Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Watch your mouth, you cunt.” Joaquin growled at her.
“Fuck off, dog boy.”
“You-.”
“Enough!” I yelled at the two of them so they would stop their arguing. “I will take care of her, Joaquin, stand down.” He finally stepped back and tried to calm down. “Now, Hibiscus, tell me how you got the magic that you have now. You and the others told me that you barely had any magic to speak of.”
“I have always had the power of words. I just never told anyone. If I did, it would have been stripped away from me years ago when we locked away our darkness. As for the other power, I made a deal with the devil to get it.” She cackled like the joke was the best thing in the world.
“I am serious, Hibiscus. Answer the question.”
“You got my answer. I will say no more.” She glared at me. “Accept it and kill me or keep me alive to ask more, that is your choice.”
I looked to my side and saw Athair m貌r and then Aunt Glory, both of them nodded at me telling me that it was time to end this.
“Fine.” I looked back at the condemned woman. “Hibiscus, you have been found guilty of your crimes against the Fae. For that you are sentenced to death.”
“I would do it again. I would do it all again if I had the chance.”
It was clear that Hibiscus had lost all touch with reality. She repeated those words and cackled like a movie version of a witch or villain as the three of us approached her. I knew that Aunt Glory would most likely use her light magic for the execution. Athair m貌r would be using his water magic for his part of it. That left me to round out the three with nature magic.
I released the whip from Hibiscus’s body and then it was all over in the blink of an eye without so much as a drop of blood landing on any of us. It was quite the gruesome sight to behold though, to be honest. Aunt Glory had sent a spear of pure light piercing through Hibiscus from the ground up. Athair m貌r had turned all of the blood in her body to ice and made it stab out of her in sharp, pointed icicles. And I, well, I made vines sprout from the ground, wrap around Hibiscus’s arms and legs and pulled them from her body.
The only thing holding Hibiscus up in the air for the others to see was that spear of light that Aunt Glory had pushed through her. As I looked at the body a little more, I had to think that it was just a particularly disgusting looking scarecrow or something.. I had to admit, a display like this would keep just about anyone away.
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Riviana
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“The culprit has been punished for her crimes. Once again, our city is safe, and it is all thanks to my niece, Riviana.” Aunt Glory was speaking to the citizens of the city that had just watched the three of us kill Hibiscus.
When I looked at the faces that were watching us, I could tell that they were used to seeing things like this, since most of them have lived for more than several of my lifespans. That didn’t make it easier on them though. Most of the people that I saw had looks in their eyes that said they were still scared and nervous.
“Thank you, Aunt Glory, however, this is not something that I want to take the praise for. This is not a time to seek fame or recognition from others. What needs to happen now, is that the people of Faerie need to heal. This has been an especially trying time for all of you, and I know that you all need to process and comprehend what has happened. All of you have been living in fear for months. You have been afraid to even leave your homes. That alone is going to take time for you all to ease up. I want you all to be happy, healthy and most of all: safe. So, instead of offering me your praise, or congratulations; offer your neighbors, friends and family extra love. You never know who has been more affected by these events than others. Sometimes, just offering a friendly ear free of judgement is all they will need to heal.”
There was nothing but silence that met my words. It was like everyone was still stunned. They didn’t even know what to say. I was starting to feel uncomfortable and awkward as I just stared at the people. Finally, someone came to my aid.
“I agree with Riviana.” Athair m貌r smiled as he came to stand next to me. “We all need to heal. As a whole, our people need to come together and offer solace and kindness to each other. This is not the time to be individualizing everything. Right now, we need to support and love each other. I, for one, will be here to help all of you. As your prince, that is my duty.”
“And I, as your queen, will be right there with him. I want my people to move past this and live happily.” Aunt Glory added to Athair m貌r’s words and, finally, the people seemed to respond with smiles and appreciative nods. That was the only thing that I could hope for now.
After our attempt at encouraging words, the crowd was dismissed. They left with contemplative looks and heavy hearts. This wasn’t just an execution. This was an attempt to completely overthrow their way of life. This was someone who had hurt and killed many people with their plot. It was going to take them all a long time to be themselves again, and even then, they might not be the same people that they were.
I tried my best to think about what I needed to do as I left the platform with Joaquin. We had been gone for a long time, and everyone back in the residence didn’t know what had happened. I wanted to get back and see the twins and hold them in my arms, and only doing that would help me to calm down and move on.
Joaquin held my hand as we walked back to our temporary home. We had been living here a lot longer than I had planned. My parents and all our family and friends had missed Christmas with Reagan and Rika. That made me sad. I wish this would have been solved a lot sooner.
It was quiet when we got back to the residence. I could tell that they had all been staying inside and weren’t going to see the rest of the city, but I didn’t think that they would be this cautious about everything.
“Mom! We’re home!” Joaquin called out when we were inside. That was enough. Everyone that was upstairs heard his words and there were two very excited sets of feet already on the stairs. Clearly, Reagan and Rika were very fast and were outrunning them all.
“MOMMY! DADDY!”
“MAMA! DADDY!”
My babies were calling out to us, and the moment that they were at the bottom of the stairs I felt the tears begin to fall. I had missed these two so much. Not being able to hug them and hold them against me everyday was the most painful thing that I had ever felt. I didn’t know how I was going to deal with that.
“MOMMY! DADDY!”
“MAMA! DADDY!”
They called out for us in unison again. Their excited little voices squealed at the same time, I loved it.
“Reagan! Rika! My babies. I missed you so much.” I called out as they ran toward me and Joaquin.
Rika leapt into my arms as I knelt to the floor and Reagan jumped into Joaquin’s. The two tiny missiles almost managed to unbalance us as they jumped into our arms for hugs.
“Mommy, me missed you.” Rika’s sweet little voice was right next to my ear as she rested her head on my shoulder.
“Me too! Me missed you too Mama, and Daddy too.” Reagan added.
“Mommy, you leaving again?” Rika pulled her head away and looked at me with sad eyes.
