Chapter 5: What A Spoiled Brat You Are

MAE:

Me?!

All eyes in the court fix on me. Murmurings spring up around me. They are hungry to see my next move. Everything depends on the choice I’m about to make.

However, I’m no fighter. I don’t even belong here.

I stand, thinking of how Xannon’s last name rings a damned bell, but the only other Beverions I know are House Crow; the Silent Winter Alpha, my betrothed, and his beta, Wade Beverion.

But there’s also the Lycan King Damek. He’s the Red Dawn Alpha and his crest is a Raven. His last name starts with a ‘b’ and ends with a fucking ‘n’. These triplets are his.

“What do we call you?” Kace Morgant asks.

“Mae.”

“Title, Mae.” The darker skinned boy commanding the court insists.

I grumble out an answer for Lukas. “House Dragon fire.”

The crowd gasps again. Ivan Holden must be popular around here, but their surprise has nothing to do with my new name. It has everything to do with my existence.

I move out of the row. In the aisle, someone shoves me from behind. It takes a m