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“…another…?” “A concubine,” another elder added, his voice smooth, as if he were discussing a minor change in the pack’s budget. “One capable of carrying the Alpha’s child. It is common practice for those who cannot provide the dynasty with its future.” “No,” I whispered, the word feeling like a physical weight in my throat.

Thoughts. She had built a whole world out of them, piece by piece, in the quiet spaces between chores. In that world, he lingered a little longer when he spoke to her. He asked her questions—not just about the house, but about her. He smiled more. Sometimes, in her most reckless imaginings, he saw her the way she saw him. Not as employer and maid. But as something… else. The kettle whistled sharply, snapping her back to reality. Amara turned it off quickly, her heart beating just a little faster than it should.

"She's basically inhuman. Her daughter was in critical condition, her dad died in an accident, and her husband had heart problems, yet she was still out there, having fun with her side piece. Does she have any shred of humanity left?" "If she never loved her husband, why get married in the first place?" "Why do I feel like that other man looks kind of familiar…" The once-joyous wedding venue had turned into a total disaster zone. I didn't just expose the videos—I also hired people to completely trash the place. The friends who'd come to celebrate all slipped away with their heads down, and many of them gave Janice looks full of contempt, especially the company's business partners.

I said calmly and took another sip of the wine. "Didn't every country have that system at least once in their history?" She responded. I smiled at her, she was a smart one. "Anyway, there used to be court ladies during their time. Those court ladies were like you. Their duty was to serve the king's women but there was more..." I narrated and stared at her suggestively. "The court ladies were the king's women too. No other man could touch them apart from the king. If the king likes a court lady, he sleeps with her and makes her his concubine."

A thought suddenly came to me. Don’t Emperors and Kings in this time period have, like, a shit ton of wives? What do they call it? Concubines? Something like that. Since I’m the Empress, I must be higher in favor. But don’t concubines usually want to win the Emperor’s favor? Do I have to face that now? “Aino, how many concubines does the Emperor have?” I turned around and found Aino placing food on the table. I didn’t even see her bring food, where’d she get those?

Sitting on the bed, I began to clear my mind and focus on the things Madison told me to. She really was a good queen. I’d seen her change my whole world in the last few weeks. No one taught me as much. She praised my efforts, but not so much that I felt like a child. My knowledge of our traditions and culture had been lacking severely. Madison told me that concubi aren’t truly a third subset of desire demons, but actually a being who is half succubus and half incubus. It’s why the ones who aren’t Vasili or Vasilia are like Alphas in other supernatural communities, but not strong enough for male concubi to resist females’ commands.

She is led into another tent, awaiting the Emperor and his entourage. This tent is larger than hers, it is decorated with different weapons on stands, different crowns, armours, swords, a plethora of books on different subjects, chests of different sizes are arranged around the room, there are maps, scrolls, statues, busts, scepters, various Knick knacks, when she sees the crown of the king of Dion sitting on a velvet pillow on a tiny pedestal, his robes folded on another pedestal, it dawns on Kiara that these are trophies, trophies from all the kingdoms he had gathered from his conquest. She turns around, examining each piece, thoroughly enchanted with the ornaments.

She quickly pushed his hand away from her and turned to me. "Leave!" she yelled. I quickly did as I was told. A smile emerged and I thanked the Moon Goddess because it seemed that the Luna's evil plan wasn't going to happen. I got to my room and closed the door and went to bed. I soon began to worry about what other plans she would create to devirginize me. Her alpha mate wanted me to be his concubine and it seemed she'd do anything for her mate which scared me. I was eager to know why her mate, Alpha Maximus, needed me in his life. As Marcel had said, Luna Trina was a beautiful she-wolf that every male would be happy to have. Why did they need a concubine?

Nadin explained. “At another place?” Odette looked at Nadin questioningly. Nadin’s words seemed to give the impression that only in Panthera such things did not occur. “Yes, Your Highness. In other places, it is considered normal for kings to take concubines. Besides using it as a tool to vent their lust, concubines are also used to give birth to offspring to strengthen their power. Women like us are not given the opportunity to choose who we want to be with in this life.” Elis twirled Odette’s wet hair.

His gaze was fixed on his trusted guard, Glenn who seemed a little hesitant to talk. "Speak! Now" Maxwell said lazily as he leaned back on the chair. "Um, actually...about an hour ago, the royal concubine's body was found inside the pond in the garden. By the time the guards brought her out, she was already...dead. Her maid was also found dead by the side of the pond. She seemed to have been stabbed to death. There was no clear injury on the royal concubine's... body" Glenn said solemnly. He paused in his words to observe the king's expression. Seeing the king's expressionless face, Glenn really felt bad for royal concubine Amber. He could only sigh in his head and continue his words.