Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
I have to admit, feeling the shock that they felt when I spoke to them and imagining the stunned looks on their faces was actually pretty funny. I have seen first hand what a person’s face looks like when they hear me talk to them inside their head for the first time. And imagining a few hundred of those faces happening all over the world at the same time was hilarious.
I was happy, all in all, with how the meetings with the wolves went. It had actually taken me a week and a half because there were so many of them all scattered all over the world. Not to mention, I was really glad I spoke multiple languages. It helped me a lot when I was trying to contact them all.
In the end though, all the ranks had been assigned and the future duties had been briefly discussed. The things about the nobles, especially when it came to the wolves, was that they all couldn’t come to the meetings that I had planned to do quarterly. So, instead I would send the High Nobles to go and see the others, or have them visit the High Nobles. During those visits the High Nobles would gather information about what had been going on for the last few months and then report it all to me when they came for the meeting. This would also happen with the other species as well. I simply couldn’t house them all in my castle at once. I would need to grow it from forty thousand square meters to four hundred thousand square meters just to do that, and even then it might be too small. And that would actually make it the largest building in the world, even bigger than the Boeing factory. That one is only three hundred and ninety-eight thousand square meters.
Though, if I added that much square footage and it was all Noble guest rooms I would be able to put approximately four thousand three hundred more rooms, give or take a little. Perhaps I could build one of those customizable spaces out behind the castle. It would look small on the outside but it would be the largest building in the world on the inside. That could work, possibly. It would only need to be used during the big visits. Hmm, it was something to think about. Then again, if I did that then my castle chefs would have to cook for all of them as well and I don’t really think that would be fair to them.
Nope, I am sticking with the High Nobles only coming here. That would be way more than enough to burden the staff with considering that there were still going to be a good chunk of them as well.
After the wolves had their turn I called in the Felines, who already had both their council members chosen, and then the Bears who also already had their members chosen. I was making this as simple for me as possible in the beginning. I didn’t want to tell any of these people that they could be on the council since their seats had been chosen in advance.
Oh, and there are so few Feline and Bear packs that I was able to call all of their Alphas to the castle at once. They weren’t oppositional to me at all since Landon and Trevor had laid the groundwork for me before they were called in. It was easier with them because they knew what to expect.
I called in the Avians, or bird shifters after the bears. I have dealt with them before and so it made things a little easier as well. Well, I have dealt with one pack of them anyway. There were less bird shifters than either of the groups that I had called already. And I hadn’t chosen any of them to fill in the council at all.
I had worked with Noir before, she was the Alpha of the birds that were closest to us. She and her people had fought with us in the Battle of Edmond, or so everyone had come to call it. She was a capable person but she liked to keep to herself. She was the only person that I could think of to put on the council so far. And considering that there were only nineteen bird clans or packs worldwide she was probably one of the best options as well. Though, I would need to speak to them all first.
That group was also very quick to go through. And sure enough, Noir was the first bird shifter to join the council. The other bird to join us was an eagle shifter by the name of Arno Darvell.
Now that those shifter groups were done, it was time to call in all the others. And these were the groups that I have never even met someone from. This was going to be very interesting if you ask me.
Still, this was my responsibility and I would see it through. I wasn’t about to shirk my duties or turn my back on it because I had never dealt with a sea shifter or reptilian shifter before. Nope, that was still my domain, they were still my people. And, for better or worse, I was going to have to lead them just as much as the others.
The kicker here though, was that none of them knew about me yet. Most of the mammal shifters tended to stick to their own and the same went with the non mammal shifters.. We didn’t have much communication with them all that often if ever.
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Riviana
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These reptilian shifter groups were even smaller than the bird shifters. In all, the reptiles included snakes, komodo dragons, alligators, and crocodiles. And, is it wrong of me to say that they all looked a little scary when I met them?
Each and every reptilian shifter seemed to have something sinister about their looks. Gabriel and Vincent both said that they were trustworthy people; it was just the way that they looked. I had a feeling that a lot of people judged them unfairly the way that I had at first.
The more that I got to know the reptiles though, the more that I was able to see that they were mostly good people. Like every group there were a few undesirables, but for the most part they were open and receptive to meeting me and hearing what I had to say. I guess it also helped that I was clearly someone who had authority over them when they had to listen no matter what.
“Welcome, shifters, I introduce to you your Queen and King.” Gabriel had given his speech the same as he had every time that we welcomed a new group. Everyone in the room looked at me reverently and with awe filled eyes. When they saw Gabriel bow to me as I sat on my throne they also sat down.
“Welcome.” I called out to them. “As you have all heard by now, I am the Queen of the Shifters as well as the Queen of the Children of Magic. I have called you all here to discuss how the way we live might be changing slightly. I do not wish to drastically change your lives. To be honest, I want nothing less than peace for us all. I want all species of the supernatural world to get along with each other and work together. That is the first step to a world where we no longer have to fear being found out.”
There was a murmur that went through the crowd, and I hate to say this but it sounded like the soft hissing of a bunch of snakes all at the same time. After they deliberated among themselves for a few moments they turned to look at me as a whole once more.
“We have no reason not to trust you or believe you.” A man with piercing blue eyes and a white lightning bolt shaped scar on his cheek was the one to speak up. “We can all feel the power of our Alpha coming from you and we accept you. What is it you want from us?”
This man seemed to be someone that would work wonderfully on the council. I would need to suggest that he join us.
“What is your name?” I asked him in a polite voice.
“My name is Nathair Adder, I am a boa shifter.”
“Thank you.” I nodded at him in thanks for him following my request. “Now, Nathair, I am organizing a council that will need two of you to help fill the ranks. One man and one woman will be selected to help make sure that your people are given the proper consideration. The rest of you will be made into nobles that will be called upon to give feedback and reports on how your people are faring. I want a world where no clan or species is left out. You are all my people just as much as the others are.”
The conversation continued for a little while before I conducted the individual interviews. There were a dozen of these clan leaders and there were so few of them that they mostly all went into the Central Noble rank so that they would have a chance to speak if need be. Four of them became High Nobles, and two of them would become Grand Nobles. Nathair agreed to join the council as did a komodo dragon woman by the name of?Kayda Wyvern.
Now that I was through with meeting the Reptile Shifters there was only one group left to meet with. They only had six clans in total. This group was both smaller than all the others but larger than some of them. They only had the four groups in all but they also had more people in their clans than most of the other small groups.
The last group of people were the Sea shifters which was to say Mermen, Mermaids, Sirens, Selkies, and Sea Serpents. The Mermen and Mermaids made up the bulk of these people and they totaled close to half a million if not more. The others were smaller but still had some numbers to them.
When I called these groups to us, some of them didn’t come alone. The Merfolk specifically, had brought with them a few of their dignitaries to help aid us. They apparently had their clans subdivided so that they were easier to manage. That means that they brought the men and women who were responsible for the smaller factions of their people. There were also three different Merfolk clans altogether.
The leaders of these subfactions were to become Central Nobles while the leader of the groups as a whole and the individual clan leaders would all become the High Nobles. I would also choose among them the two council members.
One of the Merfolk clans had brought with them a couple that ran a sub group. Their names were Analise and Reef Rivers. The two of them were a political dream team that would make a great addition to the team. They would both join the council, however they would only get one vote between them when the time came to cast them. The last member to join us was Ronwin Brine, a Selkie that could turn into a seal.
Now that this final group had been met with and chosen from the council was complete. I would soon be meeting with the twenty-four, no twenty-five because of the Rivers.. Now it was time for us all to get things moving toward the right path for the future.
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Riviana
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I think that I was starting to get more and more used to this whole Queen thing. I no longer found myself feeling nervous before these meetings. In fact, today was the first meeting with the entire council that I had assembled. I had to wait for Dietrich to finish his trip to the covens on the coast before we could begin, so it was now closing in on the end of the month. In fact, it was just a few days until my birthday.
