A weekter, the wolves flew to Lycan territory again to attend
Lucianne’s coronation. Every living creature from Blue Crescent flew
over, and they left the safety of their pack to the warriors from an ally
pack.
Every Lycan and werewolf who wasn''t at the ceremony turned on their
televisions or went online to watch the live broadcast, even the
prisoners. Greg sat in the cafeteria with a few new friends he made,
beaming as Lucianne’s face came on screen.
In a separate prison, the Aphaels and Tanners stared at the screen with
zero enthusiasm. Livia was the only one with a scorn when Lucianne’s
face came into view.
In each of their solitary confinement units, the Kyltons were barking
expletives when the police brought in high resolution televisions in
compliance with the order of His Royal Highness. Their legs were tied to
a chair, and their hands were tied together a s two policemen held each
of their chairs from behind. Although distasteful to their sights, none of
the Kyltons thought to close their eyes to avoid having to watch the
coronation.
Kelissa shouted and screamed as her tears of anger continued to
stream down her very-flustered face. Her nostrils red and beads of
sweat appeared on her forehead from how much strength she exerted
when she screamed like a mentally-unstable patient. When the
policemen with her decided that they didn’t want to go deaf, they got
some duct tape and taped it over the heiress’s mouth, appreciating the
more tolerable muffles as they watched the coronation on the
television with her.
At the ceremony, Lucianne walked down the red carpet in a lc gown
designed and made by Hale. Her half-tied hairstyle showed her full
face. Many from the press took the liberty to point out that Lucianne
disregarded royal tradition when she smiled and waved to attendees
who were mostly her friends and allies instead of looking straight
ahead and walking down the carpet with a poker face like past Queens.
Her favorite nephew, Liam, suddenly had the physical strength to pull
his tiny hand away from Hale, and he dashed towards Lucianne before
his parents could stop him.
Instead of asking him to return to his seat, Lucianne held Liam''s hand
and continued walking down the carpet. Russell came shortly after,
taking Lucianne’s other hand. These two boys who seeded in
breaking away from their parents’ hold seemed to have encouraged the
other kids to do the same.
Many more children left their parents side, and dashed towards the
Queen without knowing that it vited the formalities of the ceremony.
The guards could only catch and stop a few of them but most of the
children got through with their small size, and they crowded around
Lucianne, walking with her with wide grins and cheeky smiles,
disregarding their embarrassed parents who were hissing at them. Juan
himself hid his face in his hands before Lucianne mind-linked him that
it was okay.
Christian and many others in attendance were alreadyughing at how
the guards were struggling to scoop up a few kids at once. Only when
Lucianne told them that it was okay did the guards set the children
back on the ground. The sight of a group of children around Lucianne
was humorous for some like Christian and Toby: was heartwarming for
those like Annie and Hale; and was beautiful and amazing for Xandar. 2
Before he met Lucianne, he had only ever scared kids away. This was a
sight that he could never conjure up even if he stretched his
imagination to its limit. “Thank you, Moon Goddess. You''ve given this
Kingdom your most precious gift, and I swear that I will love and
protect her for as long as I live’, Xandar muttered in gratitude. The
crown and cloak he wore were bothersome on a warm day but his mate
seemed to have melted away any difort that he was feeling.
When Lucianne reached the raised tform where Xandar and the
archbishop were, she told the kids to wait for her on the lower step,
and they all nodded obediently. Liam let go of his aunt''s hand, and
Russell did the same when Xandar came to offer Lucianne his hand. As
soon as she stepped on the elevated tform with his help, the
audience went wild, cheering and pping even though Lucianne
wasn''t technically crowned yet.
The archbishop had a microphone pinned to his robe, so he
commented in amusement, “Looks like my services are not needed
after all. How about we just skip to the buffet, everyone?”
The crowd burst outughing, and the journalists took note that even
the archbishop broke tradition when he joked like that. The archbishop
then got Xandar and Lucianne to stand a meter apart facing each other.
After requesting Xandar to thrust his right arm and holding it straight in
Lucianne’s direction, the archbishop asked Lucianne to do the same
with her left arm. Their hands held the area below each other''s wrists,
and the archbishop opened his small notebook and began reciting
from it.
Xandar''s gaze of pride never left his mate''s ck and lc orbs, which
she held with honor. At the end of the archbishop''s short recital, he got
Lucianne to repeat after him. “I, Lucianne Freesia Paw, solemnly promise
and swear to rule and gover the creatures of this Kingdom in
ordance with itsws, alongside His Royal Highness, King Alexandar
Thomas w.” 1
“I promise and swear to protect the Kingdom and the creatures herein,
doing what is needed and required of me.”
The archbishop then said, “...as I have always done before this day.”
Lucianne blinked in surprise before she turned to the archbishop, a way
of asking him whether he made an error on that part. That
wasn''t in the rehearsal when they practised two days ago. He simply
smiled and waited for her to repeat after him, and when Lucianne''s
sights returned to her mate, he was looking at her with a cheeky glint in
his eye and a more visible upward curl of his lips. This was his doing.
She pressed back a smile and repeated, “As I have always done before
this day.”
The archbishop beamed and continued another set of lines that were
neither in the rehearsal nor were they in any oath taken by rulers before
Lucianne. Christian''s not-so-subtle chuckle in the background and
Xandar''s glowing smile showed that they nned this with the
archbishop.
The archbishop came to the end, which was the cue for Lucianne to
repeat everything he just said. She blushed, and couldnt press back her
smile any longer as she repeated those words, the very same set of
words she uttered in the dining hall after Xandar spoke about the Jewel
Pack incident, “You can be assured that I will not stop until everyst
threat has been neutralized. I will not give up even when I''m weakened.
I will fight alongside you, and together, we will win.”
A roar of enthusiastic and deafening apuse and cheers followed, and
the media was excitedly taking note of the modified oath. The oath was
never altered in any way for centuries, so it was a surprise for it to be
changed today.
The fifth tradition that was broken was the fact that Lucianne remained
standing when Xandar began lowering the crown over her head Xandar
explicitly told her and the archbishop that he will not have Lucianne
kneel and bow to him like past Kings. If she did so, even by an inch,
they would have to redo the entire ceremony.
When the crown had been ced on his mate''s head, the King nted
a deep kiss on her forehead, which was the sixth tradition that was
broken. The final one broken for the day was when Xandar held onto
her small hand, and got down on one knee before tilting his head
downwards. His voice rang through the microphone pinned to his robe
and amplified through the speakers when h e said in a firm, thunderous
voice, “My Queen.”
Everyone knelt and bowed to their Queen with nothing but eagerness,
devotion and admiration. Lucianne bowed to the crowd in return, and
everyone stood when she stood. As the King rose, the Queen pecked a
kiss at the back of his hand, a gesture he returned by pecking a light
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When the ceremony was over, everyone adjourned to the dining hall
for the buffet. Lucianne and Xandar took off their crowns and the King
slid off the cloak before they joined the others. Xandar was speaking to
Ken and many other retired pack leaders, whereas Lucianne was
mingling with Yarrington and the wolves who were talking about
education.
As Lucianne listened to Gamma Benedict, she noticed her vision
blurring. Her legs got weaker before she heard Xandar yell her name
from across the hall as she passed out.