Chapter 64. Damsel in Distress

Rhys POV

I could hear the music as I walked down the stairs, with my festive ball mask held in the crook of my arm. No one was in the palace, and I stopped by my throne room.

My crown sat on my throne—one I had not sat on in a while. The seat to its right belonged to my chosen Luna, my mother being the last woman to sit on it.

I picked up the slim gold band, feeling unworthy of the honor. Technically, I was not yet the Alpha King because I had no Luna, but my father had made sure I was crowned King before he passed on.

I had been a fifteen-year-old King with no experience and no knowledge of how to rule the mighty kingdom my father had left in my care. It was then that Matilda swore her allegiance to me, and to keep my subjects from disrespecting me, my age and identity were kept a secret.