Chapter 92


    Katy POV


    During the dinner, I noticed how Luce would shoot a re towards me now and then. Her mother,


    Queen Cassie, didn’t even look at me once and continued to give more attention to other


    candidates. The only thing that I wasn’t able to understand was why she was giving preference to


    others over me even though she knew I was Ace’s mate. How could she hate me so much without


    knowing me


    at all?


    My eyes locked with my mate, and he winked at me. Blood rushed to my cheeks, and I winked


    back. He let out a quietugh.


    The table was a huge sixteen–seater. We were all sitting ording to our ranks. The high–ranking


    members sat at the table as the others had dinner outside. Since I belonged to an alpha bloodline, I


    sat closer to the king and the queen, but Luce ensured I sat opposite to Ace.


    Ace was crammed between Reba and her friend Diana, another Alpha’s daughter, which was


    odd because he was supposed to be sitting on the right of Alpha Soren. They were both making


    deliberate attempts to touch him, disguising it as idental or yful banter. I imagined myself


    breaking the bones of their wrists. Ara growled inside me, always at the edge, hating to see so


    many girls


    around him.


    I directed my gaze to the clear soup in front of me when suddenly the king said, “Miss Katy, I’ve


    heard a lot about Luna Kylie. Unfortunately, I wasn’t present for the voting that day in the High


    Council, but I heard she had a lot of support. Isn’t it?”


    His question caught me off–guard, but cing my spoon down, I replied softly, “Yes, Alpha Soren.


    Thew she championed has left asting impact on several Lunas in the werewolfmunity.”


    “So I’ve heard,” he said with a nod, piking up a ss of wine.


    “Well…” Queen Cassie interrupted, staring directly at me. “Luna Kylie has broken an age–old


    tradition. It is good to be bold, but it is absolutely irresponsible to break the traditions that we’ve


    been following for hundreds of years. Limiting an Alpha’s needs is like


    limiting his surge of power.”


    I stopped my mouth from dropping to the floor at herment. Taking a deep breath in, I said, “I am


    so sorry that you couldn’t make it that day, Luna Cassie. But if you’re openly saying that cheating is


    logical, then it’s like apuding someone for winning a game by


    stealing all the pieces!”


    She jerked her head back in shock, ás if appalled by my answer, but I couldn’t help thinking that her


    husband cheated on her multiple times. I continued, “This kind of support for cheating is wrong on


    so many levels, especially when it’s the she–wolves who suffer


    more than the male wolves.”


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    She clenched her jaw because I had put her in a corner. She didn’t have an answer to that and she


    didn’t like me replying to her. I closed my eyes for a second as I let out a rough exhale because I


    knew I was blowing up my chances to win their hearts and be the Luna of the Viking pack with each


    passing second. But I couldn’t help my true nature. I hated submitting to abuse in any form. And in


    the Viking pack, it seemed like abuse was instilled as second nature in the she–wolves.


    The dinner went on quietly after that, but I found Ace looking at me with pride on his face. He


    smiled, encouraging me.


    After dinner, I wanted to go back to my room, but Luce announced they were all going to the living


    room where Diana was going to y a symphony for us on the piano.


    “Don’t go,” Ace said, whispering in my ear as I started to leave for my room. “With you, I’ll suffer


    less.”


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    I chuckled. “I’m tired.”


    “The hell you are!” he growled. “The night hasn’t ended!” I blushed at the double meaning of his


    words. He was going to sneak into my room after the party was over.


    When Luce called him, he sighed and reluctantly made his way over to her. Diana and Reba


    were standing with her. The moment he approached Luce, Diana stumbled for no reason and fell on


    him. Ace grabbed her shoulders to steady her. She giggled, apologizing for her clumsiness, and I


    stared at her apparent coquettishness. After that Diana left no opportunity to touch him somewhere


    or the other, but I knew Ace was getting agitated by her and he was putting up a good show of


    bearing her.


    A few minutester, along with Luce, Diana went to the piano to y. As she sat down, she smiled


    and said, “I will y Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet for Alpha Ace Norton.”


    I went stiff, rage bubbling in my chest. It was a ssical symphony for dering love.


    “Whoa!” Luce cheered and pped loudly. Everyone followed her suit. She was trying to make me


    look like a third wheel.


    Diana struck the first chord and the next and soon she was into it, ying the symphony wlessly.


    I felt horrible. My choice was to keep sitting ufortably and silent in the room or take action. I


    decided to stop pretending and hiding my true feelings about things. I was mad.


    Ara wanted toe out and destroy the piano and soak it in Diana’s blood. I fisted my hands and


    stood there to control Ara.


    Ten minutester, quietly, I took two steps back to the music system behind me. I punched some


    buttons and returned to my ce,


    sipping my wine. No one noticed me.


    Suddenly, “Dirty Diana” by Shaman’s Harvest began ying at full volume.


    Diana stopped ying, her eyes going wide. Everyone else in the room snapped their heads


    towards the music system. “Wh–who started that?” Diana squeaked.


    Ace cleared his throat. “That’s a fascinating choice of song.”


    I tried hard not tough. “Yes, it’s an interesting song.” I looked at Diana. “It’s about a woman who


    gets into bed with men who don’t belong to her.”


    While Ace lowered his face tough, Diana, Luce, and Reba scowled at me. “Bloody bitch!”


    Diana cursed. She got up and stormed out of the room, feeling insulted. This time, Reba didn’t


    follow her. In fact, I found her smiling while staring at her back. So much for being close friends.


    I shrugged, feigning ignorance as to who started the song. Some girlsughed while some gossiped


    and some became absolutely quiet. In order to dissipate awkwardness, Luna Cassie dismissed us.


    “I believe it’s been a long day and we are all exhausted. See you all tomorrow at 9AM for the first


    round of Selection.”


    Relieved, I made my way back to my room as soon as possible. Jeff and Kirk escorted me back. Lily


    and Lilian went to the omega quarters after helping me to undress along with the guards.


    I crashed on the bed, remembering the details of the evening, when all of a sudden, a soft knock


    sounded on my door. I knew it was Ace. Excitement surged through me and I rushed to open the


    door and be in his arms. But the moment I opened the door, I was stunned. Standing there was


    Luce’s husband, Beau Jordan.


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