Category : Books-Fiction

Sub Category : Romance

35 girls. 1 crown. 1 prince. 1 Killer. 

The Search a competition that can come into your life only once, The dazzling dresses the shiny jewelries but only one will remain the decisions are up to the Moon goddess. 


Now tell me are you up to the crown or to the man? 

Chapter 1 

"You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep reading the last one."

"Scarlet," Mom crowed, jarring me from my sleep.

She drew the curtains of my room open, and the sunshine burned my eyes first thing in the morning, I sighed as I rubbed my hands into them, trying to adjust.

"Wake up Scarlet, I have something to tell you!" My mom chirped. I looked over at the alarm clock. Just past eight in the morning and yet I'm still asleep.

"Is it to sleep more?"I mumbled.

"No, honey, sit up. I have something serious to discuss." I put myself into a sitting position, clothes rumpled and hair sticking out in strange directions.

What could be more important than sleep?

Mom probably noticed that I was still half asleep because she clapped her hands over and over.

"C'mon Lou, I need you to wake up!"

I yawned. Twice.

"What is it?" I asked

"Remember the search?" my mom asked.

Yeah, that stupid competition for the future king of the werewolf race which will be held 7 months before the Prince's 18th birthday and 35 stupid girls would be selected from the thousands of applicants. They say that the Royals don't have mates, that's why they have those competitions.

"Mom, of course I do, " I answered. "But, why would you want to talk about it first thing in the morning? It's still eight in the morning, for fuck's sake!"

"Language, Scar!" My mom yelled. "Well you see," My mom began. "It's already the time of the year. The palace messenger just announced it earlier,"

I yawned. "So? Do I really have to know that?" 

"Can't you see? This is your chance!" My mom encouraged.

Does she really think I could be chosen? She must be out of her mind.

"I'll think about it." I whispered which I was pretty sure she heard. After that, she walked out of my room and closed the door.

Goodness! Since the news was announced, my mother was ecstatic. Singing while cooking; Gosh, she even exclaimed that all of our problems will be solved, and how I truly was a blessing from the moon Goddess!  

I just rolled my eyes in annoyance.

It has always been me.

The one working all day long. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I'm complaining or anything.
I love my family, but I feel like my mom is treating me like a tool used for living. I know she doesn't mean it that way, besides I don't want to see my family getting harmed, I still remember the day when they whipped my brother Kurt in the Market.

Why?

Because he stole some fruit in the market. An adult would have had gone to jail or have a death penalty, though it depends on the value of what was stolen.

My little Kurt was only nine, so he was beaten. Me and my mom didn't have the money to take him to a proper doctor, that's when I obtained my "Aire" or should I say, 'healing ability', I obtained it a week after Kurt was whipped, and I healed Kurt just in time.

Though he had a single scar on his back.

"But that only proves how strong he is." My wolf spoke.

"You're right," I smiled at myself ".. Kurt is a strong boy" I breathed as the memories flood back into my mind.

That night was one of my worst nights ever, I cried for an hour at that night.

I don't want to feel like that anymore about how if I'd only worked harder, if I only got my Aire earlier, Kurt wouldn't have had to steal. How it was so unfair that Kurt had to be hurt because I had failed.

A tear slowly rolled out of my eye, I tried to wipe them but they keep coming out.

"It's not your fault," my wolf reassured me. "How many times have I already told you that?"
It was agonizing, because I know she was right. I'm glad that I got a wolf like her.

"Skylar?" I called out to my wolf.

"Yes?" She answered.

"Are you okay about me signing out for the search?" I asked.

"Of course," she beamed.

"But what if we get selected?" I mumbled. "I'm not saying that I know I'll win, but what about our mate?"

The thought of my mate was making me smile, they say that no matter how crumbled or crushed you are your mate will ease the pain. "I care about your family," she stated. "But I also want to be with my mate, but there is a chance that he would be there!" She exclaimed.

Just hearing her voice in my head I know she's excited to meet her mate, the only thing that is bringing her down is me, she deserves better. I feel so sorry for her to be stuck with me. I blocked her out for now because I just made up my mind; I'm going to sign up for the search.

I walked through our house, our house wasn't really big. In fact, it's really small since there was only the three of us since my dad died and we weren't rich, but I still feel the comfort from our house. Our house has 2 rooms, the first room was mom and Kurt's room. I wouldn't call it their room since it was pretty much also our living room.

It's not fancy like others house. Anyway, their room has a queen sized bed made of wood and a small bed for Kurt, and there's my room..

It's pretty small and untidy but I'm trying to clean it if I have time, I'm just busy because of work. 

My room has a small bed made of wood painted in white and the walls were painted in white.

Since our house was so small, I found Kurt in just a second sitting on the floor studying. "

"Kurt, have you seen mom?" I asked.

"I think she's doing some laundry, another batch of clothes came from the Alpha and Luna just came earlier." he replied "Oh, and by the way, Aunt Marie's son got into a huge fight and she asked if you could treat him, she'll pay you." Kurt added

"I'll visit them after I pay mom a visit, 'kay?" He just gave me a nod.

God, he really likes to study and I want to offer him more books to read.

I ran through the back door and found mom right away. As I watched my mom as she did some laundry, even though her hands were already tired made me tear up. She shouldn't be doing this! She's already forty-two years old, she could be relaxing by now, like the other mothers. I sighed as I blink the tears away. I marched through my mother with a smile on my face. "Hey there mom." I called.

As she heard my voice, she quickly turned her attention to me and gave me a smile. I could already see the wrinkles in her face.

"Let me help you with that." I requested, reaching out to help her. "So," I began "I decided to sign up for the search." I confessed.

As soon as I said those words her face lit up and smiled at me "Really?!" She gasped. I could sense the excitement in her tone.

I laughed. "Really." I responded. "You should go and take a rest. I'll finish this and stop by at Aunt Marie's place 'cause her son is injured." I stated.

"Okay honey, I'll leave this up to you. When your done with Aunt Marie, come home as quickly as possible," she chirped "We'll go on shopping!"

Oh, God.

"What?!" I coughed. "For what? We are just wasting our money!" I tried making an excuse. We, it is true. The, we don't have extra money- we only have enough for our living.

"Relax honey, we'll get paid for the laundry. And besides, you'll also get paid when you get home." Mom reassured me. "You need to wear clothing for the Search."

I took a deep breath and sighed, "Fine."

There was no point in arguing with my mother, since I know I'll still lose anyway. So, I didn't waste anymore time. I bid them goodbye's and headed out for Aunt Marie's house. Her house wasn't that far from our house so I could run there. I could feel that my wolf is excited; she haven't run for days. I ran barefoot through the forest, looking around if someone was there. 'Nope, none.' So, I took that chance to undress quickly and started to shift. It wasn't a big deal anymore, but I tell you it was hell when I first shifted.

My wolf original color was white. Yes, I know white is a very rare color of wolves, but the strange thing is she only turns white when I'm scared or in danger, and when I'm just running my wolf is color is pretty much black. I tied my clothes into my legs and started running. Running was the best thing ever because every time you run, your worries will vanish and the only thing you could ever think of is the sound of the twigs breaking or the chirping of birds, and the breeze whispering through your ears. It was a beautiful scenery, but I couldn't stay any longer; I already reached my destination.

I quickly shifted back and united my clothes. I don't care if it's a bit dirty now. The higher ranks always describe us as 'dirty and bad luck' if I heard the rumors right.

As I catched a glimpse of their house, I eventually ran.

They say a woman shouldn't run. Well, fuck whoever came up with some ridiculous things! I believe that anyone can do anything if they have the guts to do it. I reached there, panting.

After a few minutes, my breathing later came back to normal. I sighed as I slowly knocked a few times, no answer. "Is anyone home?" I asked, hoping someone would answer.

As I heard a cracking noise, I immediately straighten my pose and put a smile on my face. I was greeted by Aunt Marie's warm smile.

"So, where is he?" I asked.

"Over there." She responded, pointing her finger to a room.

I gave her a nod and slowly walked over the direction where she pointed. I noticed that the door was open.

As I saw the condition her son was in, I gasped. "How the fuck did this happen?" I looked closely to the sleeping figure. There were bruises and cuts over his face and body, and his right was really showing different colors. Blue and violet. I whimpered as I stared- no. It was really hard to watch.

"Just do your work and get going." My wolf chimed in my thoughts.

"It's not that easy," I stated "but I really want to finish as soon as possible, since I need to go home before dark."

The time passed incredibly fast and it was now almost dark. Good thing he's a werewolf. His wolf can heal him so I only used a bit of my Aire. I put up some bandages, but not too much; I wouldn't want him to look like a mummy.

All done!

I marched through the door quietly, closed the door and walked over to Aunt Marie.

"He's fine now." I assured her.

"Thank you so much," she thanked while handing me a few dollars. "Here."

I reached over her and took the money, as I counted them it was $150. "But this is too much." I mentioned.

"You deserve it," she gave me a smile. "The other pack doctor and the other professional doctors turned us down." She mumbled looking down. "Thank goodness you didn't because I don't know anyone else to treat him."

Why the fuck would they turn them down? His dad is the pack warrior!

I gave her an apologetic smile. "Thanks again, please be careful."

After that I hurriedly came home because it's time for me to focus on "The Search".
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OMG Okay first of all I know IT'S BAD and I need still need to improve so do tell me your honest opinions thank you.