Chosen By The Moon

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“I'll believe that when we both make it back to Gilliards, unscathed and undiscovered.” He nodded sighing in

exasperation and looking at his boot cladded feet. | was making it very obvious that | didn’t yet

trust him.

“You have my word, even if it doesn’t mean much to you.” | still couldn't believe that Lewis thought this pairing

was a good idea... | was actually starting to think that maybe he chose Oliver simply because he had found his

mate himself and wasn’t jealous of us being alone together. | rolled my eyes with a small smile at the thought of

Lewis, but my thoughts were cut short, when Oliver continued to speak. “May | ask you something, your gra...

Dylan?”

I turned to him in surprise at him actually addressingwith my name, it almost felt foreign on my ears, |

actually think that was the first the had ever calledby my nalone, so | sat next to him copying his

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seated position in alpha Daltons garden.

“Well, For once, I'm not busy. So I'll answer your questions if you answer mine.” He nodded and glanced at me,

swallowing thickly before askinghis question nervously.

“You have a plan set in place for if you win, but what about if your loose?” Huh? My head shot to him, fear now

taking over my eyes as | looked at the beta. He had a point, | hadn’t thought about what would happen if the

king won. If he gotback, he’d make my life a living hell, more so than it already had been.

“I don’t know.” | stated, a slight shake wracking through my body at the mere thought of loosing, at this point

that wasn’t an option.

“King Josh is ins.stent on marking you, regardless of whether that's what you want. | guess I just, think it'll help

having a contingency plan

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in place.” He had a point, it was naive to have a plan for success but not one for failure. | guess | never thought

about it properly because, forat least, failure wasn’t an option.

“I have no intention of becoming the official mate to the king.” | stated, wrapping my arms around my body as

goosebumps began to form on my skin. “I'm not saying it lightly. If the king wins then | will die before he’s able

to lay his hands onagain.”

“Do you truly prefer death over being his mate?” | nodded and thought about Lewis instead. | met the eyes of

the royal beta and nodded my head. “But, even still, you're apprehensive to take the throne? Even when that is

possibly the only option for victory?” He was questioningwell, even Lewis hadn't fully askedwhy | didn’t

want the throne. | guess it was because he thought it was simply due to my wish for freedom.

“Despite the outcof the battle, I'm never going to escape the king. “My voice sounding deflated as | realized

my worst fear. “The reason, | don’t want to rule...” | gulped trying to find the words that were on the top of my

tongue, the ones that | wish would just explain themselves instead ofbeing so weak as to not be able to

speak them. “It isn’t simply because | don’t want people to rely on me, and it's not that I'm afraid to be the voice

of reason in a crowd full of

noise.”

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“Is it because you don’t want to be the one to make the new laws? You don’t want to draw up new

punishments?” He asked trying to get to the bottom of why | was so against being the leader that | was getting

forced to be.

“No... the new laws will be easy to put into action, once fully fleshed out...” I had no worries about that one. “...

It's because, every single tthere is a moment that requires a firm hand and a tough decision, all that my

mind will think about is ‘what would king josh do’. “I admitted, my words floating through the damp air and

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the warm breeze. | felt my energy drain from my body, and I slumped were | sat, finally taking my eyes off the

moon and resting them on the royal beta. “Every file of paper work, every document needing to be signed, every

mild trepidation someone may ctowith, will elicit thoughts of The kings previous actions. Not to mention

if I so much as step foot in the palace again...” | shuddered, thinking about everything that went on within the

confines of those doors.

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