"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

Jason's shadow slipped away into the night, drawn to the ominous glow of the sigil etched upon ancient bark—a harbinger of the Black Faes' looming threat. His absence cast a palpable void in the grand hall, where I now stood encircled by the Council Of Packs, their gazes heavy with unspoken fears and expectant for my next decree. The air was taut, thick with tension that clung to my skin like the damp chill of an unseen mist. 


"Tonight, we must fortify," I declared, my voice echoing off the stone walls, steady as the heartbeat of our lands. The pack leaders, stalwart and numerous, shifted uneasily on their feet, their eyes mirrors reflecting the storm brewing within our ranks. 


The traitor