Shortly after Mistress Naomi walked into the hall followed by three of the guards who went and stood in front of the hall behind her as they faced the girls.“From today you shall be taught basic martial arts for a week, this is because we believe that the woman who will be by the King’s side has to be all rounded and well versed in everything. Every evening you will be made to face off against each other and at the end of the week the winners will be invited out of the grounds to dine with the prince and elites from all around the kingdom.” She announced while she slowly walked past t

After Riya’s faux pas the dinner went pretty much without any further incident, decadent foods and wine was brought in and a musical band came in and played instruments with strings that looked strange to Riya but sounded familiar. And by the end of the meal everyone stood up as the Lycans slowly filled out of the dinning room, Riya kept here eyes on her feet and refused to look down so she would not do somethings stupid again. She did not notice that most of them glanced at her and a couple of gazes lingered, curious about the girl who seemed different from the others and thinking of being able to ply her with gifts and court her.When they had finally gone out of the room she plopped back on her seat and was able to breathe a sigh of relief but as she looked up it was to lock eyes with Mistress Naomi who did not look at all pleased with her. Riya quickly looked back down at her hands nervously twisting her hands together, praying that she would not get additional punishment added to

“Caine, where have you been? at this point you are going to be very late.” Theo complained as the door opened and when he saw his cousin dressed in casual linen pants and a matching shirt he stuttered in shock. “Wh wwait why are you dressed like that? Surely this is not how you are going to present yourself to the candidates. I am aware that you feel that they are underneath you but you do not have a choice.”“I am not going.” Caine said as he sat in an armchair and crossed his legs.“Not going?! What do you mean you are not going? In the first place tell where are you coming from?” Theo shrieked.“I am coming from my mother’s spot.” Caine explained and Theo’s face narrowed in confusion.“I thought that you went in the morning already, when did you start going twice in a day?”“I ran into one of the candidates today. Well, she ran into me if we are being factu

“You are back?” a very surprised Isolde looked up when the door opened. “Sorry to disappoint you.” Riya said wearily. “No, I did not mean it like that…” Isolde guiltily jumped off the bed and went to Riya. “I had just been so anxious and worried about what they were going to do to you, I was waiting for you to come back and I did not know if they were going to bring you back or...” She gulped in fear, unable to even finish her sentence. “I was only teasing you, I am fine.” Riya said and slumped tiredly into an armchair. “What happened? What did they do to you? I have been dying to know.” Isolde said and she came and sat on the floor beside her. “I could have gotten away, I was like so super fast and the guards could not even get me but I got to the maze and I ran into a gardener, I asked him to help me escape but I should have known better, he obviously wanted to get some medal after thwarting my escape because he grabbed me before I could run away and the guards came and got me.

After a tedious couple of hours spent learning how to apply make up on themselves Madam Naomi announced that they were finished with the day’s lessons and the girls could retire to their rooms and rest before dinner.“All except Riya can leave immediately, you will stay behind while the rest of the girls leave.” Madam Naomi stated.Chatter immediately broke out as girls glanced at Riya on their way out, some with pity and some were celebrating her downfall with smirks, they were glad at the thought of the competition being picked off.“Good luck.” Isolde whispered and tugged on Riya’s fingers before leaving.“There is no amount of luck that will help the wretch, she needs to be sent away so that she does not taint the rest of us and ruin our chances.” Willow hissed maliciously and bumped against Riya again before walking by.This time Riya was too preoccupied with her fate to care about Willow’s antics, she just wanted to know why she was being singled and left behind, granted she had

Riya turned around and came face to face with a petite blonde with unblemished fair skin that bordered on pale, cornflower blue eyes in a beautiful face, straight long fine hair and small pearly white teeth that were currently displayed in a smirk at her. Her dress flowed around her making her look like a porcelain doll. “What is your problem? Or don’t you have a sense of direction?” Riya raised my eyebrows at her challenging look. “And why would I have a problem with a peasant like you?” She asked daintily and her posse of friends standing around her snickered. "Don't you think you are a little too old for the mean girl attitude?" Riya asked nonchallantly. "You are too old!" The girl snapped back angrilly. "Are you not too ugly and poor to be here with a superior attitude?" she sputtered. She walked around around Riya, eyeing her challengingly as she went by while Riya yawned in boredom even though deep inside what she wanted the most was to drag her by her corn silk hair and tea