"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 moon hung heavy in the velvet sky, casting a spectral glow over the dense forest that bordered our territory. I stood on the balcony with Jason, my eyes tracing the treacherous path that would soon take me into the unknown. 


"Jason, we can't delay any longer," I said, my voice low and steady. "The Black Faes' alliances are shrouded in shadows. If some of our own kind have turned traitor... it's a betrayal we must unearth." 


He nodded, his profile etched in silver light, eyes deep pools of concern. "I know, Kelly. But the Foes’ Boundaries are merciless. And you want to walk those paths alone." 


"Only I can move unnoticed and return with the information we need." My fingers tightened around the balcony's stone railing. "It's a risk I'm willing to take for our pack, for our son." 


Heart of a lion