Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Yes, of course Queen Riviana.” Petrenko nodded at me.
“We will do all that we can.” Westmont grinned.
I opened the doors to their homes and offices. The places that they all needed to be going back to after this meeting. It was the last thing that I needed to do before I was able to go upstairs and see the kids before school.
I would get a few moments of family time. A little slice of normality in the sea of chaos that was surging around me. I knew that during these next several days and weeks I would need to take my time to be with the kids. I needed them to keep me calm and to bring peace to my heart while I did what I knew that I needed to. This was going to be difficult, but I would manage. I had no other choice.
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Riviana
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After seeing off everyone that we had invited to the meeting, Joaquin and I went upstairs to the tower while Vincent and Gabriel went home. They had been the only guards and assistants that were there with us through the night, and they both needed their rest now. Personally, I was going to say goodbye to the children and see them off before going to sleep for a few hours.
“Have you been up all night?” Reagan asked Joaquin and I as we walked into the dining room. All of the kids were there and finishing up their food before leaving for school.
“We had a meeting last night. It lasted a long time.” I told him as I literally fell into the chair that was waiting for me.
“Queen Riviana, would you like me to get you some coffee?” Roisin asked as she stepped closer to the table.
“No, I plan to go to sleep after the kids leave.” I told her. “Thank you though.”
“Queen Riviana, might I remind you that you have two FBI agents still working in your office.” Peter, the lead butler, stepped closer as well. “I do not think that you will have the time to go to rest at this moment.”
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“Ahh, yes, you are right.” I nodded at him. At the same time, I noticed that Joaquin’s shoulders fell dejectedly.
“I will get you and King Joaquin some coffee. And I will make sure that it is extra strong.” Roisin’s voice was calming and a little apologetic.
“Thank you.” I nodded at her before she disappeared into the other room.
“Why did you have such a long meeting, Mommy?” Zander asked me calmly. “Was it about the stuff you said last night?”
“Yes, sweetheart, it is.” I nodded. “Mommy and Daddy talked to other people that can help us last night. We need to make sure that we do a lot of things to make this reveal go smoothly.”
“I am here if you need me.” Reagan reminded us.
“As am I.” Rika’s voice came next.
“I will help as well, Mom.” Talia added lastly.
“We won’t bother to offer our help. I know that you will say that we are too young.” Zaley was looking at her brothers rather than me or Joaquin.
“You are too young.” I told her. “But you can do something for us right now.”
“What’s that?” Zayden asked excitedly.
“Don’t tell anyone about the reveal yet. It’s a secret until we are all ready for it.”
“No worries, Mommy. We will keep the secret.” Zachary smiled at me. “We know what is secret and what isn’t.”
“Thank you, all of you.”
We kissed and hugged the kids as they left the room, ate the meal that Abigail brought in for us, and had the coffee that Roisin expertly prepared for us. I swear, her Fae powers had to make it better somehow. No coffee that I had, no matter where it was from, compared to what she made for me. It was always the strongest, and it always tasted the best. I loved every drop of it.
Several minutes later, with the caffeine coursing through my veins with a jolt of energy, Joaquin and I started to head down to my office. It was time to see if Darrol and Reggie had managed to find anything. For our sake, I really, really, really hoped that they had.
Upon entering my office, I saw that Darrol was still working hard at the computer. Reggie, on the other hand, seemed to have passed out as she laid across several chairs that had been pushed together.
“Good morning.” I called out to them. That made them both jerk to attention, and in Reggie’s case awake.
“H..huh?” She looked around the room, saw Joaquin and I standing there, and rubbed her eyes. “D..did I fall asleep?”
“Yeah, you did.” Darrol laughed. “And you even made yourself a bed. Though I swear you were sleepwalking when you did it.”
“I don’t remember doing that at all.” She looked down at the chairs in surprise. “I..I am so sorry, Queen Riviana.” She rushed off the chairs as if she thought that I had been upset about it.”
“It is fine, Reggie.” I waved her words away. “I would have slept if I had the chance. Be that as it may, Darrol, why did you work through the night?”
“I had a lot of work to do.” He said as he sipped from his thermos of coffee. “And I had a lot of this to keep me company.”
“He was drinking coffee like it was water.” Reggie shook her head. “I drink the stuff, but I don’t like it that much.”