Chapter 1574
---- 330. THE FESTIVAL OF CONQUEST NARRATOR Even with the negotiations and no matter how much the adults agreed, if the bride didn't want it... Fenrir was royally screwed, and not in the good way. Valeria almost wanted to punish him for real when she heard what he'd done. But seeing his spirits sunk and so sad, she even felt sorry for him. "Raven, I have to do something, poor thing. Please, help me talk to that girl alone..." She took the Centuria Alpha's hands. Both of them were in the tiny sitting room of the swamp cabin. "Abigail is very sweet, but she's pretty hard-headed.
Let's see if Anastasia can convince her first..." Raven answered with a sigh. "She's not going to give in that easily." A woman's voice at the doorway made them turn. Hannah's cheeks flushed red at being the center of attention. She saw Raven like an aunt, her Alpha and family, but now she also stood in front of her mother-in-law, and the Selenia was ---- pretty intimidating Even so, Valeria's sharp gaze softened when she saw her. "I thought that son of mine would finally come introduce his mate to me properly." Valeria stepped closer to the winter woman, who was taller than her.
But the power pouring from every pore of the Selenia's body was overwhelming. "H-He's on his way, but he was checking on Fenrir. I came ahead, "Hannah went stiff as a dead frog when Valeria took her hands. "Easy, little one, don't be afraid. Do I look like a nightmare mother -in-law to you?" The queen joked a bit because she felt the tremble in Hannah's fingers. She liked her right away, seeing her up close and confirming that, yes, Hannah seemed like a good woman. "No... you're... incredible, like my Centuria Queen," Hannah confessed the plain truth and then turned even redder.
"Look at this pup learning how to flatter her elders!" Raven and Valeria laughed a little more at her shyness "Come on, sit with us and please help us, because we're lost," Valeria immediately drafted her in as an accomplice. ---- "Well, actually, I thought of something..." Hannah admitted. She and her mother had talked it over. They'd cook up a plan to get those two blockheads together, or their wedding would be set for "Octember." "We're all ears..." Valeria looked at her with interest and hope.
'eho Fenrir was practically hopping on one foot from excitement Turns out there was a festival of conquest tonight, or something like that. Anyway, swamp things, and now he felt like part of the local flora and fauna! Plus, there were prizes, and one of them was his beloved mate! He could win a few hours with her and be rewarded if he made it to the end of that crazy, wild obstacle race. Piece of cake for him, even if they didn't allow shifting to his animal form. With alcohol in the barrels and hot stew bubbling in the pots, the 'swamp pack was ready to party.