Chapter 6

• Lilah's POV
• FIVE YEARS AGO
• The giant golden door with the inscription ' Office of the Lycan king' opened, as a cold breeze swiped past me. My heart was thumping and I could have frozen on the spot imagining how I was going to approach the leader of all the lycans, if not for Michael who was in front of me to guide me on what to do. I wasn't literally afraid of Alpha Carl because of the position he held, though I had respect for it, it was the discipline for me.
• Alpha Carl is known to be a strict disciplinarian, a perfectionist. Being that I was going into a royal settlement for the first time, I was sure to make mistakes and depending on the mood he was at that particular time.
• "Please follow me!" Michael said to me with a gesture of his hands. My body gave way to a reflex shake, I arched my brow in fear, then I stamped my foot on the ground like a symbol of authority. I did this and as a miracle, it wiped away my fear. I knew the moon goddess was with me, she had helped me through all these while, she would never abandon me at this point.
• So with Michael before me, I walked fast behind him, as fast as my feet could carry me, there was no room for any sluggishness although this environment would have made me feel so. The air was chilly, the atmosphere thickened, I almost hit my face against a sculpture staring at the fascinating environment before me. There were guards at strategic points, I saw some young ladies behind their desks and each of them had a system before them.
• "I thought we were already in the Lycan king's office?" I narrowed my eyes as Michael turned, I was already confused. He smiled.
• "You should take control of the way you speak before the King. He wouldn't tolerate this unsolicited question from you if he were the one." I immediately folded my lips, shaking my head. I didn't even want him to answer the question again before I got into trouble.
• We were now in the office of the Lycan king, his main office, the Supreme and the uniqueness of the atmosphere announced it. I needed no one to tell me we had arrived at the main office. Right before me was a tall and muscular man dressed in an expensive black velvet suit, he was standing just a few inches from the floor-to-ceiling glass window and staring into the beautiful green scenery outside of his spacious office. I wished he was on his seat, seeing him stand this way increased the tension in me.
• I felt sweat on my palms, confusion in my head that until I wiped my face with it, I didn't realize.
• Oh my God! I hope my makeup hasn't been wiped out?
• I asked myself, then I realized I'd used a magic makeup which I couldn't wipe off except I used water to wash my face with.
• "Your Majesty, the first class student is here!"
• To me it rang like 'Attention please!' It surely was as it caught his attention. As the Alpha turned towards me, electricity spiraled through my entire body evoking me like tension from a volcanic eruption, my face and eyes lowered to the ground. I was struck by his beauty more, from the little glance I gave him while he turned.
• "Excuse me!" A thick voice booming with the aura of terror sounded, I shivered as I heard this. Had I done something wrong, he didn't even wait for a few seconds after Michael informed me of my presence for me to greet him.
• I immediately looked up.
• His eyes literally turned red as we locked gaze with each other, I turned to look at Michael and he was confused.
• "What's going on here?" I asked myself, to my bad, I didn't know I actually spoke it out to the hearing of both Alpha Carl and Michael. Before I could blink my eyes again, he was already in front of me, with a five or six inch gap. Before I could give my next reaction, I saw him jack my off the ground, his strong hand seizing me by the neck. My legs were dangling in the air.
• "I said it!" He exclaimed in partial mockery and excitement.
• "I said it, I would catch up with you. You think you can go scot free after scamming my dad of my millions and running away, just because you're from another pack, you thought we wouldn't catch up with you forgetting that he's the lycan king?” He smirked. I stepped backward, eyes narrowed.
• What does he mean?
• “This is my first time meeting the king in person,” I told myself.
• “I'm sorry for you because by the time I'm done with you, you'll regret ever tempting me by having the guts to come to this palace after all you had done to my dad."
• My eyes rotated in their sockets, I was beginning to get a headache from confusion.
• "What do you mean, Alpha-your Majesty?" I stammered.
• "Guards!" He shouted. With this, my back forcefully dropped to the ground. This was beyond what I would ever expect even in a horror fantasy movie.
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• FLASHBACK
• The ping sound of my phone just reminded me that it's time to get set and prepare for my interview at the Supreme Union palace where I'm going to come in first to face the Lycan king. I traveled eight hours yesterday here, to Supreme Union Pack which is home to all the lycans in the world. All lycans here are of royal blood, they have at least one relationship with the active serving royals in the palace. Anyone serving in the palace of Medina is regarded as a royal.
• Three days ago, I graduated from Hilton University which is situated in the Hilton Pack, my pack and second largest in the world after the Supreme Union Pack which is the seat of power. I studied History and International Relations. Being that I graduated with the overall best cumulative student grade, I got an immediate invite from the new Lycan king who is just in his early twenties.
• It's a custom for the palace to seek out the overall best graduating student from my university even when my identity is not revealed to the public yet, but I and the school know. I was emailed of my achievement three days ago, that's why I said I graduated because the only thing left now is the official graduation ceremony, a formality which will take place anytime soon.
• Even though it connected with the palace, the school notified me that it hasn't still revealed my identity, so the Lycan king must have demanded that the best graduating student be sent immediately to him, even before identity reveal and reason for this is because once my identity is revealed, I'd have millions of opportunities. Hope I'm not exaggerating here but there would be a lot of opportunities coming my way aside from this and it might not even be in the palace here.
• I wonder what sort of work he's going to give me. At least I've derived meaning from my life. I remember all the shit my twin sister said to me yesterday after she recently got married to her mate. I try to recreate all these thoughts as I get set to travel to the palace from my hotel which is just a thirty-five minutes drive based on the time given to me for the appointment with the Lycan king.
• "Do you think you're making it, at least I'm better than you. I've achieved a whole lot by getting married and you're twenty-one, you haven't even found a mate." I chuckled when she said this.
• "Well, marriage is not everything." I replied to her boldly with all confidence. I detested the opinion of getting married without having the thought of fulfilling your purpose, I think this was the mindset of she-wolves in the past. They were just groomed for marriage and nothing else. They believed in those days that she-wolves are only created by the moon goddess to get married to their mates, give birth and raise pups. Thanks to civilization.
• Aside from what Carlen said which seemed to be direct, I knew she meant something else. Carlen has got herself involved in so many affairs with guys, especially married men, her name has been tarnished but all I'm glad of is because none ever occurred in Hilton Pack where I resided. She actually said this to cover up for all the ills she had gotten herself into, knowing she's very lucky to have a mate accept and marry her with all the things she has done or still do. Most men after having discovered she was their mate will reject her right away.
• More and more thoughts about her want to come into my mind, but I quickly pull it off. I have to focus on what is ahead of me, which is the special interview I've got.