The royal seals…
Only two royal seals existed which were to be given to the reigning monarch.
An Alpha King and a Luna Queen of a royal werewolf kingdom were each granted a royal seal stamp. The royal seals had a head of a wolf and a crown on top of it. But there were differences between them.
The Alpha King seal had a sun engraved on the forehead of the head of the wolf which means the one who is leading the external affairs and monarch while the Luna Queen seal had a crescent moon engraved on the forehead which means the one who is leading the internal affairs and the mate of the Alpha King.
External affairs were the duties need to be settled by the Alpha King by attending meetings with political and economical reasons with the court officials while internal affairs were the duties of the Luna Queen by auditing the account books, hosting parties or events in the palace, and even commanding the palace maids in settling the whole palace.
The Luna Queen could attend and join in the court officials if being granted by the Alpha King. Those were the roles Claude and I are playing right now.
Announcing a decree was as strong as a royal seal. Each of them served as a monarch’s seal of approval, meaning this was contained as the monarch’s wishes or commands.
I clenched my hands upon remembering the words from Claude that he would take away the Luna Queen seal once we returned.
I would lose my power as the Luna Queen once that happens. Meaning, I won’t be able to order people around anymore regardless if I was still marked as the Luna Queen.
‘His Majesty has been diverting the plans you and other Generals had concocted. He wanted to change the course of finishing the war with fewer casualties from the military. He already entrusted the authority to General Cairo. That is the only information I can bestow you, Your Majesty.’
I opened my eyes and looked at Cloudy who was busy latching at one of my nipples. ‘Thank you for the information, Lieutenant Commander Lycan. You have risked your military rank just to bestow me the progress of the war.’
‘You still have the right to know it, Your Majesty. I shall go back to my post before the knights would notice why I am approaching your tent. I don’t want them to suspect me that I am mind-linking you.’
I nodded my head. ‘Yes. Thank you again.’
I sighed as soon as I heard his footsteps walking away. I couldn’t help smiling since it has been a while since Lieutenant Commander Lycan spoke to me. We usually spoke when it came to military topics but we rarely spoke about something else.
I was surprised one day that he started mind-linking me. I thought that he was kidding at first that he started updating me about the situation but I was actually surprised that he was risking his rank just to inform me.
I lowered my gaze and softened when Cloudy fell asleep. I stood up and swayed him in my arms, planting a soft kiss on his forehead.
Tomorrow, we will be returning to the palace. I was doing everything I could to cherish my moments with my son. Claude would take him away from me for a month as a sanction. I even had to settle in the northside.
With my actions, I would also lose my right as the Luna Queen.
“Don’t worry, Cloudy. We will see each other again. One month is not that long…” My soft voice croaked as I couldn’t help shedding tears.
I even had no idea how I would be able to live without having my son in my arms. I felt like half of my body would be buried in the ground. I could already tell that I would be courting my death already.
“Cloudy… Don’t forget Mommy, okay?” I sobbed softly and hugged my son.
I am going to miss him… I hope I will be able to survive without having Cloudy in my arms. I would try my best to stay strong just for my son.
I wiped my tears as soon as I placed Cloudy in his cradle before I returned to my journal to vent out my emotions. If I were to die, I want my son or if I would be lucky to be granted another pup, I wanted them to know that I cherished them so much.
I came unprepared to become a mother but I am willing to learn despite that I even had to endure everything.
Later that night, Claude didn’t visit my tent to see our son. I wasn’t disappointed anyway but something inside me felt hurt. Even my wolf was feeling hurt, too but we had to set aside our feelings just for the sake of our son.
My wolf and I felt more responsible to be with Cloudy than fixing our relationship with Claude. It was hard to show him the trust I broke since Claude would be having a hard time trusting me again.
I woke up in the middle of the night, feeling groggy when Cloudy cried so loud. I rubbed my eyes and yawned, feeling exhausted.
“Cloudy…” I murmured his name, half-asleep.
I was about to get up when I felt a pair of hands halt me and return my back from lying in the bed. “I’ll handle it.”
I furrowed my eyebrows as I shivered upon hearing Claude’s voice. “Claude?” I tried to open my eyes but I failed as I was still sleepy and tired from waking up every two hours to feed Cloudy.
“Yes, it’s me,” he said softly.
“Cloudy…” I yawned as sleep wanted to succumb to my whole being.
“Go back to sleep. It is my turn to take care of him. I’ll have him drink the milk formula.”
“O-Okay…” I felt relieved at his words.
“Have a good night, my love. I am proud of you as Cloudy’s mother.” I heard him whispering something in my ear but I wasn’t able to comprehend it as I let the drowsiness succumb to me.
The next morning, I woke up hearing Cloudy giggling from outside. I washed my face before I decided to get out of the tent. I flinched when I was being blocked by the two crossed spears by Claude’s knights meaning that I wasn’t allowed to go out of the tent despite that I am the Luna Queen.
Sighing, I turned to one of the royal knights. “Where is Claude? Where did he take my son again?”
He bowed before me after settling his spear beside him. “His Majesty took Prince Claudian for a stroll. He informed us that if ever you look for him, we must tell you that Your Majesty shouldn’t feel disturbed as His Majesty will not take away Prince Claudian,” he said.
I smiled bitterly as I nodded. “Right… He really wants to slap it to my face about the fact that he wouldn’t be like me…” I murmured which alarmed the royal knights. I looked up and saw them panicking.
“S-Shall we summon His Majesty, Your Majesty, Luna Queen Rachelle?”
I dismissed him. “No need. Summon the servants he brought here. I want to take a bath already,” I ordered.
I inhaled and exhaled, containing my emotions. I mustn’t feel emotional today. I must stay strong.
You can do this, Rachelle. You can survive this. I know you can do it. I chanted so I wouldn’t dare to cry again.
There was no need to be saddened about this as I already accepted that everything would be crumbled down for Claude and me. But deep inside, I was still hoping that we could still fix this.
“I really hope…” I murmured as I got teary-eyed.