Freeing Starr✔️

Chapter 38 ~ Dance with me

"I solemnly promise and swear to dedicate my life to the Divine Alpha Kingdom. To guide, to protect and to prosper are the responsibilities I swear to uphold as I stand here before the people, being crowned their queen. As Queen Luna, I promise to act within the laws regulated by the Kingdom. May the goddess guide and protect this Kingdom as I swear upon this throne to govern to the best of my abilities."

Fingers brushed against my hair as I lifted my hand to unclasp the veil from my head. It fell silently to the floor as Leon stepped forward, a crown clutched tightly in his hand.

A smile tilted my lips as I bowed and allowed him to place the crown atop my head. The minister's voice then boomed throughout the room.

"The goddess has answered our prayers. Our Queen Luna has been found. This Kingdom shall forever prosper as we raise our hands to the moon and swear," he pointed his hand up above his head, the audience following after as many voices filled the room.

"We raise our hands to the King and Queen of this land. To the goddess who birthed them and to the prosperous future of this Kingdom. We swear our loyalty to the King and Queen of this land, standing straight, we stand with pride for our Kingdom. Prosper always."

I stood tall and turned to look straight ahead at the crowd with their hand raised to the sky, my heart moved. Leon's arm came to wrap around my waist as he stood beside me, radiating pride.

I asked curiously over our link, "where's your crown?"

He glanced over at me with a slight frown, "I don't like it. It's too heavy."

"Aren't you supposed to wear it to formal events like this, though?"

"I'm the King. Who'll force me?"

A chuckle slipped pass my lips at that. I noticed the slight arrogance that coated his words but I couldn't refute. He had every right to be arrogant.

The ceremony slowly came to an end and after being declared Queen Luna, I hooked arms with Leon and had him guide us back down the aisle and into the dining hall to begin our reception.

The tables were arranged by status. The higher your rank, the closer you were to the bride and groom's table. Leon and I sat on our own at the very front, with Stacia, Lorena and all of Leon's close family members sitting close by to our right. On the left were people that I weren't familiar with.

Everyone was getting settled into their assigned seats. I looked around curiously at all the unfamiliar faces in wonder.

Leon watched me the entire time.

My eyes strayed to a table in the second row where a man and woman was sitting with a few others. My hairs immediately stood on end as I felt an eerie feeling radiating from their bodies. I sniffed the air slightly and noted that they were humans. Curiosity swirled in me.

Reading my curiosity, Leon spoke out, "they're assassins."

I snapped my head around to look at him, "what?"

He nodded seriously, his eyes hardening in displeasure as he mind-linked, "they're a family of assassins known as the Grilen Family. Humans who perform atrocities in order to receive power beyond their limits. They're famous for their assassinations. They're extremely powerful and dangerous. We sent an invitation to them for mere formalities, but we didn't expect them to actually show up. They have a strong dislike for werewolves and try to kill us discreetly, but there's nothing we can do because of the peace treaty that we've established. Their kills are so clean that they never leave any evidence that point back to them. It's frustrating because we know they're responsible but we can't do anything about it because we can't prove it. They don't care about anything else besides money. If someone were to give them a hefty price right now to take my head, they'd probably attempt it. They can't be trusted. Right now, if my hands weren't so tied up with Glacial City, I'd have probably turned my focus on them. I have suspicions that they're actually assisting Glacial City in this war but there's no way for me to find out. They have their information locked down. We can't even find their base or their members no matter how many times we send someone to trail them."