Chosen By The Moon

Chapter 97

Dylan POV

The entire car journey was so quiet, except for the heavy rain now hitting the limo as it drove down the roads. The anticipation that was crashing through me at seeing everyone from my district was consuming my every nerve, and rendering me speechless, the closer we got the more dread I felt. I was going back a completely cracked and damaged version of myself that even I didn’t recognise.

The king once again had a permanent scowl on his face as he stared out of his window at the scenery we past, while the newly appointed royal beta Oliver read a small leather bound book, and Warren, now the gamma was reading through what I guess was the Ito art for the arrival. I just sat on the floor of the limo, my wrists and ankles still bound in chains making it impossible for me to move too much, I was pathetic, and I really didn’t want to be seen like this.

My prisoners uniform hung off my skeleton figure like a trash bag, and my huge burn scars were completely on show. My hair was knotted and messily kept down after the king decided to pull it for the majority of the journey to get me to comply with things. In other words I looked a mess.

“You are to remain silent upon our arrival!” The king addressed me with a clenched jaw. His eyes slowly lowered to my slightly cowering form and his hand, for the thousandth time during our journey, grabbed a fistful of my hair, pulling my head up aggressively. “One word out of you and you’ll be screaming for days.” He’d grown even more bitter as the lengthy journey unraveled.

resented me. Especially after the incident with Lewis and his banishment, I understood that though, I’m the reason he had to send his best friend away,

hit my cheek and my head swung to the side from the impact, I whimpered from the force and scurried away from him as much as I could while being seated and restrained

therefore you are simply a traitorous rebel. You’ll be treated as such.” How did I end up like this, my face was bare of makeup but not of bruises, and my arms were littered with scratches, scars and finger prints. I was a right state and to make matters worse, the people I loved were about

tight, I’m sure they have bruised enough for the people to speculate without having actually seen her wearing them.” The new royal beta looked up from his book

though, the rebellion had grown ten fold since I was claimed and with every action the king ordered against me the more people realized this world isn’t all that great. As long as I stayed unmarked I’d always be viewed as

humiliation, Mate. My eyes widened as they met the kings stare. Was he seriously going to release my limbs? “Show your gratitude to Oliver.” Show my gratitude? What was I supposed to do? I shakily turned my head to the gamma whose stare held absolutely nothing. I swallowed thickly again before stuttering out a quick response. I have no idea why I was so frightened to

quickly as I realized what I had done and my head lowered once more. “S–sorry… I meant Beta Oliver… R–royal

and my king.”

He snapped his fingers to Gamma Warren who bent down and began to unlock my bound limbs. I sighed instantly as soon as they were all free and began to twist them painfully, getting my sensations back. “You know, if you’d just accept me you would be presented as my queen,