He smiled as he boasted.

That's why it's called Bloody grounds….. because many were slain for the land.

“The market is more like a dead end of the kingdom. It's an extremely big market, it would take days to go around it”

“Wow”

She said softly urging him to continue

“You'll see many hotels, motels ... .it's almost like a kingdom of its own. Many foreigners of different kingdoms come to shop. The middle bridge is just behind it”

That caught her attention

“The middle bridge?”

“Yes, it's the crossover to any kingdom, the sea divides. That's why it's called the middle bridge”

Ryan felt smarter explaining the simple plans of his kingdom. He took every opportunity to show off. But Scarlett didn't mind, she didn't mind at all. It saved her the stress of asking around.

Soon enough they got to the busy market, and truly it was flooded with different kinds of creatures.

They got to the luxurious shoe shop. It looked like a mall, and everywhere you looked there was a high banded shoe glowing.

The Alpha smiled as he was escorted inside as all the staff gooned over him. It looked like he was pretty popular here.

“Alpha Ryan….we're honoured to have you here”

The wolf who looked like the owner said with a bow. Ryan puffed as he sat down.

“What may we help you with?”

He said with a smile as a few of the staff immediately brought a tray full of snacks and a bottle of wine for him.

“Give her the best show in stock”

He said proudly as the owner immediately bowed and got to looking. She sat there blankly as they paid little to no attention to her, only getting nods in acknowledgement from a few staff. But immediately Ryan pointed at her, all their attention shifted as they wore a smile plastered on their lips.

Immediately boxes of shoes were placed in front of her as they got to sizing and selecting. Ryan was more involved as he made his opinion known, they barely asked for her opinion.

Suddenly a guard walked in and whispered something into the ears of Ryan.

It all came through just as she expected. Rouge wolves had invaded the kingdom, and they needed to be driven out so that no harm could befall the villagers.

Ryan never goes to any fight without her, she had the power to keep him uninjured, and he needed that to brag that he had never been injured in a battle. Scarlett was always willing to follow him, in fact sometimes she asked, she didn't want any harm to befall him. But today more than ever she needs him to go by himself for her plan to work

“Ughh”

She groaned as she immediately caught the attention of everyone in the room.

She immediately waved it off like she was fine, but she clutched her stomach tighter as she started turning pale.

“Get her water”

Ryan yelled as she was immediately given a glass of water.

Mmmm

She was never given a glass in public, commoner's use wooden bowls to drink water, the privilege came with the soon to be Luna title.

“Are you okay my lady?”

Their faces were tense as they waited for her answer.

“No…I would like to rest at the castle”

It was Ryan’s turn to go pale. He needed her, he had just heard that the Kingdom had been invaded. He needed her by his side.

“No you're coming with me”

He bluntly refused, to which Scarlett gave a soft smile and nodded. As she tried to stand she immediately fell to her knees as she started to sweat. Her face was covered in agony. She looked like she was in severe pain.

“Alpha Ryan, she looks like she would collapse if she takes another step”.

The shop owner said as Ryan's face twisted in anger. He knew that the owner was right. This wench really picks the worst time to be sick.

“You..”

He snapped to the guard that came to him.

“Stay here with her, when the other coach arrives, escort her back to the castle”

He gave his order as he immediately stormed out of the shop.

Scarlett's face immediately brightened as she felt a smile creep on her face. But she was still under strict watch so she still had to maintain the act.

Soon enough the coach arrived as she was carefully escorted into the carriage.

“Thank you for stopping by… we would send the rest of the shoes to the castle for the selection”

The owner said as she gave her a soft bow. Smiling back, she fought every urge in her to say that won't be necessary. But it would raise unnecessary suspicion, so she just bit her tongue and nodded.

The carriage began to move as she felt she could breathe again. The guard sent to monitor her sat with the coach, so she sat alone, as she let out a sigh of relief. How did Ryan keep up with this act, she found it exhausting doing it for a day, he must really hate her.

Reaching the middle east she suddenly screamed.

“Stop here”

The carriage came to a halt at once as the guard immediately rushed to her

“Is there a problem my lady?”

He asked he found her struggling to get down from the carriage

“Yes…. I'm trying to get down”

She said as rudely as she could, it was getting dark and she had no more time to waste. She would accomplish more if she acted like a rich snob she was portrayed to be

“I'm sorry my lady I can't allow that”

She snapped at him

“Well I can't throw up in the Alpha's carriage can I”

She said sarcastically, as she placed her arms on her face like she was holding back vomit

The guard was left at cross roads as he looked visibly confused. The alpha clearly gave an instruction, and the lady has always been known as quiet, and polite, so seeing her act up really set him at crossroads….she must really be in pain

“The Alpha won't be pleased that you let his lady ruin her dress because you didn't let her out to vomit”

She had a point as he immediately helped her get down.

“