Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“I don’t often beg, Jamie, so I hope that I didn’t come off too strong.” That made her laugh.
“Ha ha ha. Yeah, I would guess that a queen doesn’t usually beg. Anyway, I will do all that I can to help pass the bills that you need. And as I understand it, we don’t have a lot of time to wait on this.” She looked serious now.
“No, we don’t.” I shook my head. “We need to hurry, and that means that we will be busy for a long time. Having you as an ally, though, will be a big boon for us.”
“Ha ha ha.” She laughed again, like I was being funny or something. “Queen Riviana, I think that it will be me that benefits from this in the long run. I will have more allies than I ever knew.” She looked cunning now. “If there is ever another dispute like the one that happened in the twenty twenties, the one with Ukraine, I know that I can call on some people to help me. Since I am sure that many of your people were affected by that as well.”
“That they were. Unfortunately, there was a lot that was happening here as well. I regret that I wasn’t able to help until the end. Ukraine came out on top though. And now the president of that country is a vampire that doesn’t want to see any of his people, the nonhuman or those in his country, get hurt again. He is a good man, and a good ally.”
“Oh my word!” I saw her face fall in shock. “Petrenko is a Vampire? I never would have suspected that at all.”
“You would be surprised by a lot of the people that aren’t human, Jamie. A lot of the actors in Hollywood for one thing. Honestly, Keanu is almost done with his hiatus before he comes back to the big screen. He had way too many rumors about him being immortal long ago, he had to fake his death and will come back as his son once more.” I laughed. “That has happened a few times now, since the immortality thing started to be more prevalent in my people.” She just laughed and shook her head.
“He was one of my favorites. I cried when he died. And now I learn that he isn’t dead. That is just amazing. I can’t wait to see his 鈥榮on’ start acting again.” She was laughing and crying now. “So much for me to process. So much for me to figure out. I think that I need some sleep though. My mind is thoroughly blown now. She shook her head. “Can we meet again, Queen Riviana?”
“You can just call me Riviana, it’s a lot easier. And yes, Jamie, I think that we will need to meet a lot over the next several days. There is a lot to work out with all of this.”
“Yes, this is a very complicated situation, and there is still so much to figure out.”
We talked for a few more moments, mostly just thanking each other and saying our goodbyes. I thanked the others for their help with all that they had done, even if it was just being the gateway between the president and myself. It was still very much appreciated.
After the farewells, I opened a door back home, Jamie was very excited about it as she watched us walk through it. Then, finally, we were back home and able to relax for the time being.
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Reagan
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Things were getting really busy at home for us all. The day that Rika and I offered to help Mom and Dad with the revelation preparation, we were actually put to work. I was surprised about that, since our parents usually tried to keep us out of what was happening.
Things have been changing lately, starting with how Talia was a major player in the murder case that Mom and Dad worked on recently. In the beginning, when Talia first left, I was a little jealous of her. I mean, I had never been asked to help my parents like that before. Then I thought about it and I knew that they had a reason to ask Talia. She was different from Rika and I. She had powers that we didn’t.
Yeah, we all had magic, even Zachary, Zander, Zayden and Zaley all had magic, but Talia’s was different. She had magic related to the dead, and since they needed to free the souls of the dead, and talk to them as well, Talia was the only person alive that we know of that could do that. She is an amazing person, and a truly kind hearted person. I felt bad for her having to deal with the souls of the dead coming to her all the time. I have heard her, more so in the past than now, she has screamed during the night when they visit her and invade her dreams. It can’t be a pleasant experience.
Compared to Talia, Rika and I didn’t have a lot of special abilities. Then again, we have recently started to practice more of our magic. There was a lot to learn, and our mom was just a little older than we were when she learned most of it. So, in truth, I didn’t feel too far behind. We would get to the level that we needed to be, eventually.
Right now though, Rika and I were sitting alone at school. In the middle of the campus there was a fountain that had quickly become one of our favorites. Usually, we would sit here with our friends and talk while between classes or when we ate our lunches. Our classes for the day were over though, and our friends had gone home. We didn’t feel like leaving just yet, we just wanted to sit and think.
There were times when Rika and I were still so in sync that it was easy to tell that we were twins. Other times, people were shocked to learn that about us. Today was one of the former. We were so in tune and in sync with each other that we barely needed to speak to communicate what we were thinking to each other. And when we did speak, sometimes the sentences were chopped and shortened because we were able to fill in the blank for each other.
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“Busy.” I asked Rika as I looked at the water splashing into the fountain.
“Very.” She agreed.
“Wanted it though.” I continued in the same manner.
“That we did. Can’t complain.”
“Not at all.” Neither of us were upset about the situation, we just needed to talk about it a little.
That feeling of intense connection wasn’t fading, but I was starting to feel the urge to talk more, to get more off of my chest that the small sentences were doing for me. There was something that was bothering me, and I was pretty sure I knew what it was.
“Rika?” I called to her, drawing her attention away from the water and toward me. I was already looking at her and so her eyes met mine.
“What is it?” She sensed that something was different without me needing to say more.
“Even with how things are right now, with how busy we have been, have you felt incomplete at all? Like something is missing?”
“Well, yeah, in a way. But I have felt that way for weeks.”
“You have?” that was news to me. She must have been hiding it well. “Why?”
“Well, I think it was because I thought that Clovio was my mate. I don’t know if I was just jealous of Lyssa finding her mate with Warrick, or if I was just desperate to be loved, but I wanted him to be my mate so bad.”
“And it had to be him specifically?” I asked her with curiosity in my voice. I wasn’t judging her. I knew that she had been through a lot.
“No, I don’t think that it had to be him specifically. I don’t know how to explain it. It just felt to me like I was supposed to have my mate. Things were feeling strange for me for a little while, and then Clovio came by and he was the only one that was treating me like I was the most important woman in the world. I thought that it had to be him. And my mind and heart weren’t accepting anything else. It was strange. And now, ever since he left for Wales, I haven’t felt the same. It’s getting a little easier by the day, but it’s been really hard on me ever since then. It’s almost as if a piece of me went away, even though I know that he wasn’t my mate.”
“Huh. I didn’t know that. I am sorry, Rika.” I felt bad for my sister. I didn’t want her to feel upset like that. “I think that I am feeling incomplete too though, you know. Like there is something missing inside of me. And I know what it is. I want a mate too. I mean, I am a wolf, of course I want to find my mate. That is the first and most important goal that we have. And here I am, almost nineteen, and she hasn’t shown up yet.” I felt so dejected.
“Same here, Reagan. I mean, I am the same age as Mom was when she met Dad, and I feel like I am falling behind. But I know that it isn’t my fault. I was being stupid and immature, so I think that fate wanted to make me grow up a little. That is another reason why I wanted to help Mom and Dad with this issue. I wanted to prove to myself that I had changed. That I wasn’t the same person that I used to be.” I could hear the determination in her voice as she spoke. She wanted to be better than she was. I wanted the same thing for myself. I didn’t want to be an immature teenage boy anymore. I wanted to be a man. A responsible adult. I needed to be better, to be stronger, to help more. That was how I was going to improve myself and find the woman that was meant for me.