Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Protect Gloriana?” Sterling sounded shocked. “Is she in danger as well? Is what happening in the city going to get her hurt?” I saw pain in his eyes as he thought about that.
“No, she cannot be in danger. She is powerful, what could possibly get to her?” Alloy sounded like he didn’t quite believe his own words.
“That is what I am trying to find out.”
I know that the firm look I gave them when I answered made them think that I suspected them. I could tell they thought they were in trouble because of the reactions they had to those words and that firm look of mine.
“N..no. We didn’t do it.” Alloy stammered.
“We’re innocent.” Sterling added.
“You cannot think that we would ever hurt Gloriana or Valerian. They are our friends.”
“I know they are.” I nodded at them, trying to let them know that I understood.
“Then why? Why are you here for us?” Alloy was getting angry again, just like he had been earlier. I could tell that anger was his response when he was afraid of something.
“I am not here for you.” I tried to assure him.
“Yeah, right. You came here to either kill us or arrest us.” He was backing away from me, then, trying to drag Sterling who was quite a bit taller than him. He was trying to get the two of them away from me.
“I assure you that I am not here for that.” I stood and looked at the two of them, they had fear in their eyes. They knew that I was powerful, nearly as powerful as the Fae Queen herself. They knew that they would most likely die if it came to a true fight between us.
“I don’t believe you. You’re on the same side as Hibiscus.”
“Calm down, Alloy.” Sterling tried to sooth the man. “We do not know that she is here for that reason.”
“How can she not be. She came from the city after all.”
“I assure you that I am in no way on the same side as Hibiscus. However, I seem to be the only person investigating this crime who doesn’t believe that Hibiscus was just an innocent bystander. I believe there is more that she is not telling us.”
“Y..you truly are not siding with her?” Alloy paused in his struggle to pull the larger man away.
“No, I am not siding with her. Actually, I want to use the two of you to help me prove that she is guilty. I know that she has a bigger part in all of this than she is letting on.
“If that is the case, then Alloy and I are with you. I wish to let everyone know what it was that she did to me. She nearly killed me, while wielding my own sword against me no less.”
“She will pay, won’t she?” Alloy didn’t quite believe me yet.
“She most definitely will.” I nodded at him and smirked as I thought about proving that she was behind all of this.
“Then we will come with you.”
Now, instead of trying to pull Sterling away, Alloy was helping him to his feet so that he could stand. I saw that Sterling was around maybe five feet ten inches tall, somewhere in that range, while Alloy was maybe five foot seven inches tall. The difference wasn’t as big as I initially thought it was. However, Sterling was a little more masculine with more muscle definition, which made him seem a lot bigger than the thin and slight Alloy.
“We will come with you if it means that we can tell everyone that Hibiscus lied and tried to kill us.” Sterling wrapped his arm around Alloy’s shoulders and held the smaller man against his side.
“That is good. I believe that we should get back as soon as we can. Something tells me that there is danger awaiting Aunt Glory and Athair m貌r in the city. I need to hurry and finish this mission as soon as possible.”
“Then, let us go.”
Together, the three of us walked toward the edge of the clearing and back toward the shed that I had come in through.
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Joaquin
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“Where the hell is she?!” I yelled at the shining rectangle that was the door. It had closed behind my Little Bunny after she left us here. How could she just leave like that? How could she do this to me? “Riviana!” I yelled at the door. “Riviana!”
I had tried to follow her several times after she disappeared, only to be thrown back several times until the door shut. I was frantic, scared and lost without her here with me. Right now, I was on my knees in front of the door, hoping and praying that she was going to come back to me sometime soon.
“Riviana.” I pounded the floor with my fist as I said her name. “Riviana. Riviana.. Riviana.”
“Joaquin!” I heard Vincent’s voice call out to me, but I ignored him.
“Riviana.”
“JOAQUIN!” He yelled at me again but this time he grabbed my shoulder and pulled me back.
“What?!” I shouted at him.
“Pull yourself together, Joaquin.”
