“Now tell me, what have you gotten yourself into?” My eyes widened at the depth of seriousness in Giselle's eyes, and also the painful grip of her fingers on my hand. “I don't understand what you mean, Giselle…” I said, releasing my arm from her tight hold and keeping a straight face as she peered into my eyes. “You suddenly got the rose, then you disappeared, only for me to find out that you now live in the palace? What happened? What did you do? Did you trade your soul to the devil for a rose?” I laughed, “Don't be a drama queen, Giselle. Uhm, well… I'm mated to the twins. It happened so quick, and they insisted I move into the palace immediately,” I said and bit my lip, hoping she won't see through my lies. “You suddenly got mated to the princes? Just suddenly?” “Giselle, come on. You know that's how mating works. It only takes a second.” I yelped when she smacked me arm hard, “Ouch! Your hands are as strong as a carpenter's own”. “Don't talk to me like I'm a child, kiddo.
"You two are just scaring me honestly."They both chuckled."Now I don't know why you guys chose me of all people to become your fake mate, and you don't want to tell me either. Now you are telling me I have some sort of role or shit? To play in whatever…. Oh My."Adam scooted over and linked his arm with mine, "Don't worry about it. Everything will be fine and we will tell you everything soon. Now we only have to convince the Council that you are our mate. If we cannot, then the deal is completely off." "Hmmmm…."I guess I can go with that. But how exactly do we convince the council or whatever it is?As if he read my mind, Adam responded, "No matter how we try, it will be the same thing. They won't agree. These old people are very tough nuts to crack. This is to say that it's almost impossible.""Then how are you going to do it?""I said 'almost' impossible. Huge emphasis on the A word. We are going to try another approach. A..let's say blackmail approach."I gasped, "you want to b
*****And voilà!The council meeting!Rose and another kind lady led me to the hall which was meant for the meeting.The Alpha and Luna were already seated with the twins, and I was led to sit on a chair beside Adam.In the hall, was a round table with chairs around it_ about ten chairs and each of these chairs were occupied by elderly men and women…all clothes in white and black robes.The Council. They looked scary with their cold, calculative looks.Adam and Aiden didn't look half as anxious as I felt, and I was relieved that at least some of us are confident.The meeting started. The council spoke about the matters of the pack, the progress and what needs to be done while a young girl takes note behind them. After what seemed like hours of listening to accounts and stuff, the eldest woman stood up and turned to face the royal family.Her gaze swept over me, sending shills down my spine, before she looked away._ The council raises the matter of the fact that the King will be stepp
The room felt charged with a mixture of excitement and relief, despite the frown on the Luna's face.I smiled as I looked into Aiden's radiant eyes. It felt like a weight had been pressing on our shoulders, and it had finally lifted.Adam pulled me into another tight embrace, wrapping his strong arms around meAiden joined in, completing our little group hug. It was an embrace filled with warmth, relief, and happiness.It was Adam that spoke first, his gruff voice full of gratitude, "Ava, you have no idea how much this means to us. You've done something incredible for our pack.”Aiden chimed in, “Yes, we can't thank you enough. Your intelligence is what made this happen. Thank you so much.”I blushed at their words, feeling a warmth spread through my chest. “I only did what I had to do,” I replied. “It's just my end of the bargain. I'm just glad I was able to play a part in this to get them off our backs, too.”“Well that's correct.”“I still cannot believe it was that easy to have th
We have been so lost in celebration I almost forgot to go see my sister.By the time I remembered, Gisele insisted that it was too late, and she needed to rest properly after bathing in her herbs.So once I woke up the next morning, the first thing on my mind was to go see her.I made my way to her room, eager to see how she was dark faring.However, as I gently pushed the door open, I was met with an unexpected sight. Diana was still asleep, her breathing steady, but Giselle was sitting beside Diana's bedside, a look of deep concentration on her face.I approached Giselle with a smile, hoping to strike up a conversation without disturbing my sister's much-needed rest. “Good morning, Giselle,” I greeted her in a hushed tone.Giselle turned to me with a warm but slightly weary smile. “Good morning, Ava. How are you today?”I sighed, my gaze returning to Diana's peaceful expression. “I'm as well as can be expected, given the circumstances. How about my sister? Has there been any improve
Days passed by and nothing got better.The twins weren't willing to reveal their true intentions to me. Not that I should be bothered because that was never part of the arrangement.The arrangement was simply to pretend to be their bride.However the more they evaded the questions, the more suspicious I grew.There had to be at least a hundred females in Silvermoon.Numerous Werewolf females.Why did they choose me?Went through the trouble of having to convince the council that a human is their mate?And the more suspicious I got, the more uneasy I felt.Something is missing in the puzzle and I have no idea what it is.Diana was not getting much better, although I could notice some slight changes in her speech, her expression. Just yesterday, she chose to wear a black dress. Which might sound normal to anyone else who doesn't know that black was her favourite colour because according to her "It represents her soul" but since she got sick she's been wearing yellow and pink.A good cha
"Ava!!" "Ava! Help us, please rise and do something.""Damn it Ava! Do something!!"I opened my eyes slowly, head aching from the noise around me, and the sight that caught my vision made me gasp.The palace, the village... Everything was on fire. Every single thing.What on earth is happening? What happened?"Ava!" I turned to my left and saw my sister Diana running towards me, the hem of her gown in her hand.Her dress was torn and there was blood on her.Her face looked like she had taken a very serious beating."Diana!" I ran to meet her mid way but before I could get to her she fell down and stopped moving, her eyes lifeless and just gazing at the sky.She wasn't moving."Diana! Diana!" Thus cannot be happening. I crouched before her and started shaking her body vigorously but she didn't respond. Didn't even twitch her eyesShe's gone."No!!!"I could not stop the scream that escaped my lungs as I cradled her against my chest.This cannot be."You have to rise, Ava..." A strange
"Do I really have to go to this ball?" I grumbled for like, the ten millionth time in the past five minutes and just as the first time I did, the twins gave me the same response."You know we have to do this Ava. People are watching and we have to....""Seize every opportunity we can to prove to the council that we are in love and truly mated. Yes, I know I know." I said cutting Adam off and he grinned, then leaned down and kissed me shortly.And as always, his kiss sent flutters down my stomach.There was no one present but I couldn't protest the stolen kisses and touches between us."You are adorable." He said, "And I think all the dresses are so beautiful. But red looks the best on you."I bit my lip and looked at the dresses which were brought in earlier by the maids.It's crazy how barely a few weeks ago, I could never dream of owning a single ball dress, but here I was having to choose between dozens of them.Crazy how my life has changed in the past few weeks."Oh, just looking