Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Talia, when will you be able to do the projection?” This was something that we needed to do as soon as possible.
“I can do it now. I have gotten really good at it lately. Mr. Amadeus is a good teacher. I have managed to project my soul and investigate the mountains. I don’t spy on people though. If they happen to be where I am in the projection, I leave right away. I don’t want to hear anything private. Mostly, I plant something ahead of time for me to find, or Mr. Amadeus will. I will find it and see what is around that location. It’s actually really peaceful and relaxing. I like the feeling of soul projecting, because I feel lighter and calmer after the fact.” She looked happy as she was telling me all of this. In a way, it made me feel immensely proud of her. She had been working so hard on her abilities and her studies. She was such a smart girl.
“If you can do it now, then we can get ready for that. Also, I want to call Crawford, Eldrige, Leelin, and all the other powerful Witches and Warlocks that we have at our disposal.”
“Why do you need them?” Athair m貌r asked with his head tilted.
“I need them as well as you, Aunt Glory, and all the best Fae magicians. We are going to erect a barrier around the city.”
“What kind of barrier?” He asked, finally understanding what was about to happen.
“Well, I can’t use a barrier that will keep everyone out of the city, or everyone in. We need to make this barrier special. It needs to have a way to alert us if a specific person comes into the city. We will have a notification device that will tell us when he comes near. I know that, when it comes down to everything, Orson is going to try to attack us here, at the castle. We need to protect ourselves, the citizens in the compound, and the citizens that live in neighboring Riviana Falls. He will definitely put those two together and know that they are all super naturals.”
“Yes, I agree.” Aunt Glory said in her soft and sweet voice. “We need to protect all of our people. We have a lot of Fae that are living in Riviana Falls. They came here so that they could have more freedom in the world, we need to protect that for them now.”
“Agreed. I am sorry, sincerely, to all of you. This whole reveal was my fault.”
“No. It wasn’t your fault, Queen Riviana.” Dolan hung his head in shame. “It was Orson, and the rest of us. We were investigating you. We knew that something was off with all of you, and Orson wanted to expose you. I didn’t stop him, and I should have. You did what you needed to. If you hadn’t revealed yourselves first, then you likely would have ended up being persecuted even more. The world would have been unprepared for all of you. All of your people would have been treated as villains. What you did was for the best, and I applaud you for knowing that from the beginning. You did the right thing.”
“Thank you, Dolan. I appreciate that.” Having him, a human, tell me that it was the best course of action, helped to settle some of the guilt that I had been carrying around. And add to that the fact that he used to be against us, that made the whole thing even more flattering and comforting.
“Alright, moving on,” Joaquin cleared his throat and brought us back once again, “Talia, you can project your soul that easily? And you can do it right now? Is there anything that you need before we start?”
“Just a comfortable place to sit or lay down. My body doesn’t exactly work when my soul leaves it. It would be best for me all around if I had a place to be protected.”
“I can get you a pillow, Talia, you can lay here next to me.” Alexio was already on his feet.
“I will get the pillow, you stay here.” Rudy was already running out of the office. He was the more subservient of the two. In a way, it was like he knew that he wasn’t, and never would be, Talia’s primary guard. Alexio was the one that took over and handled almost everything, he had done that since she was little. He knew that he was caring for their future Queen, and he was determined to make sure that things were as perfect as possible.
“Alright, while he is doing that, I will call the others and tell them to be ready. They can get ready to come here after Talia is done with soul projection. I do not want to delay that at all. It’s best to know as much as we possibly can right now. Then we will work on the defense of the city. We want to make sure that no one gets hurt. No humans and no super naturals.”
“That is something that I admire about you, Queen Riviana.” This time when he spoke, Dolan rose to his feet.
“I am sorry, what is?” I was confused about his words, but I didn’t look at him too much at that moment. Reeselynn was finished with her meal, so I had to take care of her for a moment. It only took a second to get my shirt back into position, then I placed the blanket over my left shoulder and side of my chest so that I could burp her and cradle her. I hadn’t had much time with her, and as a mother to a new baby, I wanted this bonding time. Even with her being done with the meal, I likely wouldn’t hand her off to someone for a while. Not now that she was here in my arms again. I loved her, I loved all of my children, and nothing beat snuggling with them and feeling that closeness to them.
“The way that you want to protect everyone. You want to make sure that no one at all is hurt. No humans and no super naturals. You’re not just concerned about your people, but about all the people in the world. That is a wonderful thing, Queen Riviana. I hope you know that. You are exceptionally amazing in many ways, but if I had to assign a trait that makes you go above and beyond what anyone was to ever expect, this would be it.”
“Thank you, Dolan. That is quite flattering.” I gave him a kind smile. “Now, there is something that I would like you to do. Don’t worry, it isn’t anything bad.”
“Of course, just let me know how I may help.”
“Call Dayton, and have him come here to the meeting with us all. And your boss too, the director that was there with him last night. I think that a united front against Orson will be our best option here.”
“Understood. I will call them right away.” He was already on his feet, heading toward the door as another set of footsteps came running back toward us. It was Rudy, I had already picked up on his scent.
“It seems that we can get started soon.” I rose to my feet, still cradling Reeselynn in my arms. I was a Queen with magic, I was more than capable of carrying her and working at the same time. That is likely why the others didn’t step in to take her from me. “I will call Leelin and Crawford to have them get ready. Athair m貌r, can you contact the Fae Magician? After I make the call to Crawford, he can contact the others for me. I want everyone that is going to help ready to leave in an hour. We need to get a move on with this barrier.”
“Yes, I will call them now.” Athair m貌r nodded. “We will make sure that the barrier is perfect, Riviana. There is nothing to worry about.”
Dolan stepped out of the room and started to make his call. At the same time, Athair m貌r stepped to the corner next to the window and began contacting the people that were on his list. Me, I wasn’t able to connect mentally to the Witches and Warlocks like I could the Shifters, it wasn’t as effective. So, I pulled my phone from my pocket and pressed the button to call the leader of the Aerie Convento. The council of the Witches and Warlocks was still running strong in their mansion in the mountains. They would be willing to help, of that I was sure. They had no reason to say no to their Queen after all.
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Talia
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When I had brought my new baby sister to my mom, I hadn’t thought that I would get wrapped up in the meeting that was going on. Reagan and Rika were already in the meeting, sitting quietly in the back with the other kids that were over eighteen. I had seen them, Alyssa, Alexandria, Rowan, Ilana, Cypress, Beech, Ashle, Elias, they were all there, and they were looking at me with wide eyes.
I didn’t expect to offer the assistance like I had. It was just something that I was able to do, so I knew that I needed to help my parents out. Thankfully, when I looked at my siblings, I didn’t see any animosity in their eyes. Actually, the looks in their eyes were quite surprising to me.
When I looked at my sister and brother, and all the others that happened to have their eyes trained on me, they looked impressed and a little envious. They looked like they were happy for me to be included the way that I was, and that they wanted to be up there with me, showing how powerful they were.
While my mom was calling the Warlocks and Witches that she wanted to help us, and the others were making their calls as well, I was about to head over to where my guards, Alexio and Rudy were. I was intercepted though. As I walked from the head of the table to where my guards were, Reagan and Rika, and all the others, rushed to me in a frenzy.
“Talia?” Rika said with a smile as she hugged me. “You’re going to get to help mom out so much. I am so jealous of you.” She said jealous, but she looked more excited. They all did.
“We are leagues behind you, Talia. You’ve done so much for the kingdom already. Don’t worry, we plan to carry our weight soon enough.” Ilana smiled at me. “You’re amazing though. I mean, who knew that you could do something like soul projecting? Then again, that was how you were telling the future while we were all dealing with the Jaegan.” She noted with a smile. “You’re awesome, little cuz.”
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“Thank you, Ilana.”
She had hugged me while she was praising me, so I felt the need to be extra polite. I was feeling a little overwhelmed though. I had thought that the older kids weren’t too happy about me and all the work that I had done for my parents over the last several months. However, it would seem that I was wrong. They were happy for me. They were treating me like I was someone to look up to, to aspire to be like. That was strange to me as well, since they were all older than I was.