"Hi, yes you aren't dreaming, it's the chubby Kelly," I say inwardly as I see the unhappy face expression of Jason who is disheartened. 

The guests laugh at us. They call our couple all sort of names. "The prince charming and the pancakes' eater Kelly" is one I can sadly remember."

"I, Jason Bentley of the South pack, reject you Kelly Thompson as my mate and the Luna Queen," he declared fiercely.

***
Kelly Thompson, an eighteen-year-old curvaceous and wolfless she-wolf, has been quietly admiring Jason Bentley, the heir apparent to the throne of the dominant South pack, for a number of years.

Unfortunately for Kelly, she doesn't get the same attention in return from Alpha heir Jason, as the handsome daughter of his old father's Gammas, Betty Nord, is already the love of the pack's future Alpha. But, the plump Kelly has an advantage over the skinny Betty because of a strong vow made by Jason's father, the Alpha King Don Bentley, that his son will marry the daughter of his Betas who gave their lives two years ago in a fight against the North pack's fiercest adversaries in order to preserve the life of the Alpha heir.

But clearly, nothing goes as smoothly as Kelly imagines.

The Rejected Curvy Luna Queen

As the guards rush to follow my orders, I turn to the head housemaid, Tina. 


“Get me everything we have on Doctor Lorry Springstone’s background. I want to know every detail about her life before she came here,” I tell her firmly. 


Tina nods and quickly leaves, leaving me with the guards as they transform the palace into a frenzy of activity. Every room, corridor, and hidden passage is being meticulously searched. We’ve doubled the security at the gates, with strict instructions to let no one enter or exit without my explicit permission. 


After watching the guards try to track down Doctor Lorry's potential escape route for a while, I decide to retreat to my study. As I step inside, my mind races with unanswered questions. 


How could she have vanished so completely? And how did she even discover that hidden passage? Did she get help from one or more of my subjects? If that's the case, who could they be? 


Unmasked