All Chapters of Royalty In Rag: Return Of The Wolfless Queen: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Great fear coursed through her as she ran with all her might.The damned nightwalkers knew how to blend with the night so much that they could materialise out of it easily.It was how they had pulled a fast one on Beta Lupo.“I will kill you all!” Athena wailed in her mind.I just need to survive first.Fury bubbled within her, mingled with her throbbing grief and fear.They would kill her.She did not doubt that for a second.She had seen them strike before, and they wouldn’t hesitate to do it again.“Wish I still had my wolf,” she thought mournfully as she felt the briars scratching her legs mercilessly.Blood slipped down her legs into the sole of her sandals and made it slippery, yet she didn’t dare to stop.Tears prickled her eyes as she remembered how her father’s beta and his soldiers had fought, and lost their lives for their trouble.“You will pay! I swear on the moon goddess, you will pay!” she vowed even as her mother’s dying statement came to her.“Hatred will poison you,

Athena sat straighter as unease prickled through her. Was he…going to reject her? He didn't look like he was so against the idea the night before, though. Despite the distress in her, she said in a strong voice. “Last night. You said I am your mate.”He nodded jerkily as something shone in his amber eyes. “I said? You can't feel it?”Athena refused to let the shame she felt show in her voice as she responded. “I don't have my wolf,”His nostril flared slightly. “You've not shifted? At your age?,”Well, you don't have to sound damn insulting about it. “No, I once did. My wolf died.”He looked like he did not believe her as his eyes raked over her body. He stood and tilted his head. His sable hair teasing his ears, as he said contemplatively, “So, I saved my mate, who doesn't have a wolf. Isn't that grand, Carmen?” he asked as he turned to the doctor. “Yes, it is, sir,” the doctor said with a bow. The look of unease on her face made Athena’s frown deepen. Pack doctors are mostly

“Let me go!”“Try and make us, pathetic little bitch!”“You will regret this. I am from Silvergate; my alpha will… argh!”Athena cried out as the stinging slap snapped her head sideways.“Think you’re all that, little miss mate?” The burly one who had first tripped her sneered.“Well, since you think you’re so special, we’ve got a special task for you,” another said as he brought out a Polaroid camera.The other two pinned her to the ground as she struggled, bruising her skin against the hard forest floor.Tears of frustration leaked out of Athena's eyes as she twisted, bucked, and turned. One of her feet slipped out of their hands, and she immediately kicked the shin of the closest one.“Shit!” he yelled as he reflexively danced back.It was all the opportunity she needed. She twisted and kicked the second one in the groin.He dropped her other leg, and she scrambled up, yelling, “Somebody, help!”“Get her!” the one with the camera shouted as Athena put all her might into running.Sh

Excitement danced over Athena's skin as she approached the Alpha house. Silvergate had always been a relatively quiet pack, as it had less than a thousand pack members. Moonvale was over three times Silvergate's population, so it was understandable that her pack was more boisterous than this.She had met and waved at a few pack members. Some had given her strange looks, while others waved back uncertainly. She was surprised that the Alpha had not sent someone to check who entered their border yet. A true Alpha automatically became connected to everything in their pack, including the border. The Alpha should have felt her presence the moment she crossed the border, and she was at least expecting the pack soldiers to have challenged her by now.“Maybe Silvergate has been so peaceful and free of attacks for years that they have let their guard down,” she thought with a frown, then smiled at a curious pup who moved closer

“Alpha, please don’t do this. We have nowhere else to go!” the old man begged.“Yes, alpha. The late alpha promised this land would be the resting place of our fallen heroes. My husband is among them, Alpha. Please, have mercy,” a woman cried pitifully.“Alpha, please don’t send us away. My daddy died while fighting to save the pack.” A teenage female pup stepped forward, her defiant face reminding Richard of Athena.Irritation hissed through him as he stepped out of the car.He had just arrived at the sanctuary after sending his men ahead, and this was what greeted him.“Where is that damn Ludric?” he thought in annoyance, scanning the area.The sanctuary stretched a little over seven acres.It was prime land his father, in one of his ill-informed, magnanimous acts, had set aside for the burial of their heroes and as a retirement place for others.It was also where that cripple had been hiding for the past five years.“Until he dared to poke his nose in my business.” Richard’s hand f