"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 like a sentinel in the night sky, its silver glow seeping through the gauzy curtains of our private chambers. I leaned against the cool stone of the windowsill, my eyes not on the celestial body that governed our kind, but on Jason. He stood before a sprawling map littered with markers and notes, his brow creased in concentration. 


"Kelly," he said without turning, his voice carrying the weight of impending darkness, "the council must be convened swiftly. The Black Faes' powers grow more formidable by the hour." 


I pushed away from the window, feeling the familiar stir of resolve within me. "We will be ready for them," I assured him. "Our alliances are strong, the packs united under our banner. This council will only solidify what we've built." 


Shadow of fear