The Lycan Kings Substitute Wife

Prologue

In the dawn of the sixteenth hundreds, the Lycans came out of hiding and brought war upon the Humans. The Lycans were all powerful and skilled in combat, unlike the feeble Humans. They conquered the Humans and ruled over them. The Lycan King was cruel and turned each and every Human into a slave or a sex worker.

From the slaves came a man with the name Vitalis. He despised the werewolves and their rule, along with some other Humans. They learnt combat skills from watching the Lycan army train. Once they became strong, they led a war against the Lycans.

They were strong but not as strong as the Lycans. They fought well and they slayed one-fourth of the Lycans, while their numbers remained less than half. The Lycan King decided to end the war by bringing forth a proposition.

He offered a treaty for peace to reign, he wanted to form an alliance—a marital one. He wanted to marry the daughter of Vitalis who he thought was beautiful. Vitalis was reluctant but the other Humans convinced him to relent, that his sacrifice would last for generations to come.

Vitalis agreed and gave his daughter's hand in marriage to the Lycan King. Because of the bravery and sacrifice made by Vitalis, he was crowned the King of the Humans. The treaty of peace would hold so long as every hundred years, a Vitalis daughter would marry the then Lycan King.

But they could not predict what would befall them in the late eighteenth hundreds.

Chapter 1

Hope

"Light, are you ready?" I asked my twin, and her light green, siren eyes glinted in excitement and mischief as she nodded.

We both took off our robes after that, leaving our bodies bare, and we dived into the open lake, making a loud splash sound. The lake was cold but our blood were hot. Once we resurfaced, our smiles mirrored each other.

Even though we were twins, we looked nothing alike. Our only similarities were the shape of our eyes—siren—and the colors of our hair—black, and while I wore my long, Light wore hers short. That was were the similarities stopped, we even had different mannerisms.

We danced inside the lake, giggling, playing, and singing. Crows flew above us in the bright sky, making sounds. I looked up, watching them for a while before I turned my attention back to Light.

"I'm going to miss you." I said in a whisper and she smiled, sadly, then burst into a fit of laughter.

"Stop talking like I'm going away forever. I'm just getting married, it's not that huge. Besides, you can come visit me anytime you want." She said in a flippant tone, then started swimming back to shore.

I trailed after her. By the time I got back to the land, she had already worn her robe and was drying her hair. I walked out from the water and did the same.

"Really? I can come visit anytime?" I asked in an uncertain tone and she nodded, throwing the towel away.

"You can even come live with Darius and I." She suggested.

"Darius…" I repeated. The name sounded bitter in my tongue. He was the Lycan King that Light was going to marry.

I had only met him once, and that was when my family and I were invited to the Lycan Palace for Light's engagement two years ago. He was mean and looked like he wanted to kill everyone on sight.

Somehow, Light said that was just his resting face and that he was very nice—at least to her. I didn't think he was nice. I was afraid for my sister who was going to chain herself down to him.