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

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Island of Luck

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

Awkward

LIORA'S POVThe other ships fall behind to let the Emporer's ship take the lead. Around the island’s shoreline, hills rise sharply, forming a jagged stone wall that seems to close off everything beyond. The only visible feature to anyone approaching is a sweeping archway carved between two towering cliffs."Where are the gates?" Lucas wonders aloud.Everyone has left their seats now, standing against the ship’s railing for the best view of the mysterious island ahead.As we draw closer, two massive stone arches appear low at the base of the cliffs, wide open and large enough for two ships to pass through side by side. Our vessel slips smoothly under the nearest arch, and the towering stone walls above swallow the light.Seconds later, we emerged into a vast, wooden sanctuary dock, with shallow waters. Dozens of smaller boats float gracefully in the vast canal."The Sincalions.” Heather's voice breaks the quiet, his eyes fixed intently to the left.Following her gaze, I see them, three

The Race of Two

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

More Trouble Than He Bargained For

LIORA'S POV I’m half-dragging the woman who feels like a sack of stones, when I we reach the finish line. Honestly, I didn’t expect her to be that heavy, nor did I expect my body to hold up that long. Around us, the crowd stares with a mix of shock, disbelief, and most of all anger. I help the woman sit on the glass before tiredly walking the hourglass over to the oldest Sincalion. He takes it from my hands with a proud smile.A wave of grumbling sweeps through the gathering, people arguing in low tones, but the Sincalion raises his hand for silence. “The only soul to have passed the first test is this young woman, proving her kindness and humility beyond doubt.”Yes! yes! My mouth stretches into a huge, ridiculous grin. I did it, and everyone saw.A burst of noisy protests fills the air, but I barely hear them, I’m too busy looking for the Emporer. God knows I want to see his pretty face right now. I catch his piercing gaze and hold it, letting my tired eyes throw every ounce of

The Black Heart

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

Hilda vs Logic

LORDRIN VARNO'S POV Multitudes are combing through the bushes under every stone, even up on the trees, flashing serpents from their hideouts and rodents from their holes. Suddenly a shout "I found it! I found it!" princess piper exclaims, and all those conducting their search nearby rush towards the noise."You must say we found it as a group or we forcefully take it from you and claim we found it ourselves." prince Elon roars, Prince Callum immediately gets on his way to protect his mate."Back away, as*hole." Prince Callum threatens ready to fight Elon who sneers in Callum's face. "Feeling brave, little prince? I will beat you and f*ck your mate while you watch." Callum is ready to throw punches when someone shouts. "It's no use guys! This thing is painted red and they said black is the colour we are looking for." Groans circles the group. Piper lifts the small wooden heart and tosses it down, disappointed."Since it's made of wood can't we sculpt one then apply some henna or so

Questionable Life Choices

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

Furious Lover

LIORA'S POV I feel the rush of air as we descend, but keep my eyes smashed shut, utterly scared that he might let go and I'll plummet down l. My hands and legs are wrapped around him tighter than a koala on a eucalyptus tree."We’re here,” his mesmerizing voice whispers into my ear. I finally pry my eyes open and blink against the sunlight, and holy smokes, we’ve landed in a wide grassy clearing beside the biggest waterfall I’ve ever seen. Even worse, we’re smack dab several metres away from the crowd that already arrived, all gawking at us. The sincalions’ too are at the most front of gawking. Heather breaks free from the group, storming to the front, mouth hanging open like she’s about to explode from rage.“You might want to step down,” the Emperor says casually. That’s when it sinks in, that I’m still practically latched onto him, my arms and legs wrapped around him like a toddler.My face disintegrates into a hundred shades of red as I quickly let go, and land with all the gra

A Jerk never changes

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

Custodian of Secrets

LIORA'S POV The reveling sounds of jubilation and delight fill the grand hall as everyone spoils themselves with wine, roasted beef and spiced meats. Many barrels of wine have been provided to cerebrate the victory of winning the test.The only people who failed the test are Elon and poor Lucas. Lucas stayed behind, waiting for Hilda, who never came back. Now, they are not speaking to each other, Lucas is angry because she left him behind, and Hilda is mad that he is angry about a petty issue. It doesn't take long for him to start pleading with her, to tell him what he’d done wrong. I try to focus on something else so I wouldn’t listen to her silly excuses for her bad behavior.Tedmold shoves his full chalice of wine in my face. “Come ooon, take a sip!” he slurs, wine dripping down his hand. “You gotta try it, it's the best wine in all the states!”I shake my head “No, Tedmold, seriously, we have a test tomorrow. You need to slow down.” I pull the chalice away from my face as two row

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