My sweet, Tyrant Lycan Mate novel Chapter 1

Lily’s POV

“You heard correctly, Beta William. Lily’s name was on the list of the 100 maids to be offered to the Lycan King as tribute in exchange for peace. I’m sorry.”

My jaw fell to the floor and at that moment, hell froze over. I couldn’t tell if I wanted to scream, cry, laugh, or all of the above.

Some 18th birthday this was turning out to be.

First, I stayed up until midnight, excited that I was finally going to get to meet and hear my wolf. When I didn’t hear them, I thought that I was one of the late-bloomers, and I figured that I would hear them while I was at school.

Spoiler: I never did.

So, I was hoping that today was going to be slightly better because Jonathan promised me that he was going to be at school. He planned for us to drive off of campus for a short birthday date.

But then he never showed up.

Honestly, I thought finding out I was wolfless and having my boyfriend ghost me for an entire day was bad enough. Then things just had to get worse.

“This can’t be happening…” My voice was barely above a whisper.

“Did we piss off another pack or something? Why am I on that list?!” My body shook.

Alpha Oscar’s lips downturned slightly but he tried to put on a brave face. “I’m sorry, my dear, I know this is a lot to take in. My hands were tied.”

“Don’t bullshit us!” My dad’s voice cracked. “You practically helped me and Betty raise her! How could you say that your hands were tied, Oscar?”

“William…” My mom placed her hand on my dad’s shoulder. Her eyes were red from crying.

“No, Betty! He needs to hear this!” My dad shouted. “It’s like he doesn’t care that he’s sending our daughter to an early grave!”

“I-I just don’t understand, Alpha Oscar…” I looked at our Alpha; my uncle. “This is the Lycan King we’re talking about. He tortures people for his amusement, and murders anyone who says his name in the slightest tone of disrespect. What will 100 defenseless girls do to stop him?”

“Lily doesn’t deserve a life where she has to look over her shoulder 24/7, Oscar!” My dad roared. “What if Lily breathes the wrong way when he’s in an ill mood?!”

“Remember the group of werewolves whose heads he left at foot of Blackwell Hills? They thought they could rob him because he was the only one of their kind left…” My mom shivered.

“You’re sending these girls to their deaths!”

My heart sank at the thought of being anywhere near the Lycan King, and now I was going to be his maid. I couldn’t quiet the thoughts in my head that told me this was the last time I was going to see the light of day.

Why did it have to be like this?

Decades ago, lycans used to roam the world. For the longest time, humans thought that “lycans” was just another term for “werewolf.”

They were wrong, though. The lycans were stronger and had abilities that none of us could comprehend. If anything, they ruled over us werewolves for a while.

But one by one, the lycans started to disappear. No one knew why. Rumors started to spread but it was nearly impossible to pinpoint the real reason why they were vanishing.

Some say they practiced taboo occult magic and that they prayed to a demon god. It was said that on the full moon of every month, they would kidnap a child as a sacrifice to their deity.

Another rumor was that groups of lycans were slaughtering small towns of humans to satisfy their growing hunger. At one point, the police got involved and found that a small downtown area of people disappeared without a trace.

Regardless of what the real reason was, one thing was certain.