10: Playing The Royal Nanny

I took many steps back, away from the serious-looking forty-something years old men at the door. One of them held a brown envelope in his clasped hands. As soon as I left the door handle, I gave them the chance to invade the warmth of this house with the chaos their presence brought.

"The Lycan King chose you out of the thousands of applicants we received. I'm Geoffrey, Captain of the Black Guards." He smiled curtly, introducing the man at his side after a pause. "Lord Henry and I will escort you to the Eastmoon Palace."

"Welcome to royalty, Ms. Athena Williams," Lord Henry said, bowing to me with grace.

A hiccup tumbled out of me. My eyeballs couldn't stop popping from their sockets. Each word coming out of their mouths made everything terrifyingly real.

Lord Henry rushed over to the u-shaped counters, demarcating the kitchen from the living room in the open-spaced apartment. He grabbed me a glass of water.

I took it from him with shaking hands and had almost dropped it if it w