All Chapters of The Mate Lottery: I Won The Emporer : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

LIORA'S POV Five enormous cruise ships cut through the brilliant, sun-dappled waves of the sea, all making their approach to the Island of Luck. Four are crammed full of commoners. The fifth ship, ours, the Emperor’s Cruise ship that is carrying all the royals towers above all the others in grandeur and elegance. It's the fanciest ship I have seen in my entire short life. It's sleek sides are curved like fins of a great fish, while at the bow, a stunning golden statue of a muscular angel, adorned with a golden crown, is built. The name " Emporer's Raven Wing," adorned with shimmering limestones is curved elegantly along the sides.From my vantage point near the middle of the deck, the vast expanse of the beautiful blue ocean stretch endlessly ahead, but all my attention keeps drifting toward the front, the bow of the deck.The Emperor stands there. He hasn’t moved once since we started our journey. Today, he's not dressed in fancy coats, gold or fur, yet he looks even more appealing t

LIORA'S POV “There are only three rules for these tests,” the old Sincalion, Lahore announces loudly, making sure every eye is on him. I swear I am still half asleep from how early they woke us up."First, cheating means immediate disqualification. Second, there will be six tests in total, each worth a single point if won. To win the goddess’s wishes, you must pass at least five of the tests.”Murmurs rise quickly among the crowd, voices arguing that the number should be lower, four or three points for the win. The Sincalion waits patiently for the noise to die down before continuing. “The winner will be granted three wishes by our goddess. However, because our goddess is generous even to the undeserving, the winner is allowed to choose to donate one of their wishes to someone else." A pleasant silence falls, and everyone smiles at the idea. Backstabbing might be risky if your friends might win. "But there is a condition for that," The sincalion adds and everyone boo's. "Whoever rec

LIORA'S POV I was not aware that the next room to us belongs to prince Callum, piper and Lindsay, until I am woken up in the middle of the night by Lindsay and Piper's voices screaming at each other.They're fighting! Hope it's not for prince Callum."You're such a jealous bitch! You had to tell him I lost my womanhood to a commoner?" One accuses the other. It's hard to tell their winey voices apart."But you told him about me wanting the Emporer first!" The other roars back."I didn't you stupid! That was Violette. Besides, who can't tell you want the Emporer by the way you look at him?" The first one fires back.I hear their heavy footsteps as they lunge for each other. "I'll kill you!" There is more screaming as the tussle begins.I hear them smash and toss things as the battle each other and I hear the sound of every move. Their fight is quite intense! is Callum in the room?But who cares if they end up hurt, they both deserve it after what they did to Linda."I'll kill you! You

LIORA'S POV"You would be treading this jungles alone if I am not with you?" Tedmond teases as we finally reach close to the top of the highest hill. I am human so I get tired easily and has been slowing us down."I know if we saw a wild beast you'd leave me." I tease back. Tedmold just smirks. I figure he is about to say something reassuring, until the thought hit me. I barely even know this guy. “Seriously, would you leave me behind if a bear showed up?” I blurt.He doesn't get to answer because we hear loud whistle followed by a gruff voice shouting, “I got the bitch!”I turn to see a pack of contestants, including Elon, leading the charge uphill."Run!” Tedmold yells, grabbing my hand and pulling me uphill. More shouts join in for the chase from all directions. We’re dodging tree roots and gasping for air, and I can barely keep up. My chest feels like it might explode. I guess panic is not good for clever thinking, because apparently, we didn't consider what will happen when we re

LIORA'S POV "I can't believe he carried you." Hilda mutters, running to walk beside me. I don't know how to respond. I too didn't expect him offer to do that. I also don't know what I was thinking accepting it, I guess I saw his chiseled muscles and abs and all common sense evaporated from my big head. He is the most adored man. The man that every Princess dreams of ever getting that close to. That's the man that risked his reputation by carrying me."What did it feel like?" Hilda asks."What?" "I just want to know how it felt being in his arms." She replies and innocently shrugs her shoulders."I don't know. I have never been in any man's arms before." I confess. Maybe I should tell her that it felt good and piss her off since it's clear she isn't happy with the fact that he carried me."Every time I try to impress a guy he ends up wanting someone else." She says and sighs in frustration.I raise an eyebrow. “So you were hoping to impress the Emperor by leaking what the test was