"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 grand hall of the royal palace echoed with the low murmur of gathered pack leaders, their presences like living pillars of strength amongst the shadows. I stood at the head of the room, my fingers brushing against the cool surface of the ancient stone table that had been a silent witness to countless councils before. Tonight, it was not just history looking over us, but the future, precarious and teetering on the edge of darkness. 


"Leaders of our great packs," I began, my voice cutting through the whispers like a silver blade. "The scent of peril lingers in the air. The Black Faes, those harbingers of chaos, draw near, threatening to unravel the fabric of our world." My eyes, sharp as a hawk's, scanned the room, locking onto each leader in turn, willing them to grasp the urgency that clenched my heart. 


The grand training