So it's true. I am their mate! I am the one they have been waiting for all this time. How can that be? Can I really be so lucky? "Don't bother celebrating. We do not intend to make a detestable human servant our queen." Angel Fenris states, his voice laced with disgust just like the last time we met. His rude words hurt me more now than they did yesterday. The full moon must have heightened my emotions. "Surely you did not think that you're befitting in any way to sit by our side. A beautiful, virtuous princess is the least we were expecting our future queen to be. You're not fit to be her shadow let alone take her place." Angel Garren angrily expresses. The ache in my heart surge. I was warned not to snap or raise my voice when talking to them. Yet the urge to do so is overwhelming. * * * * * For the mighty angel kings of Lunacrest, only the most virtuous of women will do. After growing tired of waiting for a virtuous mate of pure heart, the triplet angel kings have decided to device a contest to find the most virtuous of all royal women to be crowned their queen. According to the rules of the contest, each of the beautiful princesses is to be hosted in the palace of Lunacrest for a duration of five days while her feminine virtues and loyalty to the angel kings gets tested. But what will happen when the angel kings discover that their fated mate is a lowly human servant with no royal blood? Keira is surprisingly the wisest and the kindest of all women. No woman of royal blood can match her virtues. But will the angel kings realise her value or will they be fooled by the faked grace and elegance of her beautiful mistress?
Prologue
Many years ago, the Kingdom of lunacrest had many enemies and was plagued by war and death. When the king died in battle, people say that his distressed queen had an affair with an unknown Devine being while seeking help to end the war and suffering of her people.
She gave birth to three immortal sons, popularly known as the triplet angel kings of Lunacrest. With their might they conquered the enemies of Lunacrest and oversaw the rebuilding of the Kingdom. Both human and werewolf kings of the neighbouring kingdoms gladly paid homage to them.
For many years, none of the angel kings has ever showed interest in marriage or relationships, but four weeks ago messegers from their kingdom spread out word that a contest has been set for all the royal ladies of the surrounding kingdoms to compete for the chance to be the queen of Lunacrest, married to one or all the three angel kings.
Chapter 1
Keira's Pov
"I need you to swear by the gods that I look twice as beautiful as the moon and all the stars together." Our beautiful mistress demands in vivid excitement after gaping at the imperial palace ahead of us for almost an hour.
We are to be guests of the great palace of Lunacrest for five days, the time granted to our princess to showcase her feminine virtues and loyalty to the angel kings. If she gets selected to become their queen she will spend the rest of her life in the imposing palace, which looks like a piece of heaven that descended down to earth.
"Worry not your highness, you're the prettiest of all royal women. I am sure the angel kings will be awed by your bewitching face." Helen, one of my fellow servants, praises with the sweetest of smiles. She is Princess Lyna's favourite maid.
"Any noble man would gladly pay to lick your feet, your highness. The angel kings will feel honoured that you have graced their palace with such beauty." Lisa, Princess Lyna's second favourite servant, offers her praise.
I keep my mouth shut because I am her hated servant. I only speak to her when it's extremely necessary. Still I get snapped at more than anyone.
Royal women of every pack have been fighting for the chance to take part in the undignifying contest. Because it's not just about becoming the wife of three powerful angels, the inside of those imposing buildings must be like little heavens. Who wouldn't love to spend their lives in a earthly paradise sparkling with gold?
"I want to take one last look at my face and hair before we proceed. Nothing boosts my confidence more than the sight of my bewitching face." Princess Lyna states and her favourite servants nod in agreement.
"What are you waiting for, foolish human? Get me my mirror!" The Princess screams at me.
I hastily pull out her full length mirror from one of the bags we packed.
I kneel down on the floor of the carriage and hold up the mirror so that she doesn't have to see any part of my chubby body while watching her beauty.
She stares at her beautiful reflection, carefully checking if there is a thing out of place.
I have been her servant for about a year now since I failed to phase on my eighteenth birthday. Without a wolf one is considered a useless member of our small pack.
My father is the sole reason I wasn't banished or turned into a lowly slave. Being the gamma of the pack he was able to point out the things I am able to do to the alpha. It was decided that I become Princess Lyna's third servant. I am paid half of what my fellow servants are paid, reason being that I am a useless human.
I have hope that things will change for the better if Princess Lyna becomes the wife of the triplet angel kings. She might be less mean to me in their presence. I may get a fair pay like everyone else and probably be permitted to take part in Lunacrest's warrior training.
I may have a chance to a better life here, but I must first help Lyna win the hearts of the three angels kings so we won't be going back to Silverthorn.
Apart from her physical beauty, I doubt the Princess possesses any of the other required virtues. But I made it look like she is the embodiment of perfection in the application letter she made me write for her.
Yes, all contestants had to write a letter to the palace detailing their qualifications in order to be given the rare opportunity to come to this palace and showcase their most feminine virtues and unwavering loyalty to the triplet angel kings.
I wrote the letter as best as I could. Now our mistress must perfectly display an angelic character in order to be picked by the triplet angel kings.
"Look, my hair is already a mess!" Lyna gasps, pointing at a strand of her blonde hair that has fallen out of place.
Lisa and Helen hurry to fix the hair with colourful pins while muttering assurances that she is still as beautiful as the morning sun.
This is a great quest that may change the future of our pack forever, I would not have been allowed to come if I wasn't the one that wrote the application letter that got her accepted in the contest. Yes, all contestants had to write a letter to the palace detailing their qualifications in order to be given the rare opportunity to come to this palace and showcase their most feminine virtues and unwavering loyalty to the triplet angel kings.
Lyna stares at her reflection for a long while before turning away.
I set aside the mirror and settle back on my seat as the carriage carries on towards the big gates.
The uniformed guards at the big gates list down our names and the purpose of our visit before letting us in.
The big palace buildings looks even more beautiful upclose. Meticulously curved statues of three flying angels sets at the top of the tallest building. They are decorated with shimmering gold engravings that hints of the power and wealth of the angel kings.
For a brief moment I am awestruck by the sheer beauty of the lush gardens and masterfully sculpted sculptures scattered around the expansive coumpound that I fail to notice the carriage halting near the front entrance of the first building.
"Grab my bags, human! I swear I will send you back to Silverthorn if you make me repeat myself again!" Lyna snaps, having stepped out of the carriage with the help of Lisa and Helen who are now holding the tail of her dress.
I quickly gather the heavy bags and follow them down the path leading to the open doors of the palace entrance.
Three women in elegant gowns step out and walk forward briskly to meet us. They are escorted by four young servants in uniform.
"Welcome, Princess Lyna of Silverthorn." The first woman greets Lyna. "My name is Doria, a distant cousin of his Majesty King Fenris, King Garren and King Conrad. I am in charge of overseeing the performance of all contestants and I have been looking forward to your arrival. Your application letter was quite impressive, my cousins may pick you if you showcase the same amount of wisdom and humility during the tests." She adds with a polite smile.
Lyna appears exhilarated by the praise as she happily smiles. "I am highly grateful for the opportunity I have been granted, your highness lady Doria. You have my word that my performance will not disappoint you or the great kings." She assures, bowing in a show of respect for the distant cousin of the kings. With the heavy bags I am carrying I can only bow my head slightly.
"Your maids may hand the bags to our servants, they will help you settle comfortably in your prepared quarters." The royal woman says gesturing at her uniformed servants to take the bags. But Lyna stops them.
"You don't need to burden your servants with my luggage, my maid is well capable of carrying the bags to the room you have prepared." She says and the royal woman and her maids nod.
"I will show you to your guest room so you can rest from the journey and prepare for tomorrow's test." Doria says and gestures at Lyna to follow as she turns around to lead the way into the palace.
I walk behind everyone struggling with the weight of the bags. Our hosts do not know that I am wolfless so they think that the weight of the bags isn't an issue, my mistress has after all assured them that I am well capable of carrying the load.
I notice how every room of the palace is spacious and full of guilded furniture. It is exactly as I expected, a little paradise.
"If I may ask, when will I be meeting the kings?" Lyna asks as Doria guides the way down the hallways of the palace.
"My cousins appointed a special council that will oversee the performance of each contestant and report to them. I am the head of that council. No contestant is allowed to meet the great kings unless they have finished all the tests and been selected to marry the kings." Lady Doria answers, causing Lyna's smile to fade and get replaced by a look of worry.
"You mean that I will not see the alpha kings until I have been selected to be their queen?" She questions in disbelieve.
"My cousins trusts that I and the council will select the best bride for them. They want a woman with the right virtues, nothing else will matter unless you're their fated mate." Lady Doria replies.
"But if a contestant has a critical issue or proposition she wishes to speak to them about she can request for a meeting with them through a letter that will be delivered to them by the council. They shall then accept or turn down the request to meet depending on if the contents of the letter interests them. Only one of our last four contestants who failed the tests managed to got the chance to meet the kings. It is not easy to get their attention through the letter." She adds and Lyna looks even more devastated.
She had hoped to impress the kings with her beauty, but it sounds like she may go back to Silverthorn without meeting them.
One had thought that the famous angels are eager to meet every one of the royal women who arrives here to compete for their hand in marriage, but it sounds like they are only interested in getting a modest woman to bed but not to love. I know that Lyna doesn't mind the loveless marriage, she will have the wealth and the special status of the queen of Lunacrest.
"This will be your quest quarters for now, Princess." Lady Doria says after halting in front of a wooden door. One of the servants takes out a key and ushers us into the opulent room with a king-size bed, a massive closet and a guilded table and chair near the window.
I set the bags down beside the big bed.
"There are four beds for your maids in the next room." Lady Doria informs. Princess Lyna nods and smiles in gratitude.
"If you get selected to marry our kings you will be allowed to move to the main palace where they stay." Lady Doria adds. Lyna appears motivated as she nods her head vigorously. She doesn't however look as confident as she was before she found out that she won't be meeting the triplet kings anytime soon unless she can interest them with contents of a letter.
"Your tests will begin tomorrow. We will provide anything you need so you can rest well." Lady Doria says before gesturing at her servants to leave us.
"We wish you the best of luck." She adds before stepping out of the room.
We immediately start unpacking Princess Lyna's bags so we can put her exquisite dresses in the closet.
"I must meet the kings, they will choose me when they see my face." Lyna desperately says, pacing around the room.
"Write that letter now!" She orders, pointing at me. "And it better make them want to meet me or you I will no longer have use for you." She threatens.
I stand frozen with shock for a long moment. Lady Doria said that only one of the last contestants who have so far failed the trials managed to get a chance to meet the triplet angel kings. And I am sure that she didn't meet them on the first or second day.
I however cannot afford being sent back to Silverthorn right now, I would be banished for failing their Princess.
ABEL "I will personally inform his majesty King Roderick that the Princess of Silvermere bought the slave as a gift for her father," Sir Bowman says, bowing in front of the young future alpha queen of Silvermere. She is enticingly beautiful just as the stories say. But why is she buying me? There are many more stronger slaves she could have picked. "We would have loved to clean him up for you if you weren't in such a hurry to-" "Is that the actual illegitimate Prince?" she cuts off the guard, her powerful but mesmerizing voice resonating with authority. "Yes your highness. This is the bastard son of his majesty's banished wife," Sir Bowman affirms, stepping aside to give the lady an unobstructed view. * * * * * * Abel Everhart was falsely declared an illegitimate son of King Roderick when the alpha king wanted to get rid of his human mother for being a commoner. After his mother was falsely accused of infidelity and banished from the palace, Abel was turned into a slave of their kingdom. He has lived in service of his father's new wives and their prestigious sons who got everything they wanted. But now the ancient crown of Elowen has awakened and about to choose it's new heir. As a human slave Abel only looks forward to seeing the famous and beautiful Princess and future alpha queen of Silvermere, Rowena, during the ceremony. He is however unaware that he is the crown's chosen heir until Rowena offers a thousand gold coins to buy him as her slave. ROWENA I am not your typical Princess, or ever a damsel in distress. I am a rebel spirit waiting to be alpha queen. I know how to claim what I want, but saving a Prince in distress wasn't exactly my goal. More so when he is of King Roderick's selfish bloodline. But my mind changed as soon as I saw my human slave, Abel Everhart. There was an attractive fire in his eyes even as he knelt in front of me. He may be the heir to the mightiest crown, but right now he is my property. And I will do with him as I please.
My heart throbs harder as I watch the minute hand of my wrist watch gets closer to midnight. Panic makes my stomach churn. It's my eighteenth birthday, I should phase tonight or I will be the first wolfless she-wolf, not just in our pack but in the whole of Silver Creek Kingdom. Nothing would be more disgraceful than being wolfless when your father is the Beta of your pack and your step-sister is the chosen mate of our dashing and powerful angel King, Nate Rowan. Angels didn't exist before, not before the appalling war that almost put an end to every Kingdom and throne. They were born to force peace between the the strongest kinds of werewolves that couldn't stand the existence of the other. Their white wings are a source of incredible strength that no werewolf can match. Yet none of them is half as formidable as the famous Prince, Nate Rowan. He phased into the first and only golden winged angel. He possess not just amazing strength but striking powers and beauty as well. The only unfortunate thing about him is that he never found his mate and finally got tired of the wait. Every girl was yearning to be mated to him until my step-sister became his chosen mate. She is a vixen just like her mother, the heartless woman that my father chose to replace my loving mother with after her death. They are all that he cares about while I became the loser after failing to phase on my seventeenth birthday. Strong werewolves phase on their seventeenth birthday, the weakest phase on their eighteenth. Only golden winged angels phase on their nineteenth birthday. But who thinks that someone as pathetic as me would phase into anything better than a weak wolf? Or as it seems, the first wolfless she-wolf of the Kingdom. Obviously my father will have me banished to do away with the shame.
P-please, I beg you. Come let's go tell Christian I had no hand in whatever happened, p-please." I clutched the lapel of his jacket desperately. "Let's go. You need to tell my husband you were paid." "Young lady, you're harassing me." His tone was cold and his stare granite. But I could care less. "You harassed me first! You had sex with me without my consent, my husband knows and now I'm pregnant with this child he doesn't want. You ruined my marriage! I-I hate you!" ************************************ Caught by her husband with another man on their matrimonial bed the morning after her birthday, Hailey Codza could not defend herself. As though it's not enough, she gets pregnant. Her enraged husband decides to pay her back for her infidelity by having an affair with his ex-girlfriend - Denise Kellers, the family Hailey never knew she had. Losing her family's wealth and company to her husband and his ex (now girlfriend), she is devastated, homeless and penniless as all her credit cards are blocked by her husband. She sees the man who is responsible for her pregnancy. The man she has no idea how he'd found his way to her matrimonial bed - Jared Johnson. Jared is annoyed when this strange woman disrupts his meeting and accuses him of ruining her life, marriage and impregnating her. It affects his business deals and having no choice, he marries her to calm the public whilst engaged to someone else. But he loathes her and allows his family treats her badly. Hailey who has fallen in love with Jared is broken when she can no longer take the humiliation. She signs the divorce papers and leaves, only to arrive six years later to the country as a self-made, secret billionaire and a mother of twins. Now her two ex-husbands are begging to have her back...
The night before her engagement, Valerie was tricked by her boyfriend and stepsister into spending the night with a stranger. After the night together, the man vanished. Later, her boyfriend accused her of cheating, revealing his affair with her stepsister. Pressured by her father, Valerie married an unconscious man in place of her stepsister. Valerie exposed the scheme, sabotaged her father's ambitions, and transformed herself. When her husband woke and chased her to the airport, she calmly refused him, saying, "It's over between us." He held her firmly. "You married me, so you must commit."
" Don't say anymore word than you already have, don't..." I stuck a finger out at him, sauntering away on my heels when a hand wrapped itself around my arm. Breathlessly he whispered, "You know that I do love you and...fine, what exactly was I supposed to do?" "Protect me and stand up for me. That is what you do for someone who you claim you love!" ************ Out to spite her ex-boyfriend after he had broken up with her on her birthday, Daphne slept with a stranger who turned out to be his uncle while trying to rebuff his words that she was unwanted by others. Was she ready for the wild chase that followed when he found out years later that she had been pregnant with his heirs and that she had been hiding the truth all this while? Faced with the ruthless CEO, known as the beast, who wasn't ready to back down, Daphne does everything possible to make sure her kids wouldn't be taken from her, but what happens when love gets in the mix of it all? Would she be able to conquer these weird feelings and give in her all amidst her scars? And with how deadly he turned out to be? And faced with her ex who still wants her back, what choice is she going to make?
Life was perfect until she met her boyfriend's big brother. There was a forbidden law in the Night Shade Pack that if the head Alpha rejected his mate, he would be stripped of his position. Sophia's life would get connected with the law. She was an Omega who was dating the head Alpha's younger brother. Bryan Morrison, the head Alpha, was not only a cold-blooded man but also a charming business tycoon. His name was enough to cause other packs to tremble. He was known as a ruthless man. What if, by some twist of destiny, Sophia's path were to intertwine with his?
Loraine was a dutiful wife to Marco since they got married three years ago. However, he treated her like trash. Nothing she did softened his heart. One day, Loraine got fed up with it all. She asked him for a divorce and left him to enjoy with his mistress. The elites looked at her like she was deranged. "Are you out of your mind? Why are you so willing to divorce him?" "It's because I need to return home to get a billion-dollar fortune. Besides, I don't love him anymore," Loraine replied with a smile. They all laughed at her. Some believed that the divorce affected her mentally. It wasn't until the next day that they realized she wasn't fibbing. A woman was suddenly declared the world's youngest female billionaire. It turned out to be Loraine! Marco was shocked to the bone. When he met his ex-wife again, she was a changed person. A group of handsome young men surrounded her. She was smiling at them all. The sight made Marco's heart ache severely. Putting his pride aside, he tried to win her back. "Hello, love. I see that you are a billionaire now. You shouldn't be with suckers who just want your money. How about you come back to me? I'm a billionaire too. Together, we can build a strong empire. What do you say?" Loraine squinted at her ex-husband with her lips curled in disgust.
When I woke up with a hangover, I found a handsome and naked stranger sleeping beside me. --- I’m Tanya, a surrogate’s daughter, an omega with no wolf and no scent. On my 18th birthday, when I planned to give my virginity to my boyfriend, I found him sleeping with my sister. I went to the bar to get drunk, and accidentally had a one-night stand with the handsome stranger. I thought he was just an ordinary werewolf, but they said he was Marco, the alpha prince and the most powerful Lycan in our kingdom. ‘You slut, you’re pregnant! Fortunately, Rick is kind enough to let you be his mistress and save you from shame.’ my stepmother said, tossing a pregnancy strip on the table. Rick was an old pervert. No she-wolf could keep up with his sexual demand. No she-wolf could survive with him more than 1 year. When I was in despair, Marco came to my rescue. He got down on one knee, took out a ring and said he would marry me. --- I thought Marco married me because he loved me, but later I found that was not the truth…