Chapter 9: Werewolf History

There is a curse on the Werewolf Kingdom, but it can also be taken as a blessing. How did the curse happen?

Some 800 years ago, the werewolves were ruled by Hagon's ancestors. The King at that time was a little stubborn, and he had his own ideas. Some werewolves were mated to humans, and he didn't like that. He always made these werewolves rogues or killed them. As punishment, the moon goddess mated him with a human.

He discovered her while strolling in the human market, looking to buy something for his whores. He found his mate selling food but grew angry when he discovered that he was mated to a weak human.

He kidnapped her and made her stay in a small room far away from him. He marked her on that day against her will and raped her. After that, he visited her once a week to quench his thirst. This abuse continued for the next month. When he decided that he wanted a strong Queen, he went on a nine-month search for a suitable person. Once he found her, the King took her to his kingdom and then married, marked, and mated with her on the same day. When he finally visited his true mate again, the King and his new Queen were met by the sight of a weak human woman and a small baby boy.

The baby was his heir, so he wanted to take him from his mate, but the mother was very protective of his child. She was still weak from her mate's abuse, but she would not go down without a fight. The next thing she knew, she was shifting. Yes, she had become a werewolf because the King had marked her, and it was a special full-moon day.

The King's mate was a beautiful snow-white wolf, which was incredibly rare. She was only the second one to ever appear in history. He couldn't believe his eyes, and he regretted his actions. He wanted to be powerful, so he wanted to win her back. But his chosen Queen had some other ideas. She wanted the white wolf and her baby dead because she didn't want another person's child to be King. She wanted her baby to be King. So she shifted into her brown wolf and lunged towards the baby to kill him. It all happened so fast. The King could not believe his chosen mate was going to kill his son, his heir, but he could not move. He was frozen.

But the white wolf attacked the new Queen before she could touch the baby. They fought for some time. Even though she was weak from delivery and the King's abuse, the true mate didn't want to give up. She wanted to protect her son. After the battle, the fake Queen ended up dead. The real Queen came towards the King and looked into the eyes of the cruel beast that had made her life hell. She said, "You have to protect our child with your life and make him a great King. You have to teach him good. He shouldn't grow up to be like you. He should know how to show his mate respect. And one more thing: he should grow up with good people, not with you. You can monitor him daily and visit him once a week, the way you did with me, because I don't want him to grow up to be like you." With that, the real Queen fell to the ground.

The King ran towards her to try and help her, but he felt a heartbreaking pain, which meant that she was dead. He hadn't felt that when the fake Queen died, even though he had marked her. His original Queen's death tore at him, and he became the shell of a person. Soon after she died, a white light filled the room, and the moon goddess appeared before him.

"You filthy mutt. I gave you my daughter, and you killed her. Today, I say that all the King's mates will be human. If you behave, it will be your blessing—if not, it will be your curse. Those who cheat will get cursed, and even though they will still feel pain, those who get cheated will be blessed with a good mate who appreciates them. Teach your heir good manners and make him follow them for generations so that your family will prosper. Otherwise, your lineage will be destroyed, and I will raise a new King who is fit for the position," she yelled at the King angrily before taking her daughter, the future moon goddess, along with her. From then on, the future moon goddess would never have a mate again.

After that, the King ruled the kingdom with an iron fist. If someone ever cheated on their mate, they were punished cruelly as a lesson to all those who committed the same sin.

The King gave his son to his Beta's family, and he visited the boy every week to play with him and tell him his story to warn him that he should be good. Those were the only days the King was happy. After the real Queen died, nobody dared cheat, and the son eventually met his human mate, fell in love with her, and treated her like a treasure. The old King committed suicide after crowning his son as the King because of his guilt. He had only lived to fulfill his mate's dying wish and the moon goddess's order.

For 300 years, the kingdom prospered. The kingdom prospered. Every firstborn royal was a male born with the King's mark: a crown-shaped birthmark on any part of the body. It was one of these Kings who would change the fate of his descendants…

This King began to travel the world in search of his mate at 27. When he found her, he discovered that she was already married to another man and had a child. He didn't want to disturb their family, but he wanted to help them because they were poor, so he explained everything to her except for the King part. All he asked was for her to give him an heir, and he promised to give her and her family a lot of money.

With her husband's permission, his mate accepted, and he marked her and mated with her to get an heir. Though he got what he wanted, he still suffered from heartbreak because he wasn't able to be with his mate. He didn't want his son to experience the same pain, so the King started to live among humans and start a business. They would return to the palace once a year to celebrate the moon goddess on the day that human mates could shift into wolves.

The King and his son experienced many difficulties due to the new environment. One particularly scary incident was when his son accidentally shifted in the middle of the streets and started howling. The King didn't find him until it was too late, and they had to relocate.

To try and prevent this from happening again, he gathered as many powerful witches as he could to give him and his descendants ESP in the case of emergencies and accidents. This is part of the reason why Hagon is still in denial about his mate's death. According to his senses, his mate died, so even though he likes Carol, he won't do anything because no one can replace his mate. He doesn't want to cheat on his mate, even though he thinks she's dead.

In fact, he already feels like he is cheating on her just by liking another woman, so he is also thinking of dying.