Maya’s POV
While the crowd stood frozen in disbelief, I stood quietly stunned, barely able to process the shimmering ring now encircling my finger.
The ring fit perfectly and delicately around my finger.
It was the stone in the middle that dazzled everyone! It was a huge diamond, fit only for royalty, so luminous it seemed to pulse with breath as though it were alive. My gaze locked onto it, on what it meant, on what it had claimed.
“The size of the stone depicts the goodness of the owner’s character,” an elder whispered to another minister of the council.
“Yes, and I heard that it is auspicious for the pack to get a person claimed by the crystal like that! We are lucky that she will be our Queen.”
“She is truly skilled and compassionate. She proved herself during the rogue battle an
