"Right away, Your Highness," the young maid walked ahead and slapped Ophelia hard.
*pak*
The sound of the slap resounded in the hall. One can feel the intensity of the slap just by a glance.
"Again," Eudora said.
The young maid bowed in Eudora's direction and turned towards Ophelia, who was throwing glares at her, but which were wasted already. No one cared about her feelings or her anger.
The Young Maid just looked at her with a gaze filled with disgust and disappointment. Raising her hand in the air, the young maid slapped Ophelia on the other cheek hard.
*pak*
A similar yet louder sound resonated in the hall. One can feel the pain just from the slap. But no vampire stood by her side. So what if she was the mother of the fallen princess? She was still a maid.
Ophelia felt dizzy from the two slaps she received, and the corner of her lip started bleeding. She wanted to yell and say that she was her mother of Lenora. And she did that.
"I am the mother of Lenora Serafina Velorine!! How dare you treat me like this?! I will be the future mother-in-law of the Werewolf king!!" Ophelia yelled.
Maximus was surprised to hear those words. So it was her future wife's mother that dared to do this.
Oho…. he got more reasons to discontinue the pact now.
If his future wife was like this he can raise the point that she may not be a good queen. He will give her his wife role but not the queen. His mother will continue the queen role and rule the country.
According to the werewolf's rules, the wife king must not be the queen relatably. Since the werewolves won't take any other woman than their mates there won't be any other suitable candidate for the queen's role.
For a werewolf, the demise of his mate would be a hard blow. And for a king, it won't just be a hard blow but also a big blow to the kingdom. It weakens the packs, kings, alphas, and the whole kingdom. That leads to the choosing of another king.
But the blood of the original werewolf king is rare and unique. So they make the bond with the King's mother as their queen.
It not only makes the kingdom stronger but keeps the bloodline pure and stronger.
Maybe… even if Lenora was a good person they have to use Serene asking. Nobody saw a Vampire Queen in centuries. And even now… the elders, and grandmasters were looking through the history to see if there was any queen who ruled their kingdom as a queen from a different race.
He tried to look at his bride but she was covered by her mother Eudora.
Serene was watching Lenora from the side. She could say she was nervous for some reason.
"She is not my mother," she chanted continuously as she looked at Ophelia under her breath.
Serene could understand her situation. She knew that Ophelia was her birth mother but Eudora was the one who turned her. For Vampires whoever turns them would be their parents. And the royal Vampires choose only smart humans. Serene has a doubt about how Lenora was Ophelia's daughter. Ophelia looks stupid yet Lenora looks calm, collected, and intellectual.
Maybe these vampires have skeletons in their closets too. Oh… wait the whole race itself is a skeleton. Sigh…