Lahat ng Kabanata ng Surrogate for the Lycan King : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 4

Kelsey’s POVThe annual Breeding Lottery was the one day every unmated female in our village dreads. Being chosen meant giving up your entire future to the Lycan King, all just to help save a dying race of monsters.The main town square was completely packed with anxious families, loud priests, soldiers, and royal officials. Every single girl around me was silently praying under her breath that her name wouldn't come out of the metal bowl.I stood right beside my younger sister, Maya, holding her cold hand tightly in mine."If they call me, you can have my red boots," Maya whispered, trying to joke, but her voice was shaking so bad it ruined the punchline."Nobody is taking your boots, dummy," I said, bumping my shoulder against hers. "And nobody is calling your name today. You still have to finish that ugly sweater you promised to knit me.""It is not ugly, it is artistic," she pouted, a small, tiny smile finally breaking through her terrified face."Sure it is," I teased, pulling he

Zeus’s POVThe Council Chamber was suffocatingly hot, filled with the loud, annoying voices of old men arguing over things they couldn't control.I sat back on my stone throne, resting my jaw against my knuckles while listening to the Elders yell at each other for the third hour in a row."Our birth rates are at an all-time low!" Elder Vance shouted, slamming his hand onto the long wooden table. "Our bloodlines are weakening, our packs are dying, and we have zero heirs to protect the borders!""If your Majesty does not choose a Luna from this year's Candidates, the royal line will end with you," another council member added, looking over at me with desperate eyes."Just force multiple pregnancies," Elder Thomas suggested casually, like he was talking about cattle. "Assign ten Candidates to the royal quarters and let nature take its course until one of them survives."I didn't say anything, but my jaw clenched tight. I despised every single one of these desperate politicians sitting ar