Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Take your hands off of me. Talia will be pissed if you hurt me.”
“Shut up.” I snapped at him. “I am taking you to where you need to go.” I forced him forward and had to endure the boy complaining the entire time. He didn’t know what was going on, and that was making things worse for him.
When Arthur realized that I was taking him toward the royal elevator, he started to act smug.
“Oh, Talia wants me in her bedroom, huh?” He asked with a disgusting tone in his voice. “I knew that she would want me sooner or later.”
“Shut up.” I snarled at him. “We are not going there.” And that was when he saw me hit the button for the offices. At that moment, all the color drained from his face. He knew where we were going now, and the fear was taking over his entire body. He was shaking and trembling as his entire body turned cold as ice.
I do believe that at that moment, Arthur realized how much trouble he was in. He knew that he was going to have to answer for what he had done. And I personally couldn’t wait until Joaquin heard what this boy had done. He had never liked the kid either. This was going to be good.
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Riviana
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I didn’t know what to think when Talia came to me in the living room and asked to talk to Joaquin and I in private. I didn’t know what could have happened while she was at her friend’s house that was so serious. I knew that Ocean and Makai were good people and that their kids were nice and respectable. Not to mention, I knew that the boys weren’t there so the only kids were Sereia, Talia, and her friend Ada. So, what exactly had happened while Talia was gone for the weekend?
Joaquin and I walked to the elevator and rode down in it with Talia in silence. She wasn’t saying anything and neither were we. I didn’t know what to say, and I could tell that she was still thinking about what she wanted to say to us. Or at least how she wanted to say it. There seemed to be a lot on her mind, and that was a little worrying.
When we got to the office, I saw that she waited for us to enter first. Then she shut the door and faced us with a solemn look. Whatever this was, it wasn’t pleasant. Whatever happened, it was major.
“What is wrong, Tally?” Joaquin asked her, unable to take it any longer. I was about to ask her the same thing, so I fully understood what was happening with him.
“Talia, what happened while you were at Sereia’s? Is something wrong?”
“No, nothing is wrong, really. B..but something did happen. And well, I guess that it is wrong, but it’s not hurting me right now. And no one is in immediate danger.” She looked up and faced Joaquin and I proudly. I knew that she was just trying to get her bearings in order and her courage in place. She was brave though, so the courage was pretty much guaranteed.
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“You can tell us, Tally. No matter what, you can tell us what happened.” Joaquin encouraged her. She was his little girl, and he needed to protect her. Those daddy instincts of his were kicking in. He wasn’t the only one either. My momma wolf instincts were coming in hard and fast. I knew that she needed to be protected. I just didn’t know from what she needed to be protected. The enemy was still a mystery to me, and I didn’t like that.
“Well, you both know that I went to the sleepover this weekend, and before you ask, everything about it was perfect. I had a lot of fun and I want to go back sometime. They were amazing. I loved Ocean and Makai, they are awesome.” Talia explained that the hosts were not the issue. I didn’t really think that they were, but that was good to have confirmed.
“Then what happened, Tally?” Joaquin encouraged her to speak. “What do you need to tell us?”
“Well, while we were there, I decided to prank some people. You know, prank phone calls.” She explained. We knew about that. Reagan had laughed about the one she pulled on him and everyone thought that it was hilarious.
“Go on.” I nodded, letting Talia know that we were on the same page as her.
“Well, I decided to prank Arthur. I wanted to see what he would say if I pretended to be calling the wrong number for a secret agent. I made my voice sound like a man and told him 鈥業 need a status report on your mission’.” She changed her voice as she had said she’d done and I had to admit, she sounded like a convincing man. Still, I didn’t know what the issue was. “Well.” Talia continued, explaining more about what happened. “His response wasn’t what I thought that it was.”
From there, Talia told us what Arthur had said and how she stayed in character the whole time. She actually did amazingly well for someone that had just realized that she had been betrayed. I am not sure if Joaquin, who was fuming next to me, would have been able to stay as calm in that situation. Then again, this was a boy that was taking advantage of his daughter. He deserved to be punished.
“Talia?” Joaquin growled out through his teeth, but the anger was not directed at her. “Where is that little shit right now?”
“Alexio is getting him.” She smiled evilly and I knew that she was feeling the same as Joaquin. She wanted Arthur to pay for what he had done.
Almost as soon as Talia had spoken, there was a knock on the door. Alexio was here, and I could smell that little asshole, Arthur, in the hall with him. Good. Now we could get to the bottom of what was going on.
“Come in.” I called out to Alexio. It was my office after all, so it was up to me to let him in. The door to the hall opened and I saw Alexio push the boy in ahead of him. He had been holding him with his hand, but as he pushed he also let him go. The result of that was Arthur went flying toward the floor, crumpling into a misshapen lump on the rug.
“Hello, Arthur.” Joaquin’s menacing voice made the boy’s already pale face turn ashen gray. He was terrified.
“H..h..h..hello, K..K..K..King Joaquin.” He stammered out the words. “A..a..and you a..as w..well Q..Q..Q..Queen Riviana.” I could tell that Arthur knew what was going on, but he was pretending that he didn’t. “D..d..d..did I do something wrong? W..w..why am I here?”
“You mean aside from the fact that you have had your hands all over my daughter.” Joaquin roared at him and I saw the satisfied look on Alexio’s face as the boy cowered on the floor. “Why don’t you tell us why you are here?” Joaquin had stalked toward Arthur just a little and the result was the boy squealing in fright.
“I..I..I don’t know. I..I..I..I haven’t d..d..done a..a..anything w..wrong.” He was still stammering and stuttering in fear. I actually took pleasure in that fact. He was a rotten piece of shit for what he had done to our daughter. “I..I mean, I know that you don’t want me to date Talia, King Joaquin, but Queen Riviana gave her permission.” He had more confidence in that statement, so he stammered much less that time. “Y..y..you can’t hurt me j..j..just because I..I..I like your daughter.” He tried to look and sound confident then, but he failed miserably.
“YOU DON’T GET TO TELL ME WHAT I CAN AND CAN’T DO!” Joaquin roared at him. “AND I GET TO TELL YOU IF YOU ARE ALLOWED NEAR MY DAUGHTER!”
“This isn’t fair.” Arthur rose to his feet and tried to be brave in the face of Joaquin’s wrath. “I love your daughter. I know that she is my mate. I am older than her. I am going to be eighteen before her. I know that she is the one for me. Just ask her. She doesn’t want anyone else either, do you Talia?” He looked at her as he said that, expecting to see her backing him up. However, what he saw was her look of disgust and hatred. He faltered for a moment and didn’t know what to do. “T..Talia?”
“She doesn’t like you, Arthur. Not after what you did.”
“I DIDN’T DO ANYTHING!” Arthur screamed in fright. “NOTHING AT ALL!”
“Really?” Talia tapped her foot and crossed her arms in front of her chest. “So, you are not on a mission to be with me? You are not lying to me about your feelings? You aren’t trying to become the next king?” I could see the realization spreading across the boy’s face. He knew that he had fucked up. And he didn’t know how to undo it.
“What are you talking about?” He tried to lie to Talia. “I don’t know what you mean.”
“Give it up, Arthur. It was me that called you the other night. I was just pranking you, but to my surprise I got something that was completely unexpected. And this came just a little while after I decided to have a serious talk with you and your overly possessive nature. I didn’t really like how jealous you got of everyone that came near me.”