Kendrick's POV "What are you doing here?" he barked at me. "I'm simply here to see the Queen, isn't it obvious?" I fired back and he suddenly bursted into laughter. Why was he laughing now? Did he think that all this was funny? I had been reduced to a mere member of the pack that I had once been the ruler of the previous day and was even now begging for the attention of the present ruler. "Do you know how pathetic you seem right now?" "What?" I blurted out, fiercely enraged by his words. "You're no more an Alpha now, I can say whatever I want," he boasted and I shook my head wryly. "What exactly is the reason for this?" I asked, trying to keep my voice calm so that I could get him to explain the motive behind his scorning actions. "You keep begging the princess everytime, don't you see that she already has a lot of things planned for you and will execute them regardless of what you say or do?" So that was his reason? Lycans were really a disrespectful bunch of people and that
Kendrick's POV “Very well, My Queen, as you wish,” I breathed out and collected the fan since I had no choice of refusing. I slowly began to fan Audrey and there was silence for some minutes. "Stop!" She shouted after a while and I lowered my arms that were already aching slightly. "Go and get that stool so that I can place my feet on it." That also seemed so stressful after the happenings of today, but it was definitely better than having to fan her so I swiftly moved to fulfill her bidding. Once I got the stool, I placed it close to her and she put her legs on the top of the stool then made me shift it in different directions multiple times before finally finding the position fitting enough for her. "Massage my feet," she requested once I stood up and my eyes widened. "You don't want to do it?" "I..." I stammered, unsure of what to say. I didn't want to do such a demeaning task and even if I wanted to, I didn't even know how. Why was she being so heartless? She definitely
Kendrick's POV Should I go back to get a maid? Ten minutes was all I had, but getting a maid to come with me ought not to take too much time. I decided to get a maid to do the errands and quickly ran back to the palace. "Alpha!" I heard a female voice shout just as I opened the door of the side entrance which I was about to pass through and I immediately halted. All that was left was one more step from either of us and I would have bumped into the maid who was coming out of the palace holding a bucket of wet clothes. "I need your help with something," I blurted out instead of the apology I was supposed to give even though I knew it was impolite. "Me? How can I help you, Alpha?" Another person who still thought me worthy enough to be called Alpha even though I had lost control of my pack. "I need oil, oil that can be used for a foot massage and fruits," I quickly replied. "What type of fruits, Alpha?" She inquired. "Anyone! I just need it as soon as possible," I respon
Kendrick's POV As I cut the fruits that Audrey requested for, I couldn't help but feel grateful to the maids in the palace that did all this work just to please me when I was their ruler. I suddenly felt like servants, not just those in the palace but all servants, deserved to be treated better than they were as they went through so much stress to please their masters. It had only been a few hours since I began working as Audrey's servant and I was already severely exhausted in every way possible. If the Moon goddess ever gave the control of the Blood Moon pack back to me someday, I would initiate a yearly festival to honor servants for their sacrifice. Soon, I was done with the cutting and handed the plates of fruit over to Audrey. She then asked how she was supposed to eat the fruits and that was when I realized that I didn't get a fork so I rushed to get her one only for her to complain that I didn't take permission before leaving when I got back. I was almost tempted to ask i
Jake's POV Audrey's rulership of the Blood Moon pack started like a joke, a very surreal joke but now, days had passed since she began to rule the pack. If it was revenge she was seeking, it was definitely going well for her, but going very uneasily for the pack. Two days ago, she had asked all the pack members to assemble and ended up saying nothing to us except that she just wanted to check if we would answer her. She was not treating the people unfairly but her punishments for even the slightest misdeed would make everyone feel sorry for the offender including the person who reported. She also had a very high bar of what was respectful and so once she felt disrespected in the slightest, punishments would definitely follow. As for Kendrick, that was the worse because she was actually unfair to him and would always punish him publicly. He was now a shadow of himself and the regalness with which he had carried himself right from childhood was gone. It was almost like he would d
Kendrick's POV Ever since Audrey started to rule the pack, everyday had passed like a dream. I desperately wished that I could just wake up soon but it somehow also felt like I might never wake up from this dream. I was presently sitting on a chair in my room since I had managed to get a respite from Audrey as she was resting. “Hello husband,” I heard behind me as a hand started massaging my shoulder. "Jenni," I breathed out and took her hands off my shoulders. "So that girl finally ran out of ways to frustrate you, didn't she?" She asked and I suddenly remembered that it had been a while since I checked on Audrey. I hope she had not woken up, if she was sleeping in the first place, and looked for me only to not find me as that would be trouble. I quickly stood up from my seat to go and check up on Audrey. “Where are you going?” she asked. "I'm sorry, I have to see the queen right now,” I told her. “To see the queen?” she scoffed. “It's the way you respect that girl so much
Jake's POV I ended up spending only a few minutes knocking on Audrey's door without getting any answer before her guard came to send me away and I dejectedly left. Eventually, I found myself back in town just wandering around the pack trying to look for anything to lift my spirits. I saw a few exciting things but after sometime, decided to go back to the palace considering that Audrey could have come out of her chambers and might require my presence. I was about to enter the palace when I saw the werecouncil member who had tried approaching the Queen talking with another werecouncil member in front of the palace. How was he back here again? Was he hoping that Audrey would have woken up? I didn't know what to say to him if that was the case as Audrey usually kept her interactions with everyone to the lowest minimum and could refuse to see him even if she had come out of her chambers. From what I experienced while trying to have a word with her, I could deduce that she probably wou
Jake's POV I couldn’t help the weight of uncertainty that pressed on me as I made my way through the pack with the werecouncil members. It was already close to dawn but the men were adamant so we still gathered even though it was later than we planned. I just hoped that no one caught us trying to leave the pack. It would be really fatal for me if I got more on Audrey's bad side and she stopped treating me like everyone else but more like Kendrick and Jenni. I trembled throughout the entire ride from the palace until we got to the border of the pack. The guards didn't say anything to us except from wishing us a safe journey as every single one of us were affluent men and soon, we were on the path leading to the imperial city to seek guidance from the Moon Goddess herself. I told Jenni to tell the queen I was ill and on bed rest if she asked of me. I couldn't ask Kendrick to do that as he would ask why I wanted him to cover for me and I didn't want to let him know about what was hap