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
RIYA’s POV“I would honestly rather watch John Wick than these, why do we even have to watch this crap?” Riya grumbled as she came into the living room with a large bowl of popcorn in her hands and stood beside the couch where one of her roommates a petite dark girl wearing glasses sat pointing a remote control at the television screen. “Because this is the best time to watch this “crap” as you call it, you can always watch John Wick some other time Riya.” Sheila a pretty buxom blonde who was her other roommate said as she trailed in after Riya holding a box of pizza which she placed on the coffee table and Riya opened and took a slice.“And why is this the best time again?” Riya pouted, refusing to give in without a fight.“Because it is a full moon tonight.” The two girls chorused in unison and Riya rolled her eyes as she realized that she had been defeated.“That does not make any sense at all, would it not just be better to just run around the streets and howl at the moon like tru
Riya slowly eased into wakefulness and realized with gratitude that her back was resting on a proper bed, she was very glad to know that she was laying on my own bed and it had all been a dream.She lay motionless for a minute, a relived smile on her face before she turned to her side and hugged the pillow to herself with a satisfied sigh. She had been so afraid to wake up and now she could only be thankful that everything had been a dream, that she was in her bed and not some bed of grass in an unknown forest. She refused to even contemplate the wild dreams that had plagued her sleep last night, she just pushed them to the back of her mind and silently swore that she would no longer be engaging in any werewolf movie marathons with her housemates.As was usual with her she struggled with getting out of bed, and wished once more that she had parents who could cater to her financially so that she did not have to get up for work every morning but she knew that it was either go to work an
RIYA’s POV“I don’t come from around here.” Riya said at last and Isolde looked relieved and even smiled. “Of course you don’t come from around here, none of the girls do, we are all from different packs.” She said. “No, you don’t understand me, I don’t come from this world, I’m not from around here.” Riya explained. “Are you a faerie? Or a witch?” Isolde asked sounding a little afraid and Riya’s eyebrows rose as she considered Isolde’s words.She had not really considered the fact that there could be other types of creatures other than werewolves and Lycans inhabiting this place she had found herself in, she had infact thought that werewolves and Lycans were fictional. “You have Faeries and witches in this world?” She asked and Isolde nodded. “Well, I am neither of these creatures, I am just a regular human without any powers, I was asleep in my own apartment in my own bed when I had a dream where I was in a lot of pain and I ate a little bunny then I woke up naked in some forest
“I hear there is a troublemaker among this crop of maidens, she has to be careful or she won’t be selected and you will have to dump her in the Royal harem.” a tall slender blonde young man said as he lay sprawled on a seat chugging down some wine in a gold chalice. “I can’t say that I blame her, if I was being forced to be picked like funiture by some prince I did not know I too would be belligerent.” a tall young man with dark hair who looked more muscular than his counterpart answered as he stood in front of the window and looked out at the horizon. “…maybe there will be something exciting to look forward to, who wants a woman that’s programmed to do your bidding?” “That is just silly. Any maiden would be lucky to be considered by you The Mighty Prince Caine.” the blonde man insisted. “I still think that it is a ridiculous tradition, I am supposed to be mourning the loss of my father, not getting entertained by a bunch of witless werewolves who aspire to a life of leisure.” Ca
The next morning something woke Riya up and she looked around in confusion and turned to the door just in time to see the lock on the door turn, she jumped off the bed and walked towards the door and experimentally turned the handle and to her surprise the door opened. She turned arounds and glanced at the horrified look on Isolde as she shook her head at Riya trying to dissuade her from doing what she was considering. Riya put a finger to her lips motioning for her roommate to keep quiet. Riya decided that it was better for her to die than live in a world where they were selling women and where they could just casually break peoples wrists which would heal right back. She needed a world that she was familiar with and for the first time ever she missed studying for tests and deadlines for assignments. She recognized that there was the possiblity that this might not end well but she could not bear the thought of not trying and just being resigned to her fate. “Riya don’t, they will g
The guards took Riya back to her room and went back out. she noticed that Isolde was gone and she wondered where she was gone, she went to the door and tried to open it and saw that it was locked, no surprise. Isolde was surprised that she had been brought back to her room, she expected to be taken to some dark musty dungeon underneath the building where she would have to spend the rest of her days. Riya swore at the gardener who had betrayed her. he was a terrible person, if he had not been able to help her escape how hard would it have been for him to look the other way while she went about on her escape but no, he had to stop her from running. she hoped that she never saw him again because if she did she would have to give him a satisfactory kick in the nuts, the jerk! She was relieved but she was also anxious because there was bound to be a punishment of some sort and she wondered what it would be. the door flew open without a knock and a beautiful middle aged woman in a flowing
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
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
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
The guards took Riya back to her room and went back out. she noticed that Isolde was gone and she wondered where she was gone, she went to the door and tried to open it and saw that it was locked, no surprise. Isolde was surprised that she had been brought back to her room, she expected to be taken to some dark musty dungeon underneath the building where she would have to spend the rest of her days. Riya swore at the gardener who had betrayed her. he was a terrible person, if he had not been able to help her escape how hard would it have been for him to look the other way while she went about on her escape but no, he had to stop her from running. she hoped that she never saw him again because if she did she would have to give him a satisfactory kick in the nuts, the jerk! She was relieved but she was also anxious because there was bound to be a punishment of some sort and she wondered what it would be. the door flew open without a knock and a beautiful middle aged woman in a flowing
The next morning something woke Riya up and she looked around in confusion and turned to the door just in time to see the lock on the door turn, she jumped off the bed and walked towards the door and experimentally turned the handle and to her surprise the door opened. She turned arounds and glanced at the horrified look on Isolde as she shook her head at Riya trying to dissuade her from doing what she was considering. Riya put a finger to her lips motioning for her roommate to keep quiet. Riya decided that it was better for her to die than live in a world where they were selling women and where they could just casually break peoples wrists which would heal right back. She needed a world that she was familiar with and for the first time ever she missed studying for tests and deadlines for assignments. She recognized that there was the possiblity that this might not end well but she could not bear the thought of not trying and just being resigned to her fate. “Riya don’t, they will g
“I hear there is a troublemaker among this crop of maidens, she has to be careful or she won’t be selected and you will have to dump her in the Royal harem.” a tall slender blonde young man said as he lay sprawled on a seat chugging down some wine in a gold chalice. “I can’t say that I blame her, if I was being forced to be picked like funiture by some prince I did not know I too would be belligerent.” a tall young man with dark hair who looked more muscular than his counterpart answered as he stood in front of the window and looked out at the horizon. “…maybe there will be something exciting to look forward to, who wants a woman that’s programmed to do your bidding?” “That is just silly. Any maiden would be lucky to be considered by you The Mighty Prince Caine.” the blonde man insisted. “I still think that it is a ridiculous tradition, I am supposed to be mourning the loss of my father, not getting entertained by a bunch of witless werewolves who aspire to a life of leisure.” Ca