Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Sir, I ask you this one question, if we wanted to kill all the humans, then why haven’t we?” I paused for a moment after asking this to let it sink in for him. “We have been here with you all for millennia. If we were going to kill you all, if we wanted to rule the world, why wouldn’t we have done it by now? Why wouldn’t we have done it long before guns, tanks, and other advancements in military strategy had invented things that would hinder us? Why would we expose ourselves to you all if we were intent on ruling you all or killing you all? Wouldn’t it be easier if we were to just kill you all before making you aware of us? We aren’t here to hurt anyone at all. All we want is to live lives that aren’t filled with secrecy and hiding. We want to make sure that our children aren’t made to live in fear of doing or saying the wrong thing when out in the city with the humans.”
“HA!” The man’s barked laugh was almost earsplitting. “You claim that your kids are afraid, but what about our kids? What are they going to do when they have to see monsters on a daily basis.”
“How will they know any difference?” Joaquin said calmly as he leaned forward next to me. “We have been here all along. Do you think that just because you know we are there, you can suddenly see something that you didn’t see before? We look like you, unless we have consciously changed forms. They won’t see monsters. They will see the same people that have always been a part of their lives.”
“Th..th..they are monsters though. We will know that they are monsters.” The man was so flustered now. It was clear that he didn’t know what to do or say at the moment.
“Do I look like a monster?” I asked the man. “Can you tell that I am a wolf shifter? A Witch? A Fae? A Goddess? A Queen? Do I look any different than the people that you see on the street on any other given day? No, I don’t. I am just as normal as you are sir, so there won’t be any issues with the people of the world. This whole reveal was just so that we didn’t have to keep living in the shadows. We want the world to know that we are here, that we’re not going anywhere, and that we aren’t dangerous.”
“I don’t believe you. You’re all monsters. You’re all murderers. You’re all-.” The line clicked off then and I saw a fake smile on Kelsey’s face.
“Oh no, we seem to have been disconnected.” She had either ended the call, or an engineer behind the scenes had. I was glad that they had. “Well, now that the line is clear, let’s take another caller. Miss Belinda Brock, you have a question for Riviana and Joaquin?”
“Well, less a question and just something that I want to say to them. I think you two are awesome. I am as human as they come, and I love the two of you. I always have. I have followed your marriage through the papers and magazines for years. I love your family and how happy you seem to be. I know that you are good people, you help so many people. My son went to college because of your scholarship programs. And I think that you two are just beautiful. Joaquin, you are the most handsome man in the entire world. And Riviana, I have never seen a more beautiful woman than you. Neither of you are monsters. You are the most human people that I have ever seen. Actually, maybe it’s because you aren’t human, maybe that is why you are able to help so many people. You aren’t affected by the same levels of greed and selfishness.”
“Aww, thank you Belinda.” I smiled into the camera so that she could see the smile for her. “I am happy that you think that way. However, there are a lot of people in our community that are greedy as well. We really are just like humans in so many ways. Some of us are generous and giving and the others are greedy and wouldn’t help someone in need even if they were paid to do it. Like I said, we’re more human than most people think. The only difference is that we look different at times.”
“Amazing.” Belinda spoke reverently into the phone. “You are such amazing people.”
Following that first call, there was a lot of support for Joaquin and I. Some people were apparently on the fence and wanted to ask some questions about us and our people, which we answered as best as we could. And there were a few more people like that first caller, though they didn’t last on the line as long as he had.
By the time that the interview was over, I had a feeling that we were a little closer to global understanding. We needed them to know that we weren’t going to hurt anyone, and we weren’t going to leave either. We were people. We had rights. And we just wanted to live in peace.
After a very touching goodbye from Kelsey and Wayne, and a lot of the staff that was part of the show, Joaquin and I bid them all good day and started to leave. We left the same way that we had gotten there, only this time the magical door took us home rather than back to the top of the mountain. I would rather be home anyway, so that was no problem with me.
It was still very early in the day, but I was exhausted. I was ready for this day to be over already, but I knew that I needed to be there for the kids when they got home. Instead of going to bed until the morning, I decided to just take a nap, which I desperately needed. Especially with how big the baby was getting already, and that I only had a little over two months until she got here, I was definitely starting to feel tired really easily.
And this wasn’t going to end anytime soon. We had a lot more interviews planned, and I would do them all. All the way up to the day that I delivered the baby if I had to. Whatever it took to protect my people and my family.
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Reagan
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The first day back after the winter break was a little nerve wracking. Of course, Rika and I had been on the news with our parents when the reveal had happened. We were putting ourselves out there for the world to see. It’s a good thing that the people that ran the school were mostly super naturals like us. They weren’t worried about having us in the school.
I could only imagine how the others would fair if they had shown themselves on the news that day. Like Dominic and Vivian, Uncle Griffin’s kids, they were in England and going to Oxford. They would probably have a hard time if they had shown themselves on the news. If people knew what they were before going back to school, then they might be kicked out of school.
Of course, with the laws that my parents had secretly passed all over the world, that would have left the school open to a lawsuit and litigation, they would have still had to go through the fight for it all.
No, I was really glad that we went to a school that knew what we were and that wouldn’t kick us out. Still, I noticed a lot of people looking at me funny when I walked onto campus with Levi, Luka, Elias, Cypress and Beech. They were looking at the others as well, wondering if they were like me or not.
Some of the looks were filled with hatred and unease. They were the ones that most likely would boycott against us, and had probably lodged complaints with the school. I am sure that there would be a lot of students and parents protesting our admission into the school here, but that didn’t matter to me. Not right now anyway.
Some of the other people that were looking at us were just mildly curious. I could tell that they were going to be the indifferent ones. They were going to think something like, oh hey, they’re not human. And then that would be it. They wouldn’t protest against us. They wouldn’t want us out of the school. They wouldn’t do anything at all. These were the ones that we wanted to see the most. Those that had an attitude that said if they don’t bother us then I won’t bother them.
…..
And, lastly, the rest of the looks that we were getting were the truly unexpected ones. There were a lot of people, men and women alike, who all seemed to be staring at us with a sort of idol worship or starstruck look in their eyes. That was definitely not what I thought I would see today.
What was making all of this worse though, was that these people seemed to be following us. Every time that one of us left a class, we seemed to have a new entourage. And call me crazy, but some of these people didn’t look like they went to school here at all. I mean, there were some women in that group behind me that were in their forties, not that older people couldn’t go to university, but still it was uncommon.
And when I looked at the group that was doggedly following my sister and her friends around, I knew that there were men in that group that weren’t students here. I had seen some of those men at the shops around the mall, and others were businessmen that were still wearing their suits.
“What the hell is going on here?” I asked as I looked around the campus during lunch. Our entire group was seated together, strength in numbers you know.
“I am pretty sure that they are our fan clubs.” Rika said as she too looked at the men and women that were literally just watching us. “Mom and Dad have worked hard to keep us out of the news since we were babies, but now we have a fan club that is following us around. Our pictures are going to wind up everywhere. There will likely be paparazzi as well. They won’t make it up to the castle, but they will encroach on us here at school.” She bit into her sandwich that she bought from the shop before coming out here.
“Yeah, I think that she’s right.” Luka added as he took a bite of a decadent homemade pudding that he brought in his lunch box. He usually ate meals brought from home. He was a hybrid and had a different dietary requirement than his brother. “If it makes any difference, they’re not angry at us.”
“Reading their minds?” I asked him with a laugh as I ate the cheeseburger I had ordered. I had almost lost my appetite though, I was just eating out of habit.
“Not really. There are too many to read just one. However, I am getting a little from them, over the buzz of the group. And that blip that I am seeing is one of admiration and love. It’s not real love though, more like idol love. How people love celebrities and all that.”
“But we’re not celebrities.” Lyssa said softly as she looked around. I knew that she was still a little upset about her mate and the betrayal, but I knew that Uncle Shawn and Uncle Dietrich had done something to help lessen her pain. She was moving on, but she was still affected by it, just a little.
“We are now.” Alexa said as she looked at the group of men that were watching her and the other girls. “The moment that the news showed that there were nonhumans in the world, and our parents were there during the reveal, showing what they really were, that was the end of our anonymity. We will be in the public’s eyes until all of this dies down.”
“And what if it never dies down?” Elias asked as he was monitoring the entire situation. He was always there to watch over us, just like an older brother.
“Well, if that were to happen, then we will need to learn to live with it all. I mean, it’s not different from what our parents have lived through.” Of course, my mom and dad were a little more in the public eye than the rest of theirs. And I knew that Rika and I would be there with them when we were old enough, but it was all happening now. There was no waiting period or anything. We had chosen to put ourselves into this situation, chosen to be a prominent part of the reveal, and we would deal with what happened now.
While we spoke about this topic among ourselves, I saw that there were some people arriving across the campus. Most of these fans had found each other and started to group with each other. This new group, though, about six girls that all piled out of a large SUV in the parking lot nearby, had spotted us sitting there alone and started right toward us.