Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
Alexio, the more tough and burly of the two of them, was dressed completely different. He had on jeans as well, but unlike Rudy’s lighter blue colored jeans, Alexio’s were so dark blue that they were nearly black. He was wearing a thermal style t-shirt that I was pretty sure was long sleeved. And over the t-shirt, he was wearing a black jacket, most likely leather. He too was wearing different shoes, but not sneakers. He was wearing black biker style boots instead. Yeah, he was definitely not the soft type of man. He was going to be 鈥榖rawn’ all the way. Thankfully, he wasn’t a stupid man or else it would ruin it all for him.
“Wow, look at you two. I barely recognized you.” I was taking them in, all the changes that they had made since I last saw them. I took a closer look at Alexio’s silver hair and saw that he hadn’t cut it all like I originally thought. He had left it long on top while the sides were buzzed. The top was then pulled back into a short ponytail. It actually suited him pretty well. I liked the way that it looked on him, though I would never want to see it on Joaquin, ever.
“Thank you, Queen Riviana.” Rudy grinned happily. He truly was like a sweet little brother with his reactions to me.
“Thank you, Riviana. I think I like this world’s style a little more than I liked that of the Underworld’s.” There was a slight grin on Alexio’s face when he spoke just then. “I am thankful for you bringing me here.”
“Yes, Queen Riviana, thank you for bringing me here. It has changed my life entirely.”
“I am happy to hear that. In fact, there are going to be a lot of changes to the underworld coming up soon.”
I saw that the two of them had wide eyes of shock, nearly identical like the color that they shared. That color being the blood red that I believe all demons most likely had. Those eyes were so interesting, yet right now, so shocked. I don’t think that they expected me to have anything to do with the underworld now that we were back here. And definitely not in the changing of it.
Well, technically, I wasn’t the one changing it. They probably expected me to just wipe my hands of the place entirely. That wasn’t going to happen though. Not if my daughter was going to rule there one day.
“Also, I am glad that the two of you seem to be doing OK here in this world. I would have hated to have brought you here and you hated it.” I wanted to get that out before I lost my chance. I want them to know that I hadn’t stopped thinking about that since we got home.
“No, I think we will be just fine, Queen Riviana. I like it here. It’s different, that’s for sure, but it is also better. There is food and stuff to drink. There are moving pictures to watch in a large box on the wall. There are clothes that I like. Lots of stuff. I personally love it here. Thank you. Thank you so much.” With that amount of gushing I couldn’t help but be glad that I brought them here.
“I am happy to hear that, Rudy. I am hoping that you will fit in here nicely and be like a little brother to me. You’re such a sweet boy and I know you can find true happiness. I may not be able to bring the magic back to the demons, but I can bring magic to your life.”
I just had to open my big mouth. I just had to say that fabled 鈥楳’ word, didn’t I? Because the moment that I finished that little line of mine, both of them lit up like a searchlight. The white light surrounded them and gave them the blessing that I didn’t mean to give.
“Well, looks like I did give your magic back.” I laughed awkwardly when the light disappeared. “Sorry about that.”
“Y..you gave us magic?” Alexio looked so shocked by what had happened. “Like real magic?”
“I am assuming so, Alexio. That is what the light usually means. We will have to explore it all later, and I am a little too tired for that.” I didn’t mean to be dismissive, but I didn’t want to get into it all right now. I would teach them at another time.
“Yes, yes of course.” Alexio nodded at me. “We will discuss it later. We only wanted to come and thank you for bringing us here. You get some rest, Riviana. We will talk later. And also, thank you for the magic.” I saw some white sparks playing at the tips of his fingers as he spoke. He really was excited about the magic or it wouldn’t be manifesting like that.
“Yes, good night you too. And be careful until we talk again.”
Finally, they left the room. I was alone with Joaquin once again. And now, we were able to get to our movie. We snuggled against each other and started it right away. We had some snacks, some juice and each other. It was all going to be perfect. At least, it would have been if I didn’t fall asleep less than ten minutes into it. I don’t even remember seeing anything that the movie had to offer me. It was all just a blur.
I knew that this would happen though. I was too comfortable and content in where I was. And when that happened, especially when I snuggled up to Joaquin, I tended to fall asleep. Not to mention I was pregnant. That by nature meant that I was tired. So, I guess I will watch the movie later, by myself.
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Riviana
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Joaquin called Griffin over pretty early the next day. After the kids had come to eat breakfast with me in my room and I hugged and kissed them all goodbye before they went to school, Joaquin made the call. Griffin, fearing that something was wrong, came running right away.
“I’m here. I’m here. What happened? What is it? Is it the babies? Is it Riviana? What’s going on?” He came running into the room like something was chasing him. He had run all the way here with his medical bag in hand and his stethoscope around his neck. I could tell that he was truly scared.
“Joaquin, what did you tell him? He looks like the hounds of hell are after him.”
“I only told him that I needed him to come over as soon as he could. That was all.” He was acting all innocent like he hadn’t just done something wrong.
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“Dammit, Joaquin. You could have told him that there was no medical emergency. You most likely scared years off of his life.” I scolded him.
“Yes, I scared years off of his immortal life.” That made Joaquin laugh, and I had to fight it or I would have laughed as well. And I really didn’t think that my laughter was fair to Griffin right now.
“So, there is nothing wrong?” I could see Griffin visibly calm down as he realized what was happening.
“No, Griffin, there is nothing wrong. Joaquin just wants a consultation on something.” I informed him while glaring at my husband from across the room.
“I didn’t say that there was an emergency.” Joaquin pointed out to me, trying to tell me that this wasn’t his fault.
“Yeah, but you told him to come over as soon as he could.” I snapped at him. “That could be seen as a 鈥榟urry, there’s trouble’.”
“What is he, Lassie’s owner? Comes running cause the dog barks and he expects that someone is going to die?” He was really having a laugh today. I didn’t know what was up with him, but he was having a grand old time. “Anyway. There is no emergency, Griffin. Just like Riviana said, we just need your consultation.”
“Did something happen to Lassie now?” Griffin leveled a look at Joaquin, one filled with skepticism and a slight amount of anger.
“Fuck no.” I almost laughed at Joaquin’s vehement denial. “This still has to do with Riviana. And it’s not bad so you should be happy” Joaquin was funny when he was embarrassed like this.
“OK, Riviana, what is it that you need?” I think Griffin decided to just ignore Joaquin for now.
“Well, after yesterday’s therapy session I am able to move my body just fine. Like, it is fully back to normal. Joaquin wanted to get your opinion on what we should do now.” I explained it to him calmly like Joaquin should have done.
