Accepting Her As His Wife
Pearl smirked by their reaction. Of course, bad things spread faster than light. They knew that she was abandoned by the royal family of werewolves and technically, she is an orphan, but they don’t know she is successful enough to spend her life without any support.
She was proud of my success, and why wouldn’t she? She got everything without getting any support from her adoptive family. Her parents didn’t like her idea of creating a professional life for herself because for them, she was meant to take care of pack stuff with Ryder’s mate.
Ryder….
She felt a hard squeeze in her chest as soon as she remembered her adoptive brother.
He was always there…. He was her pillar…
But now?????
She felt a light tug on her fingers, and she immediately composed her thoughts again.
At the same time, Hailley was also stunned to hear what Pearl announced, but soon a hint of mockery flashed in her eyes.
So what Pearl is a successful businesswoman. She was still a human, beneath them.
Pearl cleared her throat and looked at the crowd once again.
“I don’t know why you all think that I am wolf-less when I shifted at the age of 16 for the first time, the only werewolf known in this era who shifted before her time.” She announced again, and the hall filled with gasp again.
“I remembered… I remembered… the… the werewolf princess, Pearl thornbill, shift…. Shifted during a rogue attack to …. To protect a bunch of pups from rogues…. It… it was five years ago.” Someone screamed in excitement and Pearl looked at that girl with a faint smile, the girl was now beaming in excitement.
“I remembered too…. The news said th.. that she killed seven rogues alone while keeping those pups unharmed.” Someone else screamed in excitement at that time.
With every scream, there were so many gasps around. Hugh and Lucifer pursed their lips into a thin line, feeling guilty about forgetting something this significant. They glanced at Killian through their peripheral vision, and gulped hard when they saw his jaw clenched.
“Wow…. A young pup of 16, shifting for the first time, yet killed 7 rogues on her own… this is incredible.” Someone commented in awe.
“Then how on earth we heard that she is a human?” Someone asked in a low and confused tone.
“If… if she has already shifted this early, why can’t we sense her wolf now?” Hailley asked in a mocking tone, but keeping her voice low. She didn’t want to be noticed because it would bring Killian’s wrath to her.
“Yeah… what’s wrong with her wolf?” someone asked in a confused but a concerned tone. For lycans and werewolves, their beasts were part of not only their soul, but their lives.
“I am sure that you have all heard about the rejection that I faced after being discovered that I am not the real princess.” Pearl asked in a calm and clear voice, and everyone stopped talking.
Hailley had a mocking smile on her lips. She was thinking about how to ruin Pearl’s life here. There was no way that she would let this opportunity go that she got on a silver platter.
“Yeah…. A rejected and broken princess from an unknown origin.” One of the Hailley’s minion whispered while hiding herself behind two giant lycans. Her voice was loud enough to be heard by the whole hall.
They all were threatened by Hailley and were forced to go against Pearl in this meeting. They were still afraid of the consequences if their king finds out, they would be doomed to death. Pearl might be a human, but she is the woman brought by their king as his wife.
“That’s right. A rejected, but not broken princess from an unknown origin. I don’t need a mate who wants me because of my status as a princess instead of accepting me as his soulmate. So, I have no regrets about the rejection.” Pearl replied in the same calm tone.
The crowd down there had a mixed reaction to what she said. For them, mate bond is not something one could decide on their own. This is the blessing of the moon goddess to their species. Majority of them sympathized with Pearl for being paired with someone like her first mate, but some were skeptical to accept that this was the only reason of her rejection.
“Enough.” Killian commanded impatiently. He didn’t like the way they were questioning Pearl. Pearl immediately held his arm, making him look at her. “Please let me handle his, my king.” She requested in a polite and confident tone.
Killian wanted to protest, but her pleading through eyes made him allow her what she wanted to do. She smiled brightly and looked back at the crowd with a confident smile again.
Their interaction was witnessed by the whole crowd and they were dumbfounded to see how easily Pearl handled their cruel and cold king. There was no trace of fear or disgust that the most women showed because of his face in Pearl’s expression.
“For the first and the last time, I am going to explain myself here because I feel that you all need to know who is going to rule you beside your king.” She spoke in a confident voice, keeping her expression calm, clearly unfazed by Killian murderous aura.
“I don’t need someone powerful, let alone a king to cover me from the embarrassment of rejection because I am capable enough to face the consequences of my own decisions. I am not an abandoned princess who has nothing because I have everything that a normal girl or woman can dream of. I am here with your king, because I want to be here.” She paused and looked straight into Hailley’s eyes who was now stunned to hear Pearl.
“I will not allow anyone to trample over me because they take me inferior to them. Just because, my wolf is taking a break from all the hassles of life, it doesn’t mean that she has gone forever, or I will let anyone belittle her because of her absence.” Hailley felt a shiver ran through her spine because of the coldness of Pearl’s gaze.
“I don’t care how others judge me because I don’t give a penny to their thoughts, but I am not inferior to anyone else here, except our king.” She continued in the same cold tone, looking straight into Hailley’s eyes. She knew who Hailley is, but Killian promised her that there won’t be any other woman in his life again, and she trusted his words.
Killian took a deep breath and held her hand in his, intertwining their fingers while looking at the crowd coldly. “It’s my decision to take Pearl Thornbill as my wife and my queen. If anyone has problem with that, come to me, but disrespect her, or point your finger at her even if unconsciously and you will face the consequences. All the people who spread various rumours about my wife, they should be ready by now to deal with me.” Killian spoke into the coldest tone, and everyone down there trembled hard in fear.
“From today onwards, Pearl Thornbill will be known as Pearl Anderson, and I accept her status as my queen.” He announced in a loud and cold voice. Hailley wanted to say something bad about Pearl, but her body trembled hard in fear because of what Killian said.
Killian’s words shattered her dream to be his wife and the queen. She had tears in her eyes now. She couldn’t let Pearl win. She didn’t want to accept Pearl as her queen, and she was determined to prove that she was far better than Pearl in every way.
“Want to form an alliance.” She snapped her head in the other direction, and narrowed her eyes when she saw Xavier standing a little far from her, behind a pillar, a sly smile dancing on his lips.