Chums couldn't believe what King Mark just said to her now. "Pretend like they mated," his word rang deep into her ears.
"No I cannot pretend to her gracious one, How about my friends and family, Let's just do it, even though you don't like me, just pretend like am the one you want and we will just do it" She suggested.
"Chum!" he called in a much angered voice.
"I am being lenient with you, because you're crowned queen. Leave my chamber I need to rest for the night. You can see the time is already past 2:00 am, I need to sleep, so leave!" he walked back to his bed, not wanting to stare at her again.
Chums sobbed and bursted out crying. Why did he accept her when he knew he didn't want her, Was it only to be crowned King that mattered to him more than her feelings. If he had a mate already, why then did he keep quiet and watch his mother announced her as his mate. He could have just refused and she wouldn't be in his chamber by this time.
Seeing she doesn't want to leave his chamber, King Mark stood up and went to his inner chamber to relax for the night as he needed some time alone.
Chums stares around his room for a moment. She wiped off the corner of her eyes and walked out of his room. Steve didn't stop her to question her either, he already knew what would happen as he has never heard a lady for once moaning or grunting in pain from his majesty chamber.
He shook his head in pity as he watched her leave.
Chums went back downstairs to her room. She cried her eyes out as some of her married friends had told her how their lovely husband pleased them on their mating night. It wasn't all about being crowned the queen of Megan kingdom, it wasn't all about being married to a man, Was she happy in the marriage?.
She rolled from her bed to the floor and transformed back into her beast form as she cried and screamed out several times to sooth her pain but it wasn't soothed.
She felt like grabbing the king and forcing herself on him, but she couldn't. She thought to try again, probably he was stressed from the day's event. She finally stopped sobbing and slept on the floor till morning.
The following morning in the women quarters, Lady Annabelle rang the bell loudly to wake up all the young women sleeping.
Angela sat on the bed she shares with Esther. Her hair was scattered all over her shoulder as she woke up with a sobbing face.
She had a bad dream where she was with the King and he grabbed her and transformed into a beast, she thought he wanted to bite her, with the force he used to grab her, so as she was struggling to break away from his hold, she ended up scattering her hair and punching Esther's face, in the process of trying to break free from the king's holding, thinking Esther was the King as Esther was trying to wake her up from her nightmares.
It was after Esther screamed out loudly that she woke up, as she didn't also punched Esther's face, she also grabbed Esther's hair and struggled with her screaming
Waking up and realizing the mess she has done, she immediately apologized to Esther, but Esther was rather cold towards her.
Beatrice and Stella walked up to meet her and explained to her that she was indeed screaming and Esther was only trying to wake her up.
"Am sorry, I was only dreaming about..." She paused as the word failed to come out from her lips as she didn't want to mention the king to them.
"Dreaming about what?" Stella asked as she undress knowing they would soon be summoned to go and bath the crown prince as Lady Annabelle had already instructed them from the first day they started their own training lesson, that they will be summoned to bath the prince after his coronation.
"I was attacked by a black beast and he wanted to bite me!" She replied to them instead as her heart was beating loudly.
She has never seen the King transformed into a beast in real, but seeing him transformed in her dream and pinning her underneath him, bringing his scary face closer, she feared he wanted to bite her or kill her. She was visibly shaking.
"But is only a dream. You have to be careful and avoid those guards, I see the way they keep staring at you" Beatrice said and two other girls stood up as they were already naked and bare, they responded, "Yes, a lot of them is ogling at you. I heard they do mark their mate, so it actually means if the black beast attacked you and bite you, you're his mate."
"Mate, as how?" Angela stares at them with wide eyes.
"How am I his mate, when I don't know the beast age. I can never be his mate and don't want to have anything to do with any beast" Angela folds her leg up to her chest, remembering the king has also being staring at her since the previous morning. Where they age mate?, she wondered.
"No, Is not about you being his age mate. It means he wants to sleep with you, like how man and wife sleeps with eachother to produce children" Nikita said and Angela nearly got choked.
"What!" Angela screamed, Now she understood the burning looks in the king's eyes better.
"Never!" She screamed again, scattering her hair like a mad woman in irritation.
"What's happening here?, And why are you ladies not yet dressed?" Lady Annabelle questioned them as she stepped into the room to prepare them and instruct them on what to do in bathing the king as they will soon been summoned.
"Good morning ma'am" The naked ladies quickly greeted her as they bows their head lowered in a respective manner towards her and walked away from Angela and Esther's bed.
Lady Annabelle stares to Angela and Esther and was surprised by their looks.
"What happened to you girls?" She asked them in her beast accent, staring to Angela's scattered blonde hair and to Esther's swollen cheek.
"Nothing ma'am, is only a nightmare" Angela replied as she quickly stood up from the bed and stepped down.
"Hmm, Is alright, You girls should hurry up and take your baths, So you can have your breakfast before the prince summons for you girls, as your punishments of serving the royal family begins today" Lady Annabelle informs them.
"Okay Ma'am" They replied and some stepped into the bathroom to quickly take their baths
"I hope you all remember your training lessons, don't go and mess up in front of the King, Is that understood?" Lady Annabelle questioned them again.
"Yes Ma'am" The replied again.
"Good, I will send a maid to call any of you girls, so prepare among yourselves as you all will be taking turns in going to serve the king weekly by weekly," Lady Annabelle informed them and left their room.
Angela sighed. She knew there was no escaping from the king's punishment and she hoped she will be able to withstand staying naked in front of him.
She had stared to some of the girls faces when Lady Annabelle was speaking about not forgetting their training lessons and none of the girls questioned her and they where even blushing.
She stripped herself to take her bath and she apologizes to Esther again, not liking the way Esther was given her a cold shoulder and not wanting to speak to her again.
"Am so sorry I never mean to hurt you" Angela apologizes to Esther but Esther rather looked away from her and walk away from her to dry her body after coming out from the bathroom.
Angela sighed and quickly hurried up to take her bath as most of the girl were already thru and leaving the room to go upstairs and have their breakfast and she doesn't want to starve like the previous day too.
She quickly wore back her clothes which was a bra-like top and a short brown skirt. Tying her top ropes behind her, she hurriedly stepped out from the chamber and rushed up to the dinning room upstairs on the second floor.
Stepping into the dining room, All the ladies were already seated and Tana and some few others were serving the food.
She hurriedly went to the dinning seat, she shares with ten other of her colleagues that were captured and brought into the palace, the same day as her.
As she was about sitting down, Lady Mandy Moore thunders at her "Will you stand up from there!."
She stiffened and stood up, knowing the beast-woman was talking to her.
"You arrived late yesterday for breakfast and today you did the same, didn't you heard my last warning?" Lady Mandy Moore asked her and she immediately looks downward.