Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
After vowing that, I looked at the three little imp boys with a serious look in my eyes. I needed to know how far they were willing to go with all of this.
“I am moving on. I need to finish this and stop Hekate. Are you three going to come with me? Or you would like me to go on my own while you stay here?” I swear that all three of the imps looked as if they were going to cry now. Why was it that they sometimes acted like little kids that didn’t want to be away from their mother? I mean, I know that they weren’t my children, but it felt that way at moments like this.
“Alright, don’t worry, I will take you with me. I think it would be better to stick together anyway. You three will know more about this place than I would.”
‘Do not forget about me, Riviana. I have knowledge of this world as well.’ The other me piped up again.
“Yes, that you do. I have four guys, one inside my head and three clinging to my legs.” I heard the other me chuckle at that statement. Well, I was glad that I could make her laugh, but now it wasn’t really a thing.
I took one last look around me, one last look at the city block that had once felt so familiar and welcoming. It didn’t feel that way now. After the attack, it was cold and lifeless. That most likely was due to the fact that there literally was no life to be seen around this place. I had freed the souls and now, this block of the underworld was empty.
“I wonder how many more souls I will run into before I leave this limbo. How many more people will I need to help?”
‘Do you intend to help every soul you encounter? Do you intend to take that much time?’
“I will not seek them out, but if they are in my path, then I will help them. I cannot abandon people here to be stuck forever.”
That seemed to be all that the other me wanted to know about that topic. She didn’t say anything else, so I prepared to leave. I needed to move on to the next level. I needed to find Hekate.
“Do you know where to go?” I asked the three little imp boys and they smiled excitedly. I was betting that that meant yes.. Well, I was hoping it did anyway.
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Joaquin
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I was still waiting, not so patiently, for Trevor to bring those twins that he had been talking about. I don’t know what it was that has been taking him so long, but it was starting to piss me off. I just knew that I needed to see if they could help me with my Little Bunny.
And to make matters worse, the staff was starting to inquire about when they could come back to work. I was slowly adding some of them back as Vincent and Gabriel were making sure that they would not be a potential leak about the truth of my Little Bunny’s current condition.
I couldn’t risk the public knowing that their queen, their goddess, had fallen into a coma and that her soul had left her body. That was not something that we could let be known because it would open the door for several enemies to make their moves as well as bring fear and sorrow to the masses. No, that wasn’t an option. We needed to make sure that this was kept quiet for now.
Right now, I had permitted only two maids, two butlers, and two chefs to return to the castle. That was on top of Peter, Abigail, and Roisin. So, aside from the guards, we had nine staff members that were running the entire castle.
I know that this was leaving them all a little overwhelmed and in over their heads, but they could manage it. They were amazing people, and it wasn’t like I was expecting things to be perfect for right now.
I was on my way out of my office to go for a meeting in the city. That was something that I barely did anymore, especially with my Little Bunny in the state that she was currently in. Almost as soon as I was through the door, I ran into someone that had been waiting on the other side.
“I am sorry, my King.” Thoma, one of my Little Bunny’s guards, was standing there with an intense look on her face. Next to her were five other guards that were usually stationed in the castle. They had not been brought back on for duty.
“What do you need, Thoma? I am in a hurry.” I let her know right away that I didn’t have time and just wanted her to say whatever it was that she needed to.
“Yes, King Joaquin, I understand that, and I am truly sorry. But w..we just wanted to know If there is something wrong with Queen Riviana.”
What the fucking hell was I hearing?! How the hell did they know about this? Who had talked? Who had told them about this? Whoever it was they were going to fucking die.
“What do you know, Thoma?” I glared at her and lowered my voice. I was speaking to her as menacing as I possibly could.
“N..nothing. Nothing at all my King. I swear. We are just worried. No one has seen her in several days and we are getting worried about her. We have all seen you and the children, but Queen Riviana has been gone for quite some time now.”
I was furious. I was so pissed off at her at that moment that I felt like I was going to explode. And I would have exploded onto these half a dozen guards for their stupidity and impertinence. Didn’t they fucking know how to just wait for their King and Queen to tell them what the hell was going on? Stupid morons.
“Thoma, I need to speak to you, to all of you.” I glared at her and then the others, it was a move that made all of them flinch away from me in fear.
“Y..yes, Sir.” Thoma nodded and spoke as calmly as she could.
“Get in my office, all of you.” I turned around and stalked back into the room I had just left. While doing that I pulled out my phone and started to text the board members that were back at the office. I told them that an emergency came up and I would reschedule the meeting for another time.
I wonder if these idiots realize what they just did? I mean, I wasn’t worried about my company going under or anything, but I still didn’t want to get a bad reputation in the business world. Damn these morons.
I sat in my chair behind the desk, but I didn’t offer them anywhere to sit. They needed to answer to me, not the other way around.
“Tell me what you know, Thoma. All of it.” I demanded that she explain it all right away.
“I know nothing, Sir. Of that I swear. I am just worried about her. I have been guarding Queen Riviana for years and now we have all been kept away from the castle lately. We were all just wondering if something happened.”
I could tell that Thoma was regretting asking me these questions. She was just having a hard time with what was happening, just like everyone else was.
“Listen, Thoma, all of you. I want you all to hear what I am about to tell you and you need to keep it a secret.” The six of them raised their heads with curious and worried eyes. “There is nothing wrong with Queen Riviana. She has just recently found out that we are expecting again and the pregnancy is already quite difficult for her. You remember when she was pregnant with the twins, right. Well let’s just say that this pregnancy is a little worse than that one. It’s a little more intense.”
I was trying to subtly tell them that she was carrying more than two babies. That would be a secret that would not be allowed to spread. Riviana and I would spread the news when she woke up and was ready, or I would spread it myself later. Until then, this would keep everyone calmer for the time being.
“We understand, Sir. Thank you for alleviating my fears.”
