Chapter 95
She was also the prime candidate he had chosen from many others, and an heir born from her would be as strong as one born from Celia, so he prevented her from leaving.
Not to mention, she could be used to test Celia’s feelings towards the king. The feelings of lady
Yvonne could be seen clearly, but Celia’s face was unfortunately, as expressionless as the king’s.
Salas showed some indication through his actions somewhat, but he could not tell from her so far.
Salas did not say anything about what councilman Reynolds said, so lady Yvonne ended up remaining at the same table as them.
For the first part of the night, Celia had greeted and was introduced to many strong alphas.
By being at the king’s table, she was also included in conversation each time someone came to greet the king.
Her position as an alpha of a pack of watchers, made the alphas respectful towards her. She would be one who, one day, could possibly pay a visit to their pack. By establishing some friendly relations now, if there were some problems and investigations later, perhaps she could lighten their sentences or at least judge fairly.
She was also respected because she came arm in arm with the king, and the king was known to respect strength. Although some might have suspected a deeper connection between the two, most were in fact sure she came as the king’s partner because she was the first female watcher.
It was not that they thought she did not suit him, quite the contrary, most alpha and luna pairs at the ball thought they were a perfect match. They made a beautiful picture together.
The problem was the king, he was already a hundred years old and he had never had a lover before. Perhaps they were accustomed to him being by himself.
“Celia, I believe your parents should also be here tonight. Do you want to go meet them?” Salas asked near her ear, when there was a moment of peace.
She flinched at the mention of her parents, she knew she had to meet them, but she did not want to see them yet. She had thought she would go briefly to their dormitory, but only to reject Rayan and quickly leave.
Thankfully, she did not see them for the first part of the night, because for one they were seated at quite a distance away. For two, by using her werewolf sight she could spot them if she tried to, but
Che did not want to.
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Meeting them in the presence of the king, meant that she had to act civilized to them and actually treat them as her parents. She was not one to wash dirty laundry in public, so she would have to act courteous towards them. By doing this, would they take advantage of her again? Would they use her to get closer to his highness? Before she would have said no, but now she knew better.
Fortunately, it seemed they still had the decency to at least respect the king. They had attended previous balls before and knew of the royal protocols, one of the protocols being that they could not come to the king’s table uninvited.
Only stro
strong alphas, that had been leading packs for a long time, and had a previous connection to the king, could come near the table, without the king giving them express permission to do so. Her parents were betas, so they had even less right to come. Of course, it was another matter, if they claimed they came to meet their daughter.
“No, I do not want to meet them right now your highness. Thank you for asking! I will do so in a private setting later on!” Celia replied grateful.
Salas nodded and did not insist on it. He did not know how the relationship between Celia and her family was, but he could see in her eyes that she truly did not wish to meet her parents.
“Alright, if you change your mind let me know.” Salas briefly said, then resumed talking with another alpha.
It had not been long after his question, when an uninvited person that did not seem to know of the royal protocols, still came.
“Sister?” A high cutesy voice called from a distance, making Cella frown. She should have known that, although her parents were still mindful of the place, there was someone who was not.
She looked towards the direction of the voice to answer. She knew that even if she had ignored. Brianna, the latter would still come towards the table. And just as she expected, she did not even answer, when her younger sister was already close.
She also made it seem like only now she had spotted Celia and thus came near, conveniently forgetting the protocols.
“Ahhh… I am sorry! Please forgive me for intruding. I was so happy to see my sister that I forgot what time and place this was. Your highness, I am Brianna Blair, the Luna of New Moon pack and the younger sister of Celia.” With red cheeks seemingly flustered, Brianna quickly greeted politely.
Even Celia would have been proud of the wonderful greeting her little sister gave, if she had not known what Brianna was capable of.
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But now, Celia could only see a woman, not a little girl that was growing up. No, a woman who knew exactly what she wanted. In a few words, she managed to introduce herself to the king innocently and coincidently, to inform everyone around that she was a watcher’s sister and at the same time
that she, Brianna, was also the Luna of a pack.
