Chapter 261. Strange

TAWNY

7 MONTHS AGO

A PROLOGUE TO: THE BETA AND JEWEL THIEF - BOOK 6

I look at Mason, the warrior were-cat that my best friend and now Queen, Lamia sent to accompany me to the were-cat Kingdom.

"Nervous?" He asked.

I smiled politely, "Have you ever been here?" I ask him, deflecting from answering the question. I was nervous as shit, but I refused to let anyone see how much. I had spent the better part of my life timid and weak. I was no longer that girl and refused to show any insecurities.

"Nope, but I have met many fellow were-cats from the Kingdom after Queen Lamia opened a trading route with them." He said proudly.

I hum in response. I met Lamia a few years ago when my father and I came to live in the Royal Moon Pack, the capital of the werewolf Kingdom. She saved my ass from another kicking the day I met her, and we became the best of friends. Unfortunately, sad times were thrust against her and in a