Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
I was used to being woken in the middle of the night. With all the issues that I have helped Joaquin and my sister with throughout the years, it was something that I had grown accustomed to. So, when my phone rang just a little before five in the morning, I was awake and alert in an instant. I had even answered the call before my beautiful Nikki had been roused from her slumber by the phone.
“Hello?” I asked in a whisper. I had seen that it was Joaquin, exactly who I would have expected to be calling me this early in the morning.
“Noah, I need you to come to the tower as soon as possible. Bring Nikki with you as well.”
“Nikki?” This was not what I was expecting. “What has happened, Joaquin? Is there a problem?”
“I need to make another call, just hurry, please.” He said as the call disconnected almost immediately.
“What is going on?” I looked at the phone in disbelief. If he wanted me to bring Nikki, then there had to be a problem. Maybe there was an impending attack. But if I was bringing Nikki, shouldn’t I bring the kids as well? I mean, Elias was old enough to protect himself, but I still had Nina and Grayson to worry about. “Nikki, sweetheart.” I shook her shoulder, resigning myself to the fact that I needed to take her and probably the kids as well, with me to the castle. “Nikki, you need to wake up.”
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Emmalee
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“Hmm. Hello?” I groaned into the phone as it woke me up from a sound sleep.
“Emmalee.” It was Carter, his voice instantly waking me up and driving away all of the sleepiness from my mind and eyes.
“Carter? Baby is that really you? I thought that you wouldn’t be able to call for a while.”
“I’m back in Colorado Springs now. I need you and the kids to get ready to come to the castle. Can you get them up and ready soon? Riviana will open a door for you in a few minutes.”
“Right now?” I felt the panic start to spread through me at the words that he had just told me. He wanted us to get up and leave right now. What could possibly have happened? What did we need to do to protect ourselves and the children?
“Yes, sweetheart, right now. I will see you when you get here, OK?” I looked at the clock and saw that it was a quarter to five in the morning. It was so early. Something truly bad had to be happening right now. I just knew it.
“We will be ready soon. I will get the kids awake and tell them to get dressed. You know that Leah will take a while though.”
“Tell her that she doesn’t have that much time to get ready, and that I said to hurry. Riviana needs to see us all together soon.”
“I understand. I will get them ready to go. Can you have the door ready in ten minutes?”
“Sure thing. See you soon, sweetheart. I’ve missed you, and I can’t wait to see you.”
“Even if it means making Leah yell at us again.” I laughed despite the tense situation.
“Yes, even if it makes her yell at us again, I need to feel your lips as I kiss you, sweetheart. I missed you so much.”
“I missed you too, Carter.” I felt the swelling in my heart. He was the true love of my life. And he always would be.
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Riviana
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I knew that Carter was out in the hall waiting for the others to get here. I also knew that he and Joaquin hadn’t told the others why they were coming here. It was a bit of a trick, I knew this, but I wanted the baby to be a surprise. She had surprised Joaquin and I after all, so she should be a surprise to the others as well.
While I waited, I held Reeselynn in my arms. I could hardly take my eyes off of her face. She was so beautiful. All of my babies were beautiful though, each and every one of them. It’s just that Reeselynn was the first baby in such a long time, so it had been a while since I got to just sit there and stare at my baby’s face.
I started to hear a commotion in the hall. I had opened the door for Emmalee to get here, but everyone else was already local, so they could get here on their own. I was still a little weak from the delivery, so I didn’t want to open too many doors at the moment. It was tiring when you were not fully rested. If it was a normal situation, I could have opened a thousand doors and it wouldn’t have been a problem, but not right now. I was still weak and tired.
“Carter, what is going on?” I heard Noah’s voice. He was probably upset that his younger brother was here before him.
“Yes, Carter, what is going on?” That was Grandfather, he had been called by Joaquin earlier as well. He and Lila would be there together, and they would probably have Ivy with them as well. Ivy was little Reeselynn’s Aunt. Even though Grandfather was her father, and that technically made her my aunt, we opted to forgo that part of the family dynamic and just view Ivy as my sister in-law. That was a little less confusing to everyone involved.
“I am worried about Riviana, what has happened?” This was Mom, her worried voice both softer and louder than the others. That was just how she was though. “Did something happen to Riviana? What about the baby?”
“Everyone is almost here, then we will go in.” Carter’s voice was calm, but he was putting on an air of worry and unease. That little sneak. The others were going to be so mad at him for this.
“Who else is coming?” Dad asked with a tense voice.
“Just them.” Carter said. I am guessing that the last ones got there, it would have been Emmalee coming through the door with the kids. I could feel the slight shift in my magic as they all passed through that metaphysical space.
“Carter!” Emmalee’s voice was filled with worry.
“DAD!” Bryson called out to him. They were likely hugging him.