Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“Thank you, Queen Riviana. I was hoping I would be able to get back to work.” Rudy may be the more easy going of the two, but he still took his job very seriously.
“Please, all of you get this done as soon as you can. I need Rudy and Alexio to get back here as soon as possible.” I made them aware of the urgency. I didn’t want to stand around waiting for too long. I wanted to get back to the Alpha’s house so I could learn what Talia found out from the others.
“Of course, I will pack right now.” Alexio was already leaving the room.
“Me too.” Rudy hurried after him.
“I am going to get Talia’s things together.” Mom rushed in the opposite direction from the other two.
“Thank you for calling, Riviana.” Lila seemed so relieved. “We were worried about her. I was so scared that something had happened to her.”
“I am sorry for scaring you.” I heard Joaquin walking up behind me as I said that.
“We’re sorry, Mom.” He sounded way more repentant than I did. “It was just necessary. And we didn’t want to wake anyone else. Riviana made a magic door for Talia to come through so that no one needed to be bothered.”
“Well, I think I would have preferred to be woken up.” Lila laughed awkwardly. “Finding your granddaughter missing for no reason is not a pleasant experience. We were scared that someone might have taken her. That, somehow, someone managed to get past all of your protections. It was the scariest thing that I had ever felt. Honestly, Joaquin, it was as bad if not worse than the time that I lost your father. I was a mess. It very nearly broke me.” As Lila tried not to cry too much, Ivy came walking over to the screen.
“Mom was really scared Joaquin. That wasn’t nice.” She looked so much like Lila, with a little bit of Grandfather thrown in for good measure. Ivy had golden brown hair and dark brown eyes. She was fair skinned, like Lila was, and had a thin, slight frame. She was pretty though, and a very sweet girl.
“You really shouldn’t have scared Lola like that.” My own little sister, Olivia, came up next to Ivy. Those two girls acted more like sisters than aunt and niece. Yes, the dynamic in our family is a little messed up. And Olivia, by the way, looked exactly like my mom. She had A warm shade of medium brown hair. It was closer to chestnut than anything else. And her eyes were such a lovely shade of green.
“I am sorry Olivia, and to you as well, Ivy.” Joaquin bowed his head in shame as the girls ganged up on him.
“Don’t be so hard on him. I was the one that called Talia over here. It’s my fault. But in all honesty, we need Talia right now. There is something that only she can do for us right now.” I did my best to explain to them and to lessen their anger at Joaquin.
“What is she able to do, Momma?” Zachary asked me with wonder in his voice.
“Is it really cool?” Zander added with excitement.
“I bet it’s something that makes people happy.” Zayden grinned.
“I bet it’s something that no one else can do except for Talia.” Zaley looked like she understood more than the boys did.
“You’re all right in your own way. It’s cool, it will make people happy, and she is the only person that I know who can do this for me. And you know what, that means that Talia is very special.”
“Yeah. Of course, she is. It’s Talia. She’s the best.” Zachary spoke as if it was just a matter of fact. They all loved her so much.
I watched Lila check the time on her watch and then look up at the kids that were in the room. I was sad that Reagan and Rika weren’t there, but they didn’t have the same schedules. And they might have been looking for Talia still.
“Alright, we need to leave now. Everyone, grab your backpacks and get your shoes on.” She was ushering them out of the way. “Riviana, we will call you later, like usual.”
“Thank you, Lila. And please, tell Reagan and Rika that we love them. Zachary, Zander, Zayden, Zaley, you all know that we love you too. Ivy and Olivia, we love you too.”
“Love you.” It echoed back to me six times and at the same time, Lila looked panicked.
“I need to tell Reagan and Rika that they can stop searching for Talia.” That’s what I thought might be happening.
“Have them call me so that I can explain things to them. I am sure that they are scared and worried as well.”
“They definitely are.” Lila nodded at me. “Alright, come on, all of you.” She ushered the kids away and the room was empty for a little bit.
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It wasn’t long before the others started to come back into the room. Mom didn’t have as far to go as Rudy and Alexio, but those two were back first. They were guys though, so all they needed to do was grab handfuls of clothes and shove them in a bag. Men pack so haphazardly compared to women.
“We’re ready, Queen Riviana.” Rudy grinned at me. I think he was just excited to be traveling. We had taken family vacations before, and he of course went to protect Talia on them, and he really enjoyed seeing new places.
“Stop being an idiot, you moron.” Alexio snapped at him. “We’re going for work, not a vacation.”
“I know that. Rudy sulked for a moment. “I just like new places. Is that so bad?” I knew that Rudy was a good guard. He was an amazing guy. He was even a great husband to his mate May and an excellent father to their son August. But when it came to seriousness, he could never compete with Alexio.
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Over the eleven years that they had known me, and Talia for that matter, these men had worked hard to be the best at their jobs. Alexio though, just always seemed to be better at it than Rudy no matter what they did. Alexio was bigger, taller, stronger, smarter and he was better at strategizing. Everything that Alexio did, he made sure that he was the best that he could be. I admired him for his dedication to my daughter.
There was one thing though. Something that I thought might have upset Alexio a long time ago, but he has never seemed to worry about. Over these long, long years, he has yet to find his mate. Rudy has been happy and in love since the day that the quadruplets were born, but Alexio has not been that lucky. Sometimes I wondered if maybe, just maybe, he put so much effort into his work to hide his true feelings.
He always took care of Talia though, so I didn’t worry about it too much. As long as Alexio seemed happy and did his job the way that he needed to, then I wasn’t going to worry about it. If he started to show that he was not happy and that he wanted to find his mate, then that would be a different story.
As I was thinking about all of those things, Mom came hurrying back into the room. I saw that she had two different suitcases that she was pulling behind her. She had properly packed for a teenage girl. Whereas Rudy and Alexio had only brought one large duffle bag each. As I said earlier, they packed like true men.