All Chapters of Forced Marriage to the Rejected Lycan: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

The Arena seemed to erupt as the onlookers spoke amongst themselves, some openly showing their dissent of the Queen’s decision to favor me. From beside me, Lilith looked offended at the Queen’s offer.“Silence!”The King commanded.I watched in awe as the arena went dead silent. Devania was full of different wolves from different provinces but the one thing we could all agree on was the universal fear of King Blanchard.“Now, you may place your bets on the royal wives. The contest will start right after!”Bets? My gaze snapped up to Rylan’s suddenly. What was this to the King? A game?As though he could read my mind, a court official stood to his feet.“All bettings for the Royal games have commenced. Place your bets on the Royal wives now. The trial starts in two minutes,”From where I stood, I could see them passing the bet boxes. I scoffed, a bit offended as I realized most of th

My first thought was that the wine tasted sour. My second thought was shit. I just drank poison.The effects were not immediate. Starting as light tingling in my throat, I felt my toes begin to grow cold and I grew lightheaded.“Now, for the next and most crucial step!”I felt hands behind my head as a worker began to untie my blindfold.Bright light flooded me and my vision swarmed as I turned my head trying to adjust to the noise and light of the arena.“Lilith! Lilith!” Prince Driven’s panicked shouts cut through the air.Lilith was shaking. I have no idea what she took, but she trembled and shivered like she was made of ice.“Help her!” Prince Driven commanded with pain in his voice.I raised a hand to my chest as the burning in my throat spread down my body.“No,” the councilman shook his head solemnly. “No antidote until she makes bullseye,”I

   I gasped for breath as my throat opened up slowly.What the hell did Morgana coat this bracelet in?I had no idea and at that moment I couldn’t bring myself to care. All I felt was gratitude that it was working.Frantically, I ran my tongue over the bracelet again, trying my best to be discrete but wanting to get the full effects I could get.But it wasn’t an antidote to the poison. My body still burned. My vision still swam, the whole arena blurring in and out of focus. But at least, I could breathe.I wasn’t dying just yet.A frustrated groan from the arena had me raising my head to stare at Ayesha.She seemed to be on her third arrow. Despite not being poisoned, she had shot two arrows wide. Far off the target.“Steady arms! Breathe in.”Prince Malachi’s shouts rang out as he tried to encourage his wife.I blinked my eyes and moaned s

Curiously I picked it up. Siha must have put it in my body while I was asleep.I turned the envelope around and froze as I recognized the Royal Calanthan seal. A letter from Mami then. So not Siha but Nehemia. A quick look around the room confirmed I was still alone.With a delighted smile, I opened the envelope and scanned through the letter, Mami’s familiar script warming my heart.The letter was definitely happier than her last letter. I could almost hear her voice as I read through her words slowly.It basically congratulated me on passing the trials. She said news of my bravery had reached Calantha and now I was all the Pack members could talk about.She included that Father walked around the palace with a pin of three arrows on his chest.His support for me, was silent but evident to all who were close enough to take interest.Everyone was so proud of me and rooting for me.I didn’t fail to note she didn’t include any information about Nadira. The little minx was probably annoye

Chapter 20I took in a deep breath and stared at my reflection in the mirror.“Are you sure? I can’t decline this invitation?” I asked Nehemia worriedly.“You want to decline a royal invitation?” Nehemia stopped brushing her hair and gave me a look of bewilderment.“Well, when you put it like that,” I sighed. “Not decline it—more like tell the queen I’m not fully recovered?”“Splendid plan,” Faith snorted.“Shut it,” I grumbled at her and turned to Nehemia. “What do you think?”“Honestly,” Nehemia lowered her voice and gave me a look of pity. “Getting invited to the Queen’s court is an honor lots of women strive for.Do you know just how many Lunas apply to serve the Queen? Even the other royal wives had to earn their place to get invited to her court."“So it's an honorary invitation." I pursed my lips."Exactly." Nehemia gave a nod.“Brighten up! You can use this opportunity to meet new people and make connections in the palace.”We had barely finished our discussion when some palac