Filed To Story: The Perfect Luna by Marissa Gilbert
And Penelope was indeed the perfect Luna option for him. If only he hadn’t considered her a sister. Just thinking of k*issing her or taking her to bed was gross. However, for his kingdom, he was ready to do anything.
“Don’t even try this,” he cut his sister off and took another glance at the women. Each of them was beautiful in her own way and almost any one of them would make a perfect candidate, yet that did not bring any excitement to him.
“What you did was a bit cruel,” Lachlan stated plainly. “We knew that he would have to marry in the next few years but you really sped up the process, didn’t you? Not to mention that you cut his options significantly. He had a whole world of possibilities and now he has to choose between… How many women are there?”
“Nineteen,” Kai sighed as he finished counting.
“Twenty,” Elene corrected him. He just shrugged as he tried to specifically count just the ones who resembled alphas’ daughters. But maybe he took one of them for a helper instead. Never mind that.
“Still expect you to find a way to stop this, he slightly growled at his sister.
“And I will if I absolutely have to,” Elene wiped her lips with a napkin and threw it on the table, standing up. “But first you will really give this a try. You will meet these girls and talk to them, get to know them better. And if after everything you still want to get rid of them. I swear to you, the final task will help us. They will not find fault with us.”
“Fine,” he grunted, scratching his beard.
“And get rid of that thing!” Elene pointed at it before she walked out. “You get away with this only before someone takes a picture of you.”
‘That’s the whole point,” Kai smirked. “They don’t take pics of me while I have it.”
‘Well, tomorrow is the masquerade and at the end of it everyone will be taking photos of you and the contenders when the masks come off. And we need The North Star, not the woodcutter from the neighbouring village!”
The princess left before he could flip her the bird.
“At moments like this I am really grateful that I am the only child in my family,” Lachlan chuckled.
“Laugh some more and I will marry you to her!” Kai let out a snort.
“If you really want to avenge yourself, you should marry her to that self-proclaimed white bear king and solve all our troubles,” his Beta pointed out. And it was a joke. But not really.
“If he wants power, that would only make things worse,” Kai admitted. “He would have a royal lycan by his side. What would stop him from murdering me and claiming the throne in the name of their children?”
“This would be where your children come to play,” Lachlan stood up as well and walked to the window to take a look at the contenders. He whistled, running his hand through his blonde hair. “At least she picked you some hotties. Maybe having a sister is not such a bad idea after all.
“You can take mine anytime,” Kai let out a chesty laugh. But then his smile faded. He remembered something. “You know, the last time I saw Gideon when he brought that new Luna of his… The way he looked at her…”
“Like a weakling?” Lachlan sneered.
“No, not at all. He loves her.” Kai’s eyes grazed the women beneath him. “This meeting would have ended the way all our conversations went if not for her. She… she completes him.
“Only because he is not a full package. Like all westerners,” his Beta rolled his eyes. “I would still prefer if one of these women was my mate.”
“Look, K, I get all this good guy with a big heart vibe of yours. But I am not feeling sorry for you having to spend your time with all these beautiful women!” Lachlan laughed and shoved his shoulder in friendly manner. “I have to go and check on the security in the castle and around. We have so many new people here now. I need to take extra measures.”
“Yeah, sure.” Kai waved him off and was ready to go to sleep, when he heard his wolf.
“Later,” Asgard’s voice sounded impatient. “Go to the garden. I need some fresh air and a run. Or a hunt. A hunt will be better.”
Kai knew better than to question his wolf’s needs when there was no serious reason to deny him what he wanted. So, he left the building and went to the west gate, where he always went when he wanted to shift and run into the woods.
“Not there,” Asgard grunted. “The pond.”
“What did you forget there?” Kai asked and then the wind brought the delicious bluebell scent to his nostrils. “On another note, we didn’t check this pond for a while! I wonder what its state is now!”
He hurried there, grinning like the j***t that he was. He knew that she was just a maid… No, that wasn’t even right. She was princess Savannah’s maid and absolutely off limits. He couldn’t possibly touch her. But… he couldn’t stop going in that direction either.
He saw her standing next to the water with her back to him. A thin silk robe was all that she had on and when her hands moved to the belt, he knew what she was doing. She untied the belt and the golden fabric slid off her delicate shoulders.
The pond was illuminated from the other side and Kai could see the silhouette of the maid as if she was giving him a shadow theatre performance. Her enticing curves at full display for him.
And however much he wanted to see the show, he knew that it wouldn’t be right. So, he chose to make himself known to her and stepped closer, knowing that she would smell his scent.
The girl flinched and wrapped her robe back around her, turning on the way, the wind ruffling her golden-brown wave locks. Kai couldn’t help his grin stretching over his lips. After tonight, he was happy to see her again.
New Book: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Dayson was the alpha of the largest pack in North America. Powerful figures from other packs sought to offer gorgeous girls as potential mates for Dayson. He steadfastly rejected these advances, he was not a pawn to be manipulated. But eventually there came a mysterious girl he could hardly say No. Who was she?