Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“If you had just left me alone, just ignored my existence, I probably wouldn’t be what I am today. So, in a way, I should thank you.” I laughed in his angry face.
“And what exactly are you?”
“I am the Luna of my pack, the daughter of Wesley, Eve, and Lily. I am the mate of the Alpha, the leader of the Red Springs Wolf Pack. But above all that, more than anything else, I am the Luna Queen, the new incarnate of the Goddess Nehalennia, and I have been given the title of Warlock Queen, the chosen child of Thoth. I am so far above you and your paltry little antics that I do not need to justify anything to you, Edmond.”
“That’s impossible. There is no way that any of that is true.” He spat the words into my face with a vehemence that was all too clear. “There is no way that a worthless little girl like you would be anything, let alone chosen by any of the celestials. You’re lying to me.”
“You only wish I was lying to you. Do these bindings not speak for themselves?”
“But how? How did you get to be granted so much power? How did you get what it is that all we warlocks want? How?” He was hyperventilating now, angrier than ever before.
“Because of you, Edmond. If it hadn’t been for you playing at being a god, then there would never have been a need for me. So, as you see, I only exist because of you. You made me into what I am today. Aren’t you just so proud of me?” I held a note of laughter in my voice as I spoke, knowing that it would make him angrier the longer I spoke.
“That’s impossible. You should have been just a wolf or a witch, it’s inconceivable that you would be so equally balanced in both. How did you manage to learn magic?” He was grasping at straws, trying to keep me talking more and more to buy him just a little more time.
“You may have destroyed the Aerie Convento, but you did not destroy the magic council. They accompanied me to train and teach me about my other side. I know all the histories of your people Edmond, because they are my people as well. I was granted the mark by Thoth himself.” With those words I pointed to where the ankh mark was on my right shoulder.
“Thoth was a stupid man and is an even more stupid god, he is too sentimental and naive, that is why he was unable to accept Hekate’s true nature.” Edmond seemed to be rambling now, talking would buy him more time after all.
“Thoth was a kind and generous man, and a father that cared for his children, but the loss of his wife nearly destroyed him. Hekate was the one who caused it all, she should have been punished further for her actions, but Thoth loved her too much for that.”
“Shut up, you don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re an idiotic little child, you know nothing.”
“No, Edmond, you don’t know what you’re talking about, and I grow weary of your antics. It’s time for me to end this.”
“This will end when I say it does!” Edmond screamed at me. “And not a fucking minute sooner, you ungrateful whelp. If it wasn’t for me and my experimentations, you wouldn’t fucking exist. Remember that. Remember that it’s all thanks to me that you even have a chance at life. And you need to remember that it’s me that can take all of that away from you. I gave you your life, and I am more than capable, and definitely more than willing, to take it from you.” His ranting finally came to an end, along with the holier than thou tone he always used.
“If you think you’re a match for someone chosen by a god and a goddess, then bring it on you psychopathic freak. I don’t think you have it in you to beat me. That’s the problem with you. You always let other people do the real fighting, the real dirty work, all while you sit there and threaten them like you’re someone special.” I watched as Edmond’s face blanched, he obviously couldn’t handle the truth.
“Watch that fucking mouth of yours, you little bitch. Shut it, before I shut it for you.”
“Oh no, I’m quaking in my boots. Someone help me please.” I pretended to shake and shiver like I was afraid, deliberately overplaying the action for comical effect.
“I regret ever making you. You’re the most useless of all my creations. You’ve been nothing but a damn thorn in my side since day one. The mere sight of you even killed your mother. If she hadn’t been destroyed just by the idea of you then I could have used her as a way to control you. She would have been the remote control for me to use wherever I might have needed to. But no, no one wanted you when you were born, not even your good for nothing mother.”
“You know nothing about families, Edmond.”
“Families are for the weak and simple. Families hold you down and stop you from reaching your potential. What need would I have for a family? What good would they do for me? I am too ambitious and powerful for a family.”
While Edmond rambled on, the children around us solidified and became more real. They had taken form. And it wasn’t just the eyes, I could see faces and bodies forming as well.. They were the ghosts of the kids he had killed, and this was where they stepped in to help me.
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Riviana
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I remember that when I first caught sight of the face looking at us, I had been momentarily terrified. I had thought that some demons had latched onto Edmond and followed him into this world, this place of gray emptiness. I thought that there might be some new enemy coming after me before I had even dealt with the last threat.
Then I looked closer at the faces, at the people surrounding us. That had been when I realized who they were and why they were there.
“Did you pay any attention to your children, Edmond? Any at all?” I asked him. I had wanted to buy some time to allow my siblings time to fully form.
“What need would I have of looking closely at them? They were mongrel half breeds.”
“If you hate half breeds so much, why did you make so many? Why did you put so much time and effort into their creation? The idea of it all simply baffles me.” He had to know that his words made no sense at all.
“It was simple really. Like I told you before, I needed spies, agents on the inside. I needed children born from the enemy clans that would have their trust and not be questioned. In a sense, they would be sleeper agents.”
“Were there ever any of your children that survived your special attention? Were there any sleeper agents that you were actually able to implant for future activation?”
“There were a few that managed to be programmed for future activation. But they seemed to behave differently once they were sent home. So much so that they were noticed.”
“Does that mean they were destroyed?” I asked this out of genuine curiosity, and to know if I had to find and deprogram all his little sleeper cells.
“Yes, unfortunately. As of this moment, you are the only living child of mine. The others have all been eliminated.”
“That must have been difficult for you.” I tried to sound soothing, to give words like you would to any other grieving father. Apparently, my efforts were wasted.
“Yes, it was quite the pain. I spent much of my long life preparing for their missions, only for my tools to be destroyed before I could enact even one step of my plan. It truly was an annoyance.”
“You don’t feel anything about them being killed? About them having died for no reason beside their affiliation with you?”
“What would there be for me to feel? Why do you keep asking me about this? Why do you keep going in circles with this?” He seemed annoyed now.
