Chapter 82

• One week turned into one month and then two. My mate was swamped with work and I mean SWAMPED. The Alpha King had quit the throne and his family had evacuated the Alpha King’s castle and started to auction their things. There was chaos here and there and my mate was at the centre of it all. A lot of people had assumed he’d assume the throne and when the days turned to weeks without any announcement of who’d succeed the king, things started to fall apart.
• The royal family for wolves were symbolic. They did not do much but their existence was a reminder of the goddess’ blessing. It was the very foundation upon which our hierarchical society was built and established by the goddess. The goddess upheld the monarchy and there were rumours that the first monarch had been a child of hers but it was only a myth. For the monarchy to just – phase away like that? It was unbelievable. Even I had a problem believing it because even when Valens' father had wandered as a cursed man, the monarchy still existed with him. There was a pause but now it seemed to be on the verge of death.
• “Thank you all for coming here,” I said to the women gathered around me.