Obsession: the Lycan king's Human Mate

"Really?" Adeline spoke with a mouthful of cake, "What about now?" 

"Nothing—"

The doors opened and Cassandra barged in. She walked into the kitchen before standing above the girls sitting on the floor eating cake. 

With her hands on her waist she narrowed her eyes to the two of them before addressing, "Ashlynn, why would you not tell me that Adeline was here?" 

"And you," her eyes moved to the young soon to be queen, "do you have any idea how much work we have left? You are here eating cake when I have to make preparations for your coronation?" 

"That's why," Ashlynn clicked her tongue. 

Adeline took a huge bite of the chocolate cake before talking, "why can't we just put a Crown on my head and call it a day?" 

The horror on the queen mother's face was alarming. "And what?!" She snapped, "withall of the coronation ceremonies done all around the world and in different realms you just want me to put a Crown on your head and call it a day?!" 

The face of the elder woman had reddened and her chest heaved as if she had run a mile. The burden of responsibilities regarding the ceremonies clearly rested on her shoulders and the stress was getting to her.

"Uh oh," Ashlynn passed a 'you're done' smile to Adeline before winking and shoving her face with the mouth full of cake. 

"Come on," Cassandra picked Adeline up by her hand "I would have never known that you were here had it not been your grand aunt calling me and informing that she was coming over to oversee the preparations!" Cassandra plucked the fork out of Adeline's hand, "it is someone in your family who is taking it seriously!" 

Jenna; it was expected from her to take everything seriously given that she was way more old school than her uncle was. And her uncle was also old school. 

Before she knew it, Adaline was being dragged away from the cake that she had baked with her friend. 

Ashlynn grinned at Adaline, showing her chocolate stained teeth before stabbing the chocolate cake and shoving another huge bite in her mouth.

"Ashlynn," Cassandra snapped, stopping midway to the door and turning back to the girl sitting on the floor eating cake, "do I Have give you a separate invitation?" 

Her eyes widened, and within seconds Cassandra dragged Adaline and Ashlynn together. 

*****

The coronation did not revolve around the dresses like her mating and marking ceremony had been. It was much bigger than that. 

This ceremony revolved around crowning her which had led Adaline to stand in a room filled with diamonds and stones so beautiful that she refused to look away. 

Even Ashlynn looked enchanted with all of them. 

The jeweller, royal Jeweller, was waiting by her side as he informed her about it all. 

"A few pictures that you can select from and even the crowns of Lunas before you. You can select one from them as their representation and carry on the line age but you can also have a new one made." 

Adeline nodded absentmindedly. 

Her eyes remained on the news that she had only seen on TV or maybe in a jewellery store. 

All of this as told by the jeweller, belonged to her, because she was the queen and by right possessed all of this. 

"You know you can have a new one made?" Ashlynn whispered, standing close to her. "Maybe, make a moderate one and give it to me?" Her eyes shined with hope and the evil side of Adaline wanted to squish it for fun. 

"Adaline can do it whenever she wants but just not now." Jenna spoke from behind them, next to Cassandra clearly having heard the conversation. "At the moment the crown is supposed to be the priority." 

The crown. Adeline gulped. 

It was so difficult to choose which one she wanted. The moment she was looking at tens of them and maybe 1000 more in drawings. How to mention the fact that they were also different crowns laid in front of her from the previous Queens. 

All of this was there and yet she was forgetting to mention the different stones and diamonds that she could choose to have made a custom one. 

"It's too difficult," Adaline admitted, coming to her family members. "I can't use or come up with one." 

Cassandra and Jenna exchanged a glance before nodding hesitantly. 

Jenna was the one to speak up first. "Perhaps we can look through the catalogue. You might have to decide within the end of the week." 

Her eyebrows shot up. "The end of the week?" 

Jenna nodded and so did Cassandra. Ashlynn found a Crown on her own. 

They seemed pretty firm on this which is why Adeline decided to go with the fact that it would be better if she took a week to make her decision regarding this. 

It was explained by Cassandra that the Crown she would choose would be the one she would have to wear in every official gathering where it would be required which kind of made it a big deal. 

As it was nearing the end of the day and the time that she had to leave for her house, she made her way to the floor where the administrative department was or the Floor where Xavier operated. 

After the frequent visits she knew where his office was. The office of the king was more Grand than his rooms were and surely betrayed the fact that no expense was spared. 

Taking a seat on the visiting chairs, she waited for him before starting to check through the catalogue. 

It was after sometime when her eyes started to wander around and landed on the portrait of her mate. 

It was him, dressed includes that were definitely meant for ceremonies with the Crown on his head that she had seen from where. 

She gasped and remembered where she had seen it. 

Finally, Adeline smiled, knew which crown to pick. 

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I have been called for an emergency and unfortunately this is all I could come up with. Hopefully, friday would do us good!