"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

The sharp rap on the oak door of my study pulled me from the parchment sprawled before me, a list of herbs and incantations I was revising for our healers. The royal guard on the other side bowed deeply, his face etched with urgency. "My Queen, an unexpected visitor demands your audience in the waiting room." 


Surprise lanced through me, a cold sliver of unease. Visitors were seldom unexpected in this stronghold of stone and silver—the heart of the South pack's might. With a nod that set my cloak swirling, I rose, leaving behind the scent of ink and parchment. 


I strode through the hushed corridors, the echo of my boots whispering secrets to ancient walls. The royal palace was alive with silent watchers, and I felt the weight of unseen eyes appraising my every move. 


An unexpected visitor