65. Human Luna.

Ever since Arthur found his woman, he hadn't let her put of his sight, although it had only been a day since they both returned back to the Lycan Kingdom. He just couldn't take any chances. He didn't even let anyone have any access to him, the moment they got home, they both went straight to his chamber. He was more than elated and happy to find her, but also in the edge but then, who else could want to hurt her anymore since Elena was gone.

And he knew just what to do to stop all the back and forth already, he was going to take the bold step, they might all be against it at first but he was the king now, not his father and he believed that they'll grow to accept his choice, they really do not have a choice anyways so he decided to call an impromptu meeting amongst the highest of the lycan royals.

Winifred dressed up in a greenish-blue gown made of soft, satiny fabric, long and loose. A semicircular, high collar made of silk-like materials headed the ankle-length robe. Arthur had simply told her her put it on, saying he was going to do the right thing today. She was afraid, excited, and everything she could be. She didn't know what to expect from him and she couldn't help but wish that it wasn't something too extreme, something that could get more people to simply want her head off her neck.

When she was summoned into the important royals meeting, gasps rented the air and the gossips didn't seem to cease, no one could understand why a mere human slave would be dressed so regal and even dare to step foot into such a gathering.

"Look at her, she’s making round eyes, she feels that we are talking about her and can’t understand. Pfoo, the owl! Ha-ha!"

"And what does she put that cap on for? … Look how she sits with her mouth open! An owl, a real owl! An owl in new ribbons, ha-ha-ha!"

"I can't believe that the king would even allow this, its preposterous."

"That witch has him wrapped around her little fingers, I won't be surprised if she's made a royal consort."

Even though Winifred was on the edge herself due to the judgemental stares and ill whispers, she managed to put a straight face on and walk with her head held high. She was the 'it' back in her world afterall, why become a coward at this moment?

"Are we here for a staring competition or are we going to talk about whatever it is that we are here for? Some of us have places to be." A feminine yet squeaky voice spoke up amongst the rowdiness and Iwnifred turned to look at who it was. She could not remember ever seeing this person in the palace before, yet it looked like she was on a high rank too.

For some reason, her looks and appearance reminded Winifred of the wicked stepmothers in Disney movies and she had this urge to simply hide from her. She had a hawkish air about her, even her nose was curved and beaky. She had eyes of palest blue that fixed you in ice should you dare disagree or talk out of turn. She was willow-wand thin, so stick-like that it was hard to imagine her eating much at all, at least not without wiping her narrow lips after every bite. Her hair wasn't so much blonde as a washed out brown, like it just couldn't be bothered to be any colour at all.

There was no way in the world this woman had a happy home-life. If she had a husband, he was hen-pecked. Every movement she made betrayed her internal frustrations that bounced inside her like sound in a deep cave. In the hall, she was a chained monster, bound by rules and statutes of the royals, she was sure to be very brutal with her punishments, she even looked like she punishes people just for the sake of it.

"Keep it down, stepmother. Everyone is surprised that you decided to show up, nobody wants your energy around, you didn't even show up for my coronation. It's weird that you choose which royal call to heed to..." Arthur said and it dawned on Winifred.

That was his stepmother, the Luna?

But Jane wasn't a Luna, she never really was, Alexander never allowed it, he simply let her birth his children, and when she saw that she wasn't getting what she really wanted, she left the palace on the guise to help keep a watch on the other kinds undercover even though she actually just didn't want to be anywhere near the palace. She had decided to just come for this impromptu meeting because she was in town when she heard of it and most especially because she had been hearing so much from her children who kept telling her about a particular slave from the human land.

"I apologize, your highness." Jane replied as she bowed her head. She knew her place, and she wouldn't dare cross it, not when her stepson could decide to cut her head off.

"Anyways, I've called you all here to speak about something. You have all being asking me to get married for a while now and I would like to do that now. But I'm of course, getting married to my choice, I'll be marrying Winifred in the next moon. And yes, she'll be your Luna." He announced.

There was absolute stillness. No air stirred the trees nor books. No clouds drifted in the sea of blue above. No water dripped or flowed. Not a sound could be heard either close at hand or in the far off distance. Even Winifred breath seemed to die as soon as it left her mouth. It was an eerie sort of tranquility, so instead of being soothed her senses became heightened. She felt like the prey even though no predator could be detected. It was as if the world were encased in a cocoon, a bubble, and there was no way out.

She was shocked too. Never would she have seen this coming, at all. The werewolves never married humans, they hardly even had humans as slaves. Not so much and then Luna?

Even if a pin dropped, it would be heard very clearly. But just as much as the silence was deafening, so was the noise and uproar that followed as soon as someone spoke. They were having non of it, not one person was and Winifred zoned out, she didn't know what to say nor do and she felt so out of place. They were all speaking about her like she wasn't even there and she could take it anymore, she slipped out of the hall before she could be noticed, taking solace in the garden at the far end of the palace, and only then could she finally breathe.

But then, at a corner of the Bush was two people watching her as she let herself be free through the blowing breeze, trees and grass.

"Are you sure that we should be doing this? What if we get caught like Elena did? We would spent our lives banished over some human slave?" A masculine voice whispered.

"Shut up and stop being such a coward. That human slave is soon to lord over you if you do not do this! Elena was stupid with her plans, we are not. All we have to do is be smarter and get it over with, I would not let that bitch be my Luna. Not ever in this world will I bow at her feet!" A feminine voice replied.

"You're sure that this will be fine, right? If I get caught, we are going down together, she's now an important figure and harming her would be coined treason." The masculine voice said again, very skeptical but it was obvious that the female wasn't backing down.

"Ugh! What kind of man are you door Pete's sake? We are simply doing this kingdom a whole favour, trust me when I say a lot of wolves would literally throw a party if she's gone! Nobody wants a human Luna! It has never happened neither will I let it happen, not when I'm alive!" She snapped in a very low tone.

"Okay, fine. I can do this."

"Good, now act like the strong wolf that you are and make her pass out." She instructed and then watched as he carried it out in the smoothest manner that she didn't even expect, because in a twinkle of an eye, Winifred was passed out on the grass.

Winifred woke up to see the most unexpected person staring down at her, it was Arthur's brother, Hunter. "Hello, Luna." He greeted in a mischievous manner.

The way he stared at her with so much lust scared the hell out of Winifred and she found herself shifting as backwards as she could until her back hit the wall and she was cornered, "what are you doing? Why are you doing this? This is an offence, I'm not just a human slave anymore." She said, defending herself in the way she could.

"Oh, of course you aren't, you'll go be a queen over the barbarics where you'll be properly battered but before then, it's time for me to have a taste of that goodness, I wouldn't waste such a rare opportunity." Hunter said as he ran his hands over her body.