Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Aww, come on Lotus, you ruined it.” Mr. Aspen was laughing and rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment, but I noticed that his eyes were no longer filled with anger and hatred. What the hell was that. “I had to give you a hard time boy. You’ve never met any of us and it was an opportunity that I just couldn’t pass up.”
“R-really?” I wasn’t sure how to react right now.
“Come on, loosen up. It was just a joke.” With that, Mr. Aspen threw his arm around my shoulder and pulled me into a tight hug. “We’ve got another member of the family now, after all, it’s a time to celebrate.”
“Don’t worry Cedar, my dad is very nice, he just looks mean.” Casey’s sweet smile helped to settle my nerves a little.
After that we enjoyed a quick chat with some drinks and snacks. I had been told not to eat anything that a Fae gave you, but I also couldn’t refuse. I knew that Casey wouldn’t let anything bad happen to me.
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Acacia
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The meeting with my family was going really well. I knew that my dad was going to pull that mean schtick because he had done the same when my older sisters got married. He always pretends to be a hard ass when one of us leave the house.
After we had a light snack it was time for me and Cedar to head to the throne room. I had to follow schedules whenever I visited my aunt since she was not just family she was the one in charge of us all. I couldn’t even refer to her as family when we were around other people.
When we were with the other members of the court she was Queen Gloriana, when we were in her private quarters she was Aunt Glory. I love my aunt dearly. She is a wonderful person and I just know that Cedar and her will get along really well.
We walked hand in hand again as I led him down the hall to the throne room. When we went inside I saw that the full court had been assembled. There were six nobles on either side of the long aisle in their lesser throne like seats.
At the far end of the room on a raised dais sat the largest of all the thrones. In that throne was Queen Gloriana. She was sitting there in a flowing white gown that covered everything except her hands and everything from the shoulders up.
Queen Gloriana was gracing us with her beauty right now. He long, flowing, black hair that reached down to her bottom, the wonderfully luminescent shade of her sky blue eyes, the pale, nearly perfectly white shade of her skin. She was beautiful and wonderful.
When we got to the end of the carpet that led to her throne we both lowered ourselves to one knee, kneeling in respect for her.
“Please rise, children.” I didn’t know how Cedar would like being called a child right now, but in truth he was a child compared to Queen Gloriana.
I pulled Cedar back to his feet as I fluidly stood, I had been practicing these motions for a long time.
“Good afternoon to you, Queen Gloriana. I am pleased to introduce to you my soulmate, Cedar.”
“Is that a joke?” a voice came from my left. It was Jasper, a Gnome that lived up to the nasty human rumors about them. He was an asshole, plain and simple.
“Is what a joke, Sir Jasper?” I hated that I had to use that title for him, he didn’t deserve that kind of respect.
“His name of course. Is that meant to be a joke toward us. His name is not really Cedar. You’re just using that to make it seem like he is meant to be with you more.”
“No, that really is my name. I am Cedar Woods, and my sister is Juniper. We were named after trees.”
“Really?” The Queen was quite intrigued. “Everyone is dismissed, I will not have this antagonism in my court right now. Acacia, child, will you and your new soulmate follow me?”
She rose to her feet then and walked to the left side of the hall. It led to a hallway that would go directly to her private room. Cedar seemed nervous now but I still pulled him along beside me. When we got into the room where my aunt could toss aside her royal attitude she turned to look at me with the loving eyes of a family member.
“Casey, my dear sweet niece, I am so happy for you.” She held her hands out to me, ready for a hug.
“Huh?” It seemed that Cedar wasn’t expecting this development. I don’t blame him. I hadn’t talked too much about my family, for fear that he would be scared off too soon.
“Cedar, it is a pleasure to meet you. You will take good care of my niece for me, won’t you?”
There were some tense moments, but for the most part the meeting with my aunt went well. And she showed an interest in meeting with Cedar’s Alpha and Luna, King Joaquin and Queen Riviana. She like the idea of us uniting our people and forming a strong bond between the Fae and the shifters.
We are going to be staying in the compound for a few days, I think Cedar will adjust to all of this by the time we leave. I hope so anyway.
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Cedar
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Adjusting to the fact that Casey was the Queen’s niece was the biggest struggle I had to come to terms with while I was here in the Fae compound. I had dealt semi easily with the fact that she was one of eighteen siblings. I had come to understand her dad’s unique sense of humor. I had learned that her mom was the most caring person there ever was.
Everything was easy for me to understand, everything except that she was technically royalty. How did I not know that before coming here? I wish she would have told me sooner. Then again I might have flipped out if I knew sooner.
I didn’t mind though. I had quite enjoyed my time with her family. I had also learned that Casey was one of the youngest in the family. And that each set of the siblings was approximately twenty years apart. The oldest were a set of triplets that were one hundred and fifty-one years old, then the next set the twins aged one hundred and thirty. The first set of quints was next and they were one hundred and eleven. Then Casey’s set of quints was eighty-nine, and last was the other triplets that were sixty-eight. Casey’s mom and dad were a lot older, three hundred and twenty-seven and four hundred and thirty-two respectively. Apparently age gaps were very common around here.
One day while we were still staying with her family in the castle Casey went shopping with her sisters and her mom asked to speak with me. I would have been nervous if it wasn’t for the fact that Lotus was very sweet and kind.
Lotus, who looked so much Casey, or should I say that Casey looked like her, had asked me to come into the library. I thought it was just going to be the two of us but Ash was waiting for us in the room, a book in his hand while he sat leisurely in an armchair.
“Good of you to join us.” Ash smiled as he set his book aside and stood to walk closer to me.
