Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
The breakfast started off somber, but soon it perked up. When Reagan, Rika and Talia came down and started to sing their made up birthday song to the quads, everyone had to laugh and the tension passed quickly.
The party for the four of them was planned for the afternoon. We were doing something that we had done for the quads every year since they were five. They were each having their own party while also having a giant party of their own. All of their friends were invited and so was the entire family. A lot of people would be going between the five sections of the huge ballroom. The guests, who were often there for all the kids, would be able to move between the different themes as they pleased. And the seating was mainly in the middle and general area.
For Zachary, who was the most outgoing of the three boys, there was a sports themed party in the corner. Zander, who wanted to be a fighter when he grew up, had a martial arts and street fighting themed party. Zayden, the resident artist among the kids, had an art station where the kids could draw, paint, and do a lot of different things. And on display were a lot of the pictures that he had already made over the years. And lastly, Zaley, she had a movie themed party. She particularly liked horror movies and drama movies. For today, she went with the horror movies though, and so there were a lot of scary clowns and serial killing entities displayed in her section. I was proud of them all being their own person and liking what they wanted to like. They were four separate kids, not a joint being that was born to four separate bodies.
There were a lot more people than one cake would feed, unless it was a massive cake that is, and there were four birthday kids here as well. That all meant that the kids were going to need their own cakes, something that we had always done, going back to when Reagan and Rika were celebrating at one party together.
Zachary had a cake that was shaped like a giant soccer ball, and it was chocolate, of course. Zander, wanting to be a fighter, had a cake shaped like nunchucks, and they were red velvet. Why red velvet? Well, it looked like blood when you cut into it, or so he said. Zayden had a plain white topped cake in the shape of a rectangle. He wanted to let his friends and family draw something on the cake for him before it was cut, and he would take a picture when it was ready. His cake was cookies and cream. And Zaley, her cake was a lone red balloon that was so dark it looked like blood. Thankfully, her cake was a normal flavor. It was carrot cake, just like her mother’s favorite.
As the party started to get into full swing, I saw that there were less people at Zaley’s part of the party, but she wasn’t alone. She had her new best friend Breanna, as well as some other kids that were warming up to her finally. It helped that Ivy and Olivia were there as well. The two of them were always trying to facilitate more friends for my little Zaley.
The party was going smoothly, everyone was having a good time with the music and the multiple parts of the room working in tandem. It was perfect in my opinion. However, someone had to ruin it for us at some point, didn’t they.
“You are ruining so many lives!” Someone shouted at Reagan of all people.
“Excuse me?” He looked at him, just as perplexed as I felt.
“You had that family destroyed recently. And then you went on the news and told the world about us. Now those people are bombing people.”
“No one was killed or even injured in the explosions.” Reagan calmly explained to the guest that had shouted at him.
“Yeah, so you say. I heard that thousands of people died last night.” The crazed party guest said as I started to move forward. However, I had only gotten a few steps when Riviana stopped me and mouthed four little words at me.
“Let him handle this.” She had said. I was worried, but I did as she said. I stopped walking and watched on as my son handled this man that was screaming at him.
“I assure you, Mr. Gobson, no one was injured. The FBI is working on this, and the news outlets are reporting on it in real time. There were no casualties or fatalities. And we are already working on this.”
“Why did you guys do this? Why did you expose us to the world?” The man shrieked at Reagan.
“Daddy? Please, stop it.” A boy that was about the quads’ age begged him.
“No. You are in danger now, Felix. You are in danger and this asshole doesn’t care. His parents don’t care either, that’s why they went and exposed us to the world. He’s going to be leading after his father, isn’t he? Isn’t he supposed to be protecting us now as well? Well, come on then Prince Reagan.” He sneered the last two words as if they were an insult. “Protect us already!” He screamed at him just then and every fiber in my being was telling me to go and take care of this, but my Little Bunny kept a tight hold on me. She wasn’t going to let me take care of this at all.
“I am sorry that you are upset, Mr. Gobson, however, we had no choice but to reveal ourselves to the world. There was another group of people that were intent on exposing us to the world, and they wouldn’t have done it in a positive manner. They would have turned us into the villains of the world. At the moment, there are less scared humans than there would have been if they would have managed to expose us first. Yes, there are some against us, as there will always be. However, no one is in any danger. And you weren’t personally exposed, Sir. So, there is no danger at all to you and your family. Felix, your wife, and everyone else you know are safe.”
“B..b..but that isn’t the point.”
“Then what is?” Reagan spoke softly and confidently as he took this man on in a battle of wits and words.
“W..w..well, you shouldn’t have done that. That’s what the point is.”
“Would you rather let a scared human with proof expose us to the world? Fear breeds more fear, Mr. Gobson. A scared person revealing us to the world will only make more people afraid of us. The way that we managed to reveal ourselves will ultimately lead to less opposition and oppression from the humans. We are going to take care of this, Sir, so there is nothing at all for you to worry about.”
“I..I..I-.” The man could find nothing else to say, so he was just stuttering over and over again.
“If there is nothing else, Sir, please try to enjoy the rest of the party. My younger brothers and sister are trying to have a good birthday, and personally, I don’t want anything to mess that up for them.”
“Y..y..yeah, OK.” The man nodded and walked away, all of his anger abated and deflated now.
As Riviana and I watched the man walk away, I felt a sense of pride surge through me. Then I heard my Little Bunny mimic the words inside of my head.
“He’s a good leader, isn’t he?”
“That he is.” I nodded at her. “That he is.” I repeated it for good measure.
Now that this exciting part of the day was over, the quads were able to enjoy the rest of their party. They opened all the gifts for their friends to see, cake was served, and lots of food and drinks were had.
At some point in the party, a dance off was started. I wanted to join in right away, but Riviana and I decided that we should let the kids have their fun. Not only that, but they would most likely say that we were embarrassing them and end up cringing when we started to show off our moves. Ahh, kids. Aren’t they the best?
The most important thing of all though, was that the kids really did have a good day. And those smiles on all of their faces was proof of that for us. I would say, crazy scene or not, the party was a complete success.
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Riviana
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The day before the quads’ birthday, we had gotten the news that there had been several bombings across the country. They had happened in a dozen different locations, but no one had been hurt. That in and of itself was a miracle that we all should have rejoiced for. I thought that, despite what it was that these terrorists were doing, they weren’t actually wanting to hurt people. But that wasn’t the case, was it?
Four days after the bombings, on the third day of the new year, we got word that there had been another riot. This riot was happening in California, in one of the cities where the murders had happened over the summer. I guess that the group that was behind it had thought that because there had been an attack there before, there had to have been several nonhuman people living there.
Well, they weren’t wrong. They had attacked Waterton, California, the place where the Fae girl had been raped and murdered. And at the current moment, Waterton had a ration that was about three to one supernatural to humans. They were more likely to attack a nonhuman being in that city than they were to attack an actual human.
The riot started in a business district that was filled with restaurants and shops. The attack first started at a caf茅 that was asked if they would serve a nonhuman. The proprietor, thinking that the ones asking were asking for themselves to see if they were allowed, adapted an accepting and accommodating tone.