Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
After that Casey told me how to send a message to the Queen. She said since I had magic already I should be able to do it no problem. Apparently, I needed to stand before a mirror and place my hand on its surface. After that I just needed to concentrate on who I was contacting, pour magic into the mirror, and speak a few precise words.
I went to my room and pulled a chair over in front of the full length mirror in the corner. I placed a hand on the surface, pulled the magic to the surface, thought of the Queen the way she was when we visited her, and then spoke the words that Casey told me to say.
“Mirror to mirror, person to person, connect us now, a message I must send.”
I literally thought that I would get some sort of ringing sound that came next. It didn’t, that would be too convenient.? However, the entire mirror did fog over, and I couldn’t see my reflection in the mirror anymore at all.
The fog swirled around in different patterns and I was having fun trying to see what the shapes were before they disappeared. I guess I was easily amused at the moment.
“Oh look, a pretty flower. And that one there is a moose. Now some trees.” I called them all out like an idiot. Cats, dogs, fish, people, food, even words. This was some pretty talented fog if you ask me.
When the mirror lit up, and someone was standing on the other side, it was not the Queen as I had expected.
“What do you want?” Curtis, Queen Gloriana’s consort was the one who answered the mirror, the call? I don’t know how to put it.
“Hello Curtis.” I smiled at him and nodded my head. “I need to speak with Queen Gloriana.”
“She’s busy. What? Do you think she has the time to talk to just anyone?” His tone was much more aggressive than I had thought it would be. OK, what the hell crawled up his butt and died?
“Perhaps you do not remember me, Curtis. I am Queen Riviana, the Queen of the Shifter wolves and the magic folk.”
Apparently he had forgotten who I was, and the paling in his face and eyes was enough to tell me that he hadn’t expected what he had just heard. I could also see a couple bright spots blooming on his cheeks like he was very embarrassed by the fact that I had needed to remind him of whom he was talking to.
“Now, Curtis, I have something important to talk to the Queen about. Could you please ask her if she is available or let me know when a better time to call her would be?”
“I do apologize, Queen Riviana, but she just left on a trip that will take her a very long time. I can take a message and have her get back to you.” He smirked like it was not something that he was sorry about at all.
“CURTIS!?” I heard a sharp voice behind him, and I saw that he flinched. He really wasn’t having a good day. If he kept getting scared like that, I have a feeling he would have a heart attack. Still, this was a good, though interesting, development. I recognized that voice and I knew exactly who it was that had come in and yelled at the consort.
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Riviana
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“What are you doing in my room, Curtis? You know you are not allowed in my private quarters, especially when I am not here.”
“I am sorry, Glory, my love.” Curtis put on a smile and looked at the woman who was scolding him. “I just heard that you had a call so I was going to take a message for you.”
“The mirror will record its own messages to give to me later. You may leave now, and do not forget your place again, or you may just find yourself replaced.” The tone in Queen Gloriana’s voice and the darkness I saw in her eyes told me that Gabriel was right when he said she encompassed all the magic of the Fae. She had darkness in her as well. And that made me wonder, was my Fae ancestor a dark Fae or a light Fae.
“Yes, my love. I am very sorry to have overstepped.” And just like that Curtis fled from the room as if someone or something was chasing him.
“Riviana, my dear, what can I do for you?” Queen Gloriana looked at me with a sweet smile, all traces of the darkness gone from her eyes now, though she did wave her hand behind her, and the door to the room slammed shut very hard.
“I thought you had gone out of town, Queen Gloriana. That is what Curtis said.”
“Yes, I am supposed to be leaving. However, I realized I forgot something so I came back to my room to get it.” I could tell that she was not in the greatest of moods right now. Something was not going well for her. That was strange, considering how everything was mostly peaceful when we visited less than a year ago. “Oh, by the way. I got the birth announcement for your lovely children. They are so adorable, I just want to pinch their little cheeks. I am fortunate enough that Casey will bring the babies by to see me frequently. That is all that I can ask for. And Astraia, my niece, she sends me periodic updates and photos of her baby. He is almost four months old now.”
“Yes, I had heard that Star had her baby about a month and a half after me. It was quite amazing, to be honest, and I was happy to see that she and Artem have gotten married and adopted the children. They seem very happy now. I was thinking of seeing her again sometime soon.” I was feeling nostalgia for the time that we visited them, and our children were so close in age, I really would like to see them again, even if just for the children.
“Yes, I miss her as well.” The Queen looked sad now, I knew how lonely she was without a mate after all this time. Anyway, we are getting off topic Riviana. Please, tell me what it is you need.”
“Ah, yes. I hate to keep you though. Aren’t you supposed to leave?” I didn’t want to upset her by taking her time.
“Riviana, I am the queen, they need to wait for me. If they don’t, they will be punished.” There was a slight laugh in her voice when she said that, and it was a little on the dark side. She must be even angrier than I thought.
“Alright. Well, the reason that I wanted to talk to you is that I had my personal assistant searching for information on my family for months. Over the last eight months he had discovered a lot of things that I never knew about.” I kept the initial explanation vague to gauge how she was going to respond.
“Interesting. And what exactly did he find?” She sat down gracefully in a chair that was positioned in front of the mirror.
“Well, to be honest, he found out that my mother’s family was not just wolves. There was something else. And I was hoping that you might help me with that.” I noticed that her eyes popped open in surprise, and the smile she gave me was very intrigued.
“Ooh, do tell Riviana. I am curious to know what is going on now.”
“Well, to be honest, there is a Fae in my family tree. My assistant couldn’t find anything about him though. He was unable to find out anything about him or his family based on the information that he has.” She gasped at my news and covered her mouth.
“Fascinating. I really would like to hear more. I think you need to come for another visit. This time, as a Fae and not as a visiting ambassador. I think we need to delve deeper into this whole situation.” The Queen was looking very happy right now. It was like this news had stopped her entire bad mood. That was good. I didn’t want to see her upset anymore.
“When would be the best time to visit?” I wondered as I thought about things. “I don’t know your schedule.”
“Hmm.” She put one of her dainty hands on her chin as she thought about it. “Well, this hunt can sometimes last for several weeks. The longest one in history was nearly three months. Then there is the awards ceremony that we must have. I do not think that would be a pleasant time to visit if you’re not already used to how things would be. The earliest then would be in the fall, but we Fae still celebrate a more traditional Samhain and that too can be uncomfortable for outsiders.”
She hummed as she thought about it. It was like she didn’t know what to say or do.
