Chapter 192 – Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel

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“What do you say we get some sleep, Little Bunny.” I smiled at my mate who was still sitting against me.

“I say lay me down and call me sleeping beauty. I feel like I can sleep for a hundred years.” She joked, the natural flow of her humor always made me laugh.

“Then let’s turn the lights out and get to bed.”

I scooped her up into my arms and walked to the light switch.

“Why are you carrying me?” She asked me, confused by my actions.

“After what happened today, I’m never letting go of you again.” I responded quickly and smoothly.

“Oh no. You just intensified my prison sentence, didn’t you.”

“So, being with me is like being in prison?” I faked a hurt expression and tone of voice.

“I feel like I’m gonna be shackled to you like I’m in a chain gang or we are two escaping criminals in an action movie.”

“You can be so mean sometimes.” I pouted.

“Thank you.” She batted her eyelashes at me.

When I made it to the bed I managed to unbutton my jeans and strip them off one handed, but no matter how talented I was, I wouldn’t be able to pull the t-shirt off with her in my arms. So I climbed into the bed and set her on my lap while I pulled it over my head and threw it aside. Once I was in just my boxers I nestled her next to me and pulled the blanket over us.

“Hmm, look at you Mr. aggressive.”

“This isn’t me being aggressive, this is me being loving and caring.” I smiled before laying my lips against her forehead for a quick kiss. “Now, be quiet, hug me, and sleep.”

“Oh, yes Sir, Mr. King, Sir. I will be certain to do just that.” Her words were mocking but she did as I asked. She wrapped her arms around my neck, nestled against my chest and closed her eyes. She was asleep in under a minute. She really was exhausted too. I laid a gentle kiss against her hair and whispered one word.

“Mine.”

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Riviana **

Thankfully I slept soundly. I fell asleep snuggled in Joaquin’s arms and woke up the same way. And I was glad that I didn’t have any dreams at all. It was completely calm and serene compared to the rest of that day.

After my oh so eventful day, I expected to sleep late, so I was not surprised when I didn’t wake up until almost ten in the morning. Joaquin had still been there with me as well, snuggling me happily. After waking I was too hungry to shower first before breakfast, I needed food in me.

The first thing that we planned to do after breakfast that morning was send David and Rawlynne to collect the personal effects of the missing children. We needed to get one for everyone of them just in case they were being kept in separate locations.

The Warlocks had already left and returned to the Aerie Convento, which I had learned was the name of the magic council’s headquarters. Joaquin and I, along with a proper amount of guards, would be traveling there tomorrow so the search for the missing kids could finally commence.

I admit that I have been busy the past month, but we didn’t abandon the kids at all. Half of the pack warriors have been traveling all around the country looking for any trace of Edmond and the missing kids. The problem is, if someone was actively covering their tracks it would be so much easier to hide from us. Most wolves could not smell the trails left behind by a Warlock.

That was something I wish I could take care of. My warriors needed to level up, so to speak. I would have to figure that out at some point. I couldn’t leave them so ill prepared.

I was now sitting in the kitchen, eating a large plate of pancakes and bacon, and don’t forget my favorite poached eggs on the side. I had almost forgotten that Juniper had been here all night when she came walking into the room.

“Hey, glad to see you’re doing good today. After all that commotion last night I was worried about you.” She called out to me as she went to sit in the chair.

“Hey Juniper, sorry to worry you.” I was embarrassed that everyone knew what had happened by now. How weak it made me sound.

“No, don’t sweat it. Gabriel and Giffin came and told us all that it was because you’re not used to your Goddess powers. It was my fault wasn’t it?” She looked sad, and her eyes were filled with guilt. “It’s because you granted me that ability that you ended up sick, right?” I saw tears in her eyes and I just had to stop her.

“Absolutely not, Juniper, it is not your fault.” I put as much sincerity into my words as I could. Those bright green eyes of her were usually filled with just joy and an intensity for life, so seeing her so upset was causing me physical pain. “Juniper, what happened to me was because I was not fully accepting my Goddess powers before. In all fairness I didn’t know about them, but my body has not had a chance to adjust to them and therefore using them completely drained me of all my energy.”

Are you sure that it is not my fault?” She still looked sad.

“Yes, Juniper, I am sure. Plus, you deserved that ability. It was inside you already anyway. All I did was help to bring it out.”

“Really?” She smiled like those words made her really happy.

“Yeah.” I nodded at her. “And like Gabriel told Griffin last night, keep using it and learning more about it so that you can discover the true extent of your abilities.”

“I really don’t think there will be much use for it, honestly. Yeah, it can help calm people down when they’re upset, but what else is it good for?”

“I have an idea for it, but I’ll tell you about it later. Do you feel like coming on a trip with us tomorrow?”

“A trip?” She was confused since I hadn’t told her about the rescue mission we would be going on soon.

“Yeah, it has a purpose, but I will tell you about it later.”

Throughout the whole conversation with Juniper, Joaquin had sat there eating his breakfast in silence, listening to us talk. I honestly didn’t think he could keep his mouth shut for this long so I was kind of shocked. As I looked at him during a momentary lull in the conversation his phone rang.

“Hmm, what does Griffin want?” He mused as he stood up. “I’ll take the call in the other room so you two can keep talking.” He kissed the top of my head as he walked by. “I’ll see you later Juniper.” With that he walked out of the kitchen and toward the sitting room across the house from us.

“So, uh, Riviana.” Juniper was looking nervous as she spoke. “Now that Joaquin is gone, there is something that I want to talk to you about.”

“What?” She looked so embarrassed that I couldn’t help but have a smirk on my face and a laugh in my voice.

“So, I woke up this morning with a strange mark on me.” Her eyes were darting around, side to side, as if she was afraid someone would hear.

“What kind of mark?” I was intrigued but didn’t know if this was a joking matter or not.

“Well, it almost looks like a tattoo.” She smirked now. “But I definitely didn’t go and get one last night.”

“What is it? Is it embarrassing?” I laughed trying to lighten the mood.

“Not really embarrassing, no. But I didn’t have it before.”

“Come on, just spit it out, Juniper. What’s the big deal? You’ve seen my marks before.”

“Those are mate marks, they’re different.”

“Actually, they’re goddess marks, apparently. I got them when I was fully mate marked, but they’re symbols of my powers.”

“Huh, I didn’t know that.” She tried changing the subject, I could tell what she was doing and I wasn’t going to let it slide.

“Neither did I til yesterday, but we’re talking about you, not me.” I fixed her with a firm look. “What kind of mark is it Juniper?”

“Just, look for yourself.” She snapped at me and pulled the collar of her t-shirt to the side.

When she revealed her collar bone to me I saw a mark about half the size of my fist. It was a sapphire blue paw print with a silver crescent moon to the left of it, well left in my view but on her right side. The crescent moon was thin and went from the middle of top of the paw print to the bottom middle, half encircling it.

“That’s, interesting.” I only slightly paused as I was saying these words.

“I’ve never seen it before, and it definitely wasn’t there last night.”

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