Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
There was nothing but determination in Dietrich’s eyes when he looked up then. His words were strong, his face was calm, and his gaze was steady. He was definitely feeling a lot better.
“Let us prepare to leave here. We will head out at once.” I nodded to the men in the room and they rose to their feet. It hadn’t been much of a meeting, but at least we had managed to accomplish some things.”
“Uhm, M..Mom.” Talia called out to me in a weak voice.”
“What is it sweetheart?” I asked her, worried about the way that she was suddenly acting.
“Were there any people killed last night? Did they kill anyone else?” Why was she asking me about this all of a sudden?
“No, Talia. There were no new murders last night. I mean, I am sure that people all over the world died, but this group didn’t kill anyone else. They have been keeping to a schedule, and we still have a few more days before they strike again. Why do you ask?”
“O..oh, no reason. Heh heh.” She laughed nervously as she spoke. “I was just wondering. I wanted to make sure that no one else had suffered yet.” She smiled happily and got to her feet. “I am going to go pack now. I will see you in a bit.” She left the room then, Alexio and Rudy following her.
“That was odd.” I stared after her for a moment without doing or saying anything.
“It’s Talia, that is to be expected.” Joaquin laughed. “She is my little oddball. She was always doing little things when she was a kid. I would be worried if she just suddenly stopped.” He was rationalizing it, I knew that. He just didn’t want to see that anything was off about his little girl.
“Maybe.” I tried not to worry about it too much. Talia was getting older, but she was still just fifteen. This whole case was probably too much for her to handle. And she had always been such a sensitive soul. She is probably feeling so burdened by what has been happening lately. “I will keep an eye on her. As her mother, I need to protect her as much as I can.” I was speaking to myself more than anything. It was like a commitment that I was making for my little girl.
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Riviana
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Everything was packed away as soon as possible. With Telyn’s help it went a lot more smoothly than it normally would have. Still, there were a lot of us and there was a lot to be taking to Dietrich’s castle with us.
There was an upside to this impromptu trip of ours. We were finally going to see Dietrich’s castle. For the first time in almost twenty years of knowing him, we were going to see where it was that he came from. And where it was that he and Shawn had lived for the time that they were pregnant. This was going to be interesting.
There was one slight setback, but it wasn’t major. With the murders continuing and there having been little to no progress in the capturing of the killers, Telyn’s father decided to make her stay home.
“I want to go with them though, Tad. I promised the queen that I would assist her. I cannot abandon her now.” She had been so upset when her father told her to stay behind.
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“Telyn.” I called out to her. “I understand what you are saying. I know that you want to stick with your commitment. That is admirable. However, your father is worried about you. He wants you to be safe. The murders have everyone in our community very on edge. That is understandable, don’t you think?” I gave her a sincere look. “Now, we will settle this issue, and we will make sure that you can come to stay with us at our castle when the time is right. You can attend university there after you graduate from here. We would be happy to host you.”
“A..are you sure, Queen Riviana? I do not wish to be a burden on you.” Her sweet voice and beautiful eyes were so alluring at that moment.
“It would not be a burden, Telyn. We will be happy to have you with us. Now, do as your father says and stay safe. We want to see you with us when you are older.” That put an end to the conversation. It was time for us to leave.
With everyone gathered in the front yard of the Alpha’s house, I opened a door to Dietrich’s castle. I opened this right into the foyer that was inside the main entrance. This was something that I was able to do because Dietrich had extensive photos of his home on his phone. I didn’t know why he had so many photos of the place, but he did. And it was helpful. I was able to see right where the door was going to open up for us.
The only unfortunate thing about the door opening was that Dietrich didn’t call ahead to let the others know that we were arriving. The moment that Dietrich stepped out, first since it was his place, there were loud gasps and stunned exclamations.
“Oh my goddess, King Dietrich!” The man in the lead called out as he came running over. “We were not expecting you. What brings you to visit the castle?” The staff had been maintaining the place while their masters were away.
“There is a reason to be in the country, Jonas. We will be staying here for the time being. Please prepare rooms for us all. We will need suites for Shawn and myself, Queen Riviana and King Joaquin, Princess Talia, and all of their guards.”
“Yes of course. And might I welcome you all to the castle. King Dietrich, we are all happy to see you. And you as well, Queen Shawn.” With that one remark from this man, all hell seemed to break loose.
“I KNEW IT!” Shane shouted the words the moment that Jonas, the butler looking man said those words.
“SHUT UP!” Shawn yelled at his brother.
“Jonas, need I remind you, Shawn and I are both Kings. There is no queen to our people.” Dietrich sounded angry on his mate’s behalf.
“I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!” Shane was practically jumping up and down as he shouted in glee. I knew that he was just having fun and joking with his brother, but Shawn was not happy.
I just happened to be looking when I saw a flash of movement. I knew what it was, but I wasn’t going to say anything about it. Because just after that flash of movement something, or someone, hit Shane so hard that he went flying across the room.
“I KNEW IT! I KNEW I- AHHH!” He screamed in shock as he sailed across the foyer and landed in a heap against the stone wall.
“What the hell is the matter with you?” Shawn asked from next to Dietrich. There had been another flash of movement before he reappeared over there.
“You fucking hit me.” Shane was glaring at his brother. “You hit me.”
“I am standing over here. How would I have hit you? Unless you are saying that my arms are able to stretch that far or something.” Shawn was playing innocent while the rest of us tried not to laugh. He had done what we all would expect. He had taken care of things and stopped Shane’s gleeful outburst.
“Come now Shane, pick yourself up off of the floor. We know that you are clumsy and tripped so easily. But there is no reason for you to remain sitting on the floor.” Dietrich was grinning at his brother-in-law as he spoke.
“This is bullshit. You hit me. I was just joking with you.” With a slight pout, Shane stood up and started to follow everyone out of the room.
Following the incident that took place in the hallway, Shawn and Dietrich started to show us around the castle and the grounds. The place was massive, but not as big as my castle back home. There was more than enough room for us though, and it was fully modernized. High tech appliances, state of the art technology, and indoor plumbing. All of that was nice, but that last one was a must. And I was happy that they had it all.