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Mated To The Werewolf King: Relationships at the Start

Rue's Parents Mix Warning With Reassurance

Meet them in the first five chapters See the ebook edition

This opening note focuses on the first paragraphs of chapter 1. The free reading sample contains five complete chapters.

Relationships in the opening

Rue's Parents Mix Warning With Reassurance

After discovering Rue's eavesdropping, her parents respond with different kinds of care. Her father stresses the danger posed by powerful visitors, while her mother tempers correction with humor, touch, and affirmation of her daughter's worth. Their responses are not simply strictness against kindness: both address a child who does not yet grasp the prejudice surrounding her, balancing the need to warn her with the desire not to diminish her confidence.

How do Rue's parents try to protect both her safety and her sense of worth, and where do those aims pull apart?

Read the scene in chapter 1