Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
Mom, Lila, Nikki, Emmalee, and Lotus, Acacia’s mom, were taking the kids to see the puppets while Joaquin and the other guys learned the different ways that the Fae used light to fight. During that time, I was going to have a conversation with just Aunt Glory.
After seeing that the kids were all settled in, I was escorted to Aunt Glory’s private study once again. She was waiting for me in a chair next to the fireplace with a cup of cocoa in her hands.
“Would you like some, Riviana? It is an ancient Fae recipe.”
“Really? I didn’t think hot cocoa had been around that long.” I tilted my head to the side as I sat across from her.
“It wasn’t, but it’s fun to tease the younger folk about it. Some of them are so gullible that they believe it every time. This is actually just my favorite brand that I send someone into town to get me a few times a year. It’s my private stock.”
“Sounds good. I think I will have some.”
With a wave of her hand, the shining silver pitcher rose into the air, and a cup followed it. The steaming hot cocoa poured itself and flew over to me. I had to be careful when I took the cup; I didn’t want to burn myself if it spilled accidentally.
“Before I forget, Aunt Glory, what do you think of Roisin? She is managing the house that we are staying in right now.”
“Ah, so you’ve noticed that she is quite taken with the Shifter Queen? She is a good person, she was in awe of you without ever meeting you. I think she would do anything for you. And you don’t have to worry, she is as honest as they come. She cannot hide her emotions, it is the only drawback to being her.” Well that was good. I guess I didn’t have to worry about her at all.
“So, Aunt Glory, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?” I had been curious since she invited me to come see her.
“This conversation is going to go back to one we started having when you were here last year. I heard from Joaquin that you still do not have your kingdom set up.”
“Well, that is true, yes. It’s just, I don’t really know what to do about it. And will they even accept it? I mean, I am literally coming in and changing the way things have been done for the last couple millenia. This isn’t the easiest thing for someone to accomplish. I have a feeling that a lot of people are going to push back with it. I don’t want to alienate my people.”
“You need to go about this carefully, Riviana. You have not one, but two kingdoms. That is two sets of people to rule. You need to think about whether or not you want to rule them as one entity or two.”
I thought about her words, what it would mean for me to do this as one group and two groups. Either way it was going to be hard. And I just didn’t know how to go about fixing it.
“Aunt Glory?” I looked at her with eyes that were filled with nerves and worry.
“Yes, Riviana?”
“Will you help me figure all of this out?”
“Riviana, dear, why do you think you’re here.”
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Riviana
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The smile that Aunt Glory was giving me said that she was both proud that I asked for help, and that I should have known better before I even asked. The two feelings I got from it were completely contradictory with each other. Still, I was happy that she was going to help me out.
“We will work on it today and as many times as we have to before you leave. We can even get Val in to help us.” She knew that Athair m贸r would really want to help if he could. “He is a good strategist. Just so you know.”
“I think it would be good to have him help us then. I want to make sure that I don’t mess this up at all.”
After that, Aunt Glory summoned Athair m贸r so that he could help. She made sure to tell him that I was there so he rushed to get to the study. I giggled a little at his enthusiasm. I was really glad that he was so happy right now, but I worried what he would be like when we went home.
“I am here garin铆on [1]. I am here to help you with whatever you need.” Athair m贸r was out of breath when he came through the door; it looked as if he had run here when he got Aunt Glory’s summons.
“Thank you. I was hoping that you could help me plan out how to structure my kingdoms. I have yet to do anything with them, and I know that I really need to do something about that before I lose out on my chance to make a difference.”
“Ah, my dear sweet garin铆on is such a sweet person. You think about your people and try to make sure that nothing bad can happen to them. You are such a good Queen already.”
OK, now I know he was looking at me with rose colored glasses or something. I don’t think there was anything that I could do to make him see me in a negative light. That was funny, but could get to where it was annoying later.
“OK, Riviana, what we need to do is first figure out an approximation of how many people are in your two kingdoms, and then which method would be best for you to implement. Obviously, you do not want to completely copy the Fae way of running a kingdom because we have been doing this for millenia. You will be starting a whole new kingdom that is a Matriarchy. There is a lot that needs to go into planning this out, but we will manage it.”
Athair m贸r really did know what he was talking about. We had to start with estimating the number of shifters in the world, as well as the number of witches, warlocks, gypsies, witch doctors, djinn, genies, and any other type of magic user that I now ruled over. The number was not small, and I was certain that I was low balling that number way too much.
After that we talked about the different ways to get my people involved. I knew that Fae had a noble system, and I wanted to do something like that as well. The problem was that I would end up with a hell of a lot of nobles. The current plan was to make all Alphas nobles. That would be Alphas of every species. I needed to include magical nobles as well though, so in that respect I would make those that ran their own covens nobles as well as those that were high ranking within the Aerie Convento.
The nobility would be ranked on two factors. The amount of help or aid they provide and the size of their packs. The same would go for the magic users. There were fewer of them so the ranking system would be different.
The goal was to unite the two worlds that I ruled into one. It would be best if we could get them to form a counsel of trusted advisors that would represent the ideas of their specific race. They would not have authority over anyone except their own pack or coven, but they will be asked for input and will need to visit the estate on a quarterly basis.
For the little bit of time that we had spent on this so far, we had figured out a lot of the base structure. I would run it by Joaquin at a later date and see if there was anything that he wanted me to change about it, but for the time being it was coming together nicely. Once we got back home, we would slowly start contacting the new nobles and giving them a run down of the new rules system.
The main thing that they needed to understand, according to Athair m贸r and Aunt Glory, was that I was the highest authority for them aside from the Gods and Goddesses. That meant that defying me could prove dangerous. However, it was not like I was just going to rule them by fear; I needed to get them all to trust me as well.
This was going to be a long process. I just knew it. And right as I was about to lament the struggles that I was in for Athair m贸r cheerfully declared something that I didn’t expect.
“I’ve decided, I am coming back with you. I will help you set this up so you will not be alone. Plus, I will see where my family lives.” He was so sure of that idea that I literally couldn’t say anything to oppose his offer.
