Filed To Story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
The next thing I knew, I was laying in Joaquin’s arms as he crouched next to the magic circle.
“Riviana.” He breathed my name and hugged me when he saw me open my eyes. I saw the other men in the room standing around us, watching me closely.
“What happened?” Noah asked me.
“You were there, weren’t you?” Vincent asked me.
“Yes, I was. I saw the children, where they are being kept.”
“How did you know that she had gone there?” Henrich asked Vincent, uncertain of how he had reached that conclusion.
“It’s not the first time something like this has happened to someone in our pack. Plus, what else could explain it?” Vincent’s answer seemed simple but it was indeed knowledgeable.
“What exactly happened here?” I asked, curious to know why I was actually laying in Joaquin’s arms. “And how long was I gone?”
“While Crawford was chanting you swayed forward and collapsed. You were only out for like two or three minutes.” Noah’s answering voice was full of concern for me.
“I almost had a heart attack.” Joaquin whispered quietly into my ear. “Why are you always scaring me like this?”
“I don’t mean to.” I consoled him with a returned whisper and a quick small hug.
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Riviana
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Joaquin decided to change the positions of us all in the room. He stood with me in his arms and moved us to the love seat from before. The three warlocks sat on the sofa facing us, Noah and Vincent were behind us defensively again, albeit unnecessarily.
“Can you tell us what exactly happened?” Eldrige asked me with a steady and calm voice. I nodded and began my explanation, a play by play account of what had happened from the moment I closed my eyes to focus until I closed my eyes and braced for impact with the ceiling in the basement.
“They were seriously that far underground?” Vincent seemed shocked by that the most.
“Yes, it felt like they were at least fifty or sixty feet underground.”
“And you said there were two dozen children?” Crawford seemed confused. “I don’t know why he would need so many children. That is more than what the summoning would require.”
“How many guards do you think they have there? What kind of fight are we looking at?” Noah wanted to get straight to the strategic planning.
“I know they had at least a dozen and a half warlocks.”
“That seems like it will be no problem at all.” Henrich sounded confident.”
“Don’t be so rash.” Joaquin reprimanded him.
“Why, we have nearly a hundred. Their measly eighteen will be next to nothing compared to that.” Henrich was smiling with his overconfidence.
“You’re missing something.” Vincent informed him.
“Precisely.” Joaquin nodded.
“What am I missing?”
“Riviana, you want to tell him?” Joaquin smiled at me as I sat wrapped in his arms.
“Sure.” I nodded at him before turning to face the warlocks. “Phillip told the guards to fortify the puppetry for the horde.”
“What’s that got to do with us?” Henrich was really beginning to sound stupid now.
“It means that the massive beasts that Edmond sent to attack us yesterday are likely being kept there.” Joaquin was in Alpha mode, calm, cool, and collected. He always seemed so much wiser and stronger when he was in this role
“More of those beasts?” Crawford paled.
“How many more?” Eldrige asked.
“I didn’t see them but I am guessing a lot.”
“We have to assume that it will be a lot more than we dealt with before. But we have an advantage now.” Joaquin smiled at me as he spoke. “We now have a Warlock Queen who will enhance the abilities of all those that fight with her.” I blushed, a slight smile on my face. I loved the feeling his confidence in me gave me. It made me feel strong, powerful, and of course loved.
The Warlocks were dismissed and ordered to spread the news about what had happened. They needed to tell the others about Thoth’s message, my being the Queen, and of course that we had found the kids and would be heading out soon. It was a quarter to one when they left and we planned to leave no later than two-thirty this afternoon. We had a time limit, and it was less than twenty-four hours away.
I was happy that Joaquin wasn’t going to try and keep me away. That I was going to get to help and fight to save the kids. I didn’t want to put my foot down and force him to let me go.
We had little to prepare, but there were still some things needed. First was acquiring more vehicles. We would be having more kids to transport, and with all the warlocks going with us we needed to have ample room. So, Joaquin sent some of the group to get more.
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