Alec Benjamin Paper Crown Novels & Stories

By the time they released me in the foyer, tears were burning my eyes. The front doors opened before I reached them. Dante, Luca, and Bianca had returned. Bianca held up a diamond hair clip that glittered beneath the chandelier. “I still can’t believe something this small cost thirty thousand dollars.” Dante laughed. “If you love it, the price doesn’t matter.” “Besides,” Luca added, “your mother gave you the black card for your college wardrobe. You’re supposed to use it.” Thirty thousand dollars. More than I could earn in months of working at the café.

I caught Ezra's wide-eyed stare from where he stood beside our parents, his new Royal Beta insignia gleaming on his chest. Darius lifted a black-velvet pillow from a waiting attendant, revealing a crown unlike any I'd ever seen— twisted obsidian and silver, shaped like intertwined wolves, their eyes set with glowing moonstones. "Kneel, Alpha of the Nightshades." The command sent a shiver down my spine. Alaric obeyed, dropping to one knee with a grace that spoke of both power and reverence. The chandelier cast flickering shadows across his masked face as Darius raised the crown high.

Half way sticking it out and a sexier pose. “That is quite the shirt.” I had to hide a laugh when I looked at Alec. He was wearing a silk brown shirt with orange and pink flowers. The flare velvet pants really finished off the costume. Ice had put rhinestones all over her stomach. I was afraid to ask how long that took someone to do all that. More so, how long it will take to get all them off. “Kiss my ass.” Alec grumbled. “Come on! Emmy is over here!” Ice grabbed Penny and they left us to our own devices.

Elinor blinked gently. Her thick, curled eyelashes casting faint shadows beneath her eyelids, adding a touch of forlornness to her expression, as if she bore the weight of the world's unpredictable changes. Lilith watched her with a hint of melancholy. Elinor had set aside the chess piece, reaching for the slender wooden box on the table and opening it. Inside lay the King's Cane, and a letter that she had written and also stamped with the seal of the ring.

“Entering the hall is Your Majesty, King Zyden George X and his wife Queen Ellena.” The announcer said loudly as the couple stood at the top of the stairs. "Followed by their beautiful and only daughter, the heir apparent, Princess Hannah Antonette Ruiz from the Kingdom of Andorra." Hannah sighed as yet again her name was spoken incorrectly. It’s Antonyeite, not Antonette. She just fixed her navy-blue ball gown that the dressmakers had just made for her. It is her kind of gown. She likes to wear gowns that would really fit her curves.

It was just… annoyance like I was a fly buzzing around his dinner. The woman beneath him giggled, pushing at his chest. “We’ve got company, alpha.” They finally stilled. Klaus got off her with a sigh of irritation, grabbing a robe from the foot of the bed and tossing it to her before wrapping one around himself. As she sat up, pulling the robes around her shoulders, the light finally hit her face. Alice Morningstar…! My stomach twisted into a nauseous knot. Alice. The pack’s favorite cum bucket! Well, not for everyone.. just for the high-ranking Alphas and Betas who wanted a no-strings-attached good fuck time. She was famous for it.. a professional seductress.

I knew that smell by heart because it had hung around me for my adolescent years. Alpha Jeremy stood there dressed lavishly like he was going to a carnival, and not a fucking pack inspection. I tried to hide my disgust, and I walked towards the group, who were now making their way towards us to welcome us to the pack. “Alpha King Nikolai, please allow me to welcome you to the North-west Pack,” Alpha Jeremy said as he stretched out his hands for a handshake. “It’s such an honour to have you here in our little town.” He was smiling too widely, and it didn’t reach his eyes. I shook his hands, and I noticed the way he twitched, like he was nervous or he had one hell of a secret to hide.

The black velvet inside framed something bright pink. A plastic crown. Gabby’s pink glitter crown. For a moment, no one spoke. “MY CROWN!” Gabby screamed so loudly the tiny hammer in my head went back to working overtime. She reached for it with both hands. “Easy,” I said. Kendra picked up the crown first and inspected it. “Oh.” “What?” I asked. She turned it toward the light. The crown was clean. No chocolate smudges from Al’s hands. No dust from the grounds at Villa Miravento. The underside, which had been slightly sticky yesterday because Gabby once tried to repair it with lip gloss, wasn’t sticky anymore either.

"Isn't it obvious? I probably won't be able to get out of bed for three days." Katherine felt the same. Dominic clicked his tongue. "Is it really that bad?" Both women shot him an annoyed look simultaneously. After a while, Jessica suddenly spoke. "Dominic, I found out Benjamin's identity." Dominic and Katherine both turned to her. Jessica put away her phone. "Benjamin is now considered a half-core heir of the Andersons. Although he can't compare to the two heirs, the rest of the family still addresses him as Mr. Benjamin."

Bennett's face drained of color, "I didn't! I never laid a hand on them; it was all just a bit of rough play in the sheets!" "You don't have to defend yourself just yet. We'll get to the bottom of this," the officer said, turning to me. "As the one who reported this, do you have any more evidence?" I nodded and handed over a folder. "Here's the proof. Bennett's academic fraud, stealing family secrets, his abuse of an ex-girlfriend, and a recording of my dad taking two docks as a wedding gift from him."