All Chapters of The Lycan Princess They Mistook for an Orphan: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The scent of roasted meat and rich ale filled the banquet hall.Kira wore the Heart of the Moon pendant that should have been mine, surrounded by her cronies. Fake gasps of admiration echoed around her.Then, countless mocking glances shot toward me in the corner."What kind of Luna doesn't even have the token? Don't worry, Kira, her mate bond with the Alpha is probably fading anyway.""Exactly. Kira is pureblood. If it weren't for that accident back then, she would've mated with the Alpha long ago. Ayla never would have had a chance."Accident? A sharp ache spread across my chest.Was the "accident" her and my ex-mate Liam getting caught cheating on our mating day?Jaxson sat at the head of the long table. His eyes bypassed the crowd and landed on Kira, full of indulgence and pity.Basking in everyone's sympathy, Kira walked over to me with a glass of wine, looking pathetically fragile.Her eyes locked onto the moonstone ring on my right ring finger.It was from our mating ceremony s

"No one will ever dare steal what's yours."That promise, warm with his breath, still echoed in my ears.And now, he was so casually asking me to hand over this symbol of loyalty and love to the very woman who had stolen everything from me.I looked at his entitled face.The phantom pain of my life force being ripped out hit me again. My inner wolf let out a tearing wail.Did he really think I'd just sit here and wait for his scraps after being trampled like this?I met his demanding gaze, slowly raised my hands, and untied the red string. I handed him the pendant, still warm from my skin.Jaxson took it. As his fingers brushed my icy skin, he frowned slightly.But he didn't linger. He opened the door and disappeared down the hall.The door clicked shut, cutting off Kira's sweet little "thank you."I walked to the calendar by the bed, picked up a red marker, and drew a thick X over today's date.Two days left until the Lycan Royal Guard came to take me home.The next morning.I went to

The ice and snow mercilessly sliced my skin.Wearing only that thin, torn cashmere sweater, I trudged through the knee-deep snow.My legs were already numb.My shocked wolf couldn't generate any heat, and my body temperature was dropping at a fatal rate.Thud.I crashed heavily into the snow.The pack's border was less than thirty feet ahead.But I had nothing left. The biting cold pierced my bones, and my consciousness began to blur.Just as I was about to close my eyes for good, a deep, frantic voice exploded in my mind."Ayla! Where are you?"Mind Link.Because my brother's guards had entered the territory, the sealed bloodline connection was finally re-established."Brother..." I responded weakly, letting out a suppressed, agonizing whimper. "I'm... at the border... Brother, I'm so cold...""Ayla! Don't sleep! I'm coming right now!" Ryker's voice shook with extreme terror and murderous rage.The storm seemed to grow even wilder.Soon, a deafening howl tore through the howling wind.

Inside the Stonecrest packhouse, Jaxson fell to his knees on the rug, violently coughing up a huge pool of black blood.Fueled by his shattered sanity, the wolfsbane was destroying his organs at an insane rate.His Beta, Marco, stood aside sweating profusely, holding a stack of urgent documents. "Alpha! The Royal City just issued a sudden embargo! Our two silver mines in the west have been seized, and the southern border is under attack by unknown wolf packs! You have to...""Get out!"Jaxson's eyes were bloodshot.He clutched the photo of the massive Lycan footprint he had taken in the snow.Mines? Territory?He didn't give a damn about any of that right now!His mind was entirely consumed by the horrific image of Ayla being dragged into the darkness by rogue Lycans. The bone-deep despair and guilt were driving him insane.Just then, the study door pushed open.Kira walked in carrying a cup of hot milk.She was still wearing Ayla's silk nightgown.On her snow-white neck, the bone pend

Dead silence.Only the sound of Jaxson's heavy, wheezing breaths through his shattered chest echoed in the room."Hell... no... it wasn't like that..."Ignoring the razor-sharp claws at his throat and the excruciating pain in his chest, Jaxson kept his eyes locked on me up on the throne. With a trembling hand, he pulled the bone pendant from his inner pocket."Ayla... look, I got it back!" He held up the pendant, tears streaming down his face like crazy. "I know I was wrong! Kira tricked me!"He was begging me in public, completely stripped of his dignity, sounding as tragic as an animal backed into a corner."Ayla, please just give me one more chance! Everything I have is yours! Come home with me, please? I'm begging you..."I looked at his tear-snot-covered face, and I felt absolutely nothing.I slowly stood up and walked down to him.Even with Ryker's boot crushing his chest, he strained to lift his head, staring at me with those pleading golden eyes."Home?"I looked at him coldly.