As Janelle fell on the floor, her eyes met that of the man she despised the most; Gideon Sparks. Gideon looked away the moment she fell on the floor. To him, Janelle was a blow to his ego. He's had countless women cry and beg for his attention yet this woman looked at him with disgust written all over her features.
Taking a look at her surroundings, Janelle knew she was in the midst of a meeting. Even though the room was too quiet for her, she was certain she was in the midst of a merry making because she saw countless nude women, men and women wearing fine garments, wine goblets filled with wine, foods and musicians who stood still. She was sure she was the reason why the entire room was quite. She realized all eyes were fixed on her; some looked at her with pity, others looked at her with disgust, others had unfathomable expressions. She knew not, why she was in their midst but she knew she was going to be more than a laughing stock.
The King clapped as he walked towards, Janelle who laid motionlessly on the floor.
"Oh! Princess, how grateful I am to you!" the King said and the entire room was filled with laughter. When the laughter died, he continued; "You made it easy for us to take over your land by making the warriors overly angry with your rejection.
'I Janelle Johnson of the Silver Moon Pack, reject you, Alpha Gideon Sparks of the Frozen Crest Pack as my mate' " the king said mimicking Janelle and the room was filled with laughter again.
Even though, Janelle barely knew the King, she could tell he was an annoying teaser.
"Water" Janelle managed say almost in a whisper.
"Did you say, water?" the King asked.
"Water" she repeated.
"Hey, you there. come over here" the King said to a maid who held a tray with a wine goblet on it.
The maid hurriedly walked to the King, and he gestured to her to feed her with the content in the wine goblet. The maid forced the content down Janelle's throat and she coughed out almost all of it out and laughter filled the room again. This time, Prince Gideon nodded at Cillian, his right hand man. Apparently, the goblet contained strong alcohol, and Janelle was not a fun of alcoholic drinks.
"Do you know why you're still alive?" the King asked. "It's because he didn't accept your rejection" he said pointing at Prince Gideon and almost all eyes looked in Gideon's direction. Gideon's expression was stoic, no emotion not message could be derived from his expression.
One thing none, other than Gideon himself, noticed was the sudden absence of Cillian.
"Gideon, what do you say we do to her?" the king asked Gideon.
Gideon slowly rised up from his seat, slightly bowed his head and raised his clasped hands slightly below his eyes level.
"I believe your majesty has an idea on what to do with her" Gideon said.
"You're the only one among my sons, who doesn't have a harem. I learnt not even one woman in this kingdom could sexually entice you. Since you didn't accept her rejection, I believe she would come in handy in that department unless you have a different preference " the king said as he looked at Gideon.
"Thank you, your majesty" Gideon said and forced a smile.
"Let the celebration begin!" the king said and the silent room suddenly became noisy.
There were many toasts from the people to the King and a lot more to Prince Gideon for conquering the Silver Moon Pack with his army.
Janelle lied silently on the cold floor and watched how the people in the room celebrated their victory. Yet, most of her attention was on Gideon and how bored he looked. As they kept celebrating, the door was suddenly swung open and Janelle saw how some of the women from her pack were ushered into the room as sex slaves, wearing practically nothing. She saw how reluctant they were, and witnessed how greedily the men's eyes feasted on them.
"I must say, Silver Moon Pack has the women, and we, Frozen Crest Pack, have the men!" one man dressed in royal attire shouted and almost every man in the room got giddy at his words, whiles the women tried not to look offended. After the women were ushered in, the men waited patiently for the king to select a few of them while they silently made their own choices. Before anything else could happen, Janelle passed out.