SEVEN TALES OF LOVE

2. THE FAKE PRINCESS

~ISSA

I had no idea how long I had cried.

My body continued to tremble as I sobbed quietly. I had no idea how I was supposed to survive or what I was supposed to do.

Why did this have to happen to me?

The wagon suddenly came to a stop and I flinched. I heard approaching footsteps and I figured it was coming from the men who had been sitting at the main part of my forsaken ride.

The cell-like door of the part of the wagon I was in came open. I squinted at the light that rushed in. When my eyes got used to the light, I looked before me to see the boss.

"Come."

He sounded carefree and there was a sickening amusement on his face that I could not get over.

My heart began to pound heavily as I feared what he was up to. We had not entered the next town or village yet.

Was this the part where they called me out and abused me like the stories I heard happened to female slaves?

"Hurry, we're working on the clock here. We've wasted enough time at your village already," he stated.

I pushed my fear away and told my wolf to be ready to attack if it came down to that. Then I rose to my feet and got out of the wagon.

I realised that we were just at the outskirts of another town and he was the only one paying attention to me. The rest of his men were watching the perimeter.

"Consider yourself lucky. You get to choose your fate," he announced.

I frowned at him as my wolf shifted slightly. I had never heard this before. Slaves never had a say in their outcome.

"The wolf princess of this town has been forced to marry the famous Dark Lycan King of the North," he revealed.

My eyes went wide as I recognized that name. I had heard stories of his bloodthirsty and ruthless nature.

"The Alpha doesn't want his daughter to end up with him. So he's asked for a slave to take her place and marry the Lycan King instead," he went on. "All you have to do is pretend to be Wolf Princess Yulia and marry him in her stead. You get a chance to become a Lycan Queen."

He smirked at me as I narrowed my eyes at him. "What's my other option?"

"I sell you to the largest and most famous pleasure house in this land and you become a sexual entertainment for all men who visit it," he stated as his amusement grew larger. "Make your decision, time is not on our side."

My heart began to pound heavily. The way I saw it, none of the options seemed good enough. They all felt like suicide and he was basically asking me to pick my most preferred way to die.

"I—"

Hesitation hit me as tears began to form in my head. If things went well, I could see my family again as a Lycan Queen unlike as a sex toy.

"I'll marry him," I concluded.

"Wise girl," he whispered.

Then he gestured at me to go back into the wagon. They covered it up and it began to move again. I heard voices as the wagon came to a stop and I figured that we were there already.

"You brought the girl?" A new voice asked.

"She's just perfect," The boss answered.

"Take her in."

The wagon came open and the boss unlocked the chains that bound my hands together before pulling me into a large castle.

He handed me over to maids and bowed to me. "I hope you survive, Princess. . ."