The Lycan King and His Dark Temptation by Luna Nova

Chapter 33

MISUNDERSTANDINGS VALERIA The disdainful stares didnt take long to arrive when they eagerly stood , expecting the King , and only saw his ugly maid .

Where is His Majesty ? one of them asked , glancing toward the door that had already closed .

The King cannot come personally .

I will be making the selection .

I dont even know how I managed to get those words out when my throat was drowning in thousands of negative thoughts .

Seriously ? Thats disappointing .

What kind of taste could she have ? Maybe shell pick the ugliest out of envy , Who are you to be doing something as important as selecting the possible future Queen ? a redhead with exotic features asked haughtily .

She was much taller than me , intimidating , probably a Beta All the women here were high ranking she wolves , but my anger was so consuming I couldnt care less about their pedigree .

If you have any complaints , you can take them up with the King himself .

Hes the one who sent me , I replied , shoving my irritation deep inside .

I wouldnt give them the satisfaction of seeing me jealous .

My identity doesnt concern you , but I dont think its very smart to insult the person deciding which of you gets the chance to spread her legs for His Majesty tonight , I added , staring them all down .

They seemed to finally understand that their ambitions now depended on my choices .

They lined up with sighs of resignation , standing side by side .

It seemed they had been instructed or perhaps this wasnt their first time here .

And so , I sank into yet another level of humiliation , selecting the perfect lovers for the same man who had sworn .

he wouldnt be with anyone else while our deal lasted .

Its unbelievable , the whole jealous spectacle he put on in front of Quinn , only to turn around and do this to me now .

I walked down the line , one by one , as they parted their robes to show me their assets .

All flawless , with perfect curves everything a male could want , I suppose .

I didnt even know his true preferences , so I just picked three , and honestly , they were the least attractive ones .

they immediately

bitch ! I knew you did it on purpose! They insulted me , but I left the room in silence and gave my

room , most of my duties

I closed the door behind me , leaning against the wood in complete silence , staring blankly at the wall

, and when raised my fingers

wiped it

wouldnt let

own solution , as always

I wouldnt be part of his

was relieved not to

so I only served his dinner and left it covered

the fucking room -as I had come

tried to ignore them while the damn jealousy burned inside

idiot a thousand times , wishing I could go back to when none of this mattered , but it was too late

locked so they wouldnt

the Queen , the first thing Ill do is exile her from the pack

Dream on , fool

pregnant with

inside me … As if conceiving a Lycan was that

… I stepped

my room without

I wasnt hungry .

myself in my small basin and slipped into my

my bare torso when the door to my room suddenly burst open ,

immediately locked onto

you think , King Aldric explained instantly

gripping the nightgown against my chest to keep it from falling I dont need to think anything , Your

maid , I replied

I didnt

him with my tiny fists , even if it hurt

not just my maid , and you know it

have a

never break my

on this

, I dont need anyone

a step back

overwhelmed with everything going on forgot to inform Sasha that the selection was no longer necessary- Why do you do

then tell me youre satisfied with just me ? Do you pity me ? Am 1 some kind of rare freak to you ?! 249 33 MISUNDERSTANDINGS I finally let out what had been

that nonsense ! Suddenly , he was on me , wrapping his arms around my waist , his hand gripping the back of