Filed to story: Sorry Alpha I Am Wolfless Novel
“You won’t be alone, Talia.” Lex rose from his kneeling position and stood beside me. “I will be there to help you every step of the way.”
“Alexio!?” My mom glared at him.
“It is the truth, Riviana.” He never really called her Queen Riviana like the others did. I think it had to do with the fact that he was not part of her kingdom. Not to mention that he just didn’t think the same way that the others did. “Talia is going to have these visions. We do not know how to stop them. And if she can use them to save the people that she sees, then why not let her? That will give her a calmer soul and more peace of mind.”
“They’re right, Riviana.” Dad stepped closer to me. “These visions, nightmares, or whatever it is that you want to call them, they are not going to stop just because we want them to. Talia didn’t ask for this, but she is willing and determined to do something about them. We all need to be united in this. Talia is the biggest piece of evidence that we have gotten so far. We need to use this information. I know that it must be difficult for you to accept, she is our daughter and like me you want to protect her. We can’t do that right now though. She is growing up and there are things that we can’t shield her from. We need to just accept that.”
I saw the anger, confusion, pain, and sorrow all mix in my mom’s eyes as she looked at Dad, Lex, and finally me. When she was looking at me, she lowered her head and sighed deeply.
“Hhaaaahhhh.” Her head was shaking side to side like she was either saying no or trying to remove bad thoughts from her mind. “Fine, I understand. This is something that we need to embrace and not stop. I..I just don’t like the idea of using my baby for this.”
“I hate to break it to you Mom, but I haven’t been a baby in a long time.” I laughed at her. “I am fifteen, and I am training to be a lot like you.”
“That’s what I am afraid of.” She pulled me into a hug at that. “I haven’t had the easiest life in this world. It’s been blessed with many things, a great husband, wonderful family, amazing children, wealth and health. All of that is good and all that, but there have been a lot of negatives too. I have fought battles that have cost thousands of lives. I have been tortured. I have been injured severely. I have had so much that has happened to me over the last twenty years that I would never want you to go through, Talia. I..it’s just not worth the risk.”
“I know that, Mom. I really do. But I am the one that these visions have sought out. I am the one that has this ability, not you. No one except for me can do this. It is my job, my responsibility, and I will see it through until the end.” She squeezed me as I spoke, like my words were hurting her somehow.
“You went and became so mature without me even noticing.” She cried a little with a shaking voice. “Why did you have to grow up so fast?”
“It’s what kids do, Mom. And there is nothing that anyone can do to stop it.” She laughed and so did the others.
“Alright Talia, we will work together on this. We will meet with the others after you eat some lunch. Can you get those drawings done before then?”
“Yeah, sure, no problem. And if you manage to find photos of these men, I can identify them with no problems at all.”
“I know.” Mom wiped a tear from her eye. “I know.”
We were just standing there for a moment when Abigail came into the room.
“Lunch is ready.” Her sweet voice and angelic looking face was one that I always enjoyed seeing. She was so sweet and kind.
“Thank you, Abigail.” Mom took my hand as she acknowledged her.
We went together to eat our lunch. It wasn’t an overly complicated meal, mostly simple foods that were quick to make so that I could eat, but it was all good. And there was a dessert, which isn’t often made for lunch. I am guessing that Abigail had some sort of powers that my mom never told me about when it came to cooking. How else was she able to get all of this, including the brownies for the 脿 la mode [1] dessert.
After lunch was done, I went to my room with Lex. He was keeping watch over me as I started to work on the drawings. I needed to get them done before I joined Mom, Dad, and the others for the meeting.
At least they weren’t going to be treating me like a child anymore. I was part of this, more than I had been while we were travelling. And Dad was right about what he had said, I was the only reason that they had anywhere near as much evidence as they did. I didn’t want to sound full of myself, but I think that made me a vital and irreplaceable part of this investigation.
At least Dad and Lex had been on my side. They knew that I was needed to figure all of this out. They knew that no one could figure this out without me. And thankfully, Mom finally admitted that too.
I think that I will use this experience to my benefit. I will need to be strong and confident when I am the ruler of the underworld, now would be when I started to practice.
[1] 脿 la mode (North American Definition) 鈥?served with ice cream. 鈥榃ould you like some pie 脿 la mode?’
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“Riviana? Is everything alright?” Vincent was the first to come to me when I made it back to the room. I had ordered him to stay there and help with the investigation, and that had really upset him. He, being my primary and first ever guard, wanted to go with me since he hadn’t known what was going on.
“Yes Vincent, everything is fine. Talia had another vision today. This time she was at school when it happened.” I was keeping my voice low. Not everyone here knew that Talia had dreamed of the last murders.
“Another one? What happened in it this time?” I could see the worry in his eyes. He was there with me almost every day when Talia was little. He was there to see her grow up. He loved her like she was his own family. I knew that he was worried about her and about the victims in the vision.
“We will get to that soon. Talia is making some drawings of the killers that she saw.”
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“Killers? As in more than one?” He must have been shocked to hear that since the last time there was just the one killer in the vision.
“Yes. She had a vision with multiple killers in it. We will explain that soon enough.” I paused and looked over at the others in the room. It wasn’t silent in here, but there weren’t a lot of people that were talking either. “How are things in here? The cataloging of those people from the orphanage. Are you all done?”
“Yes. We finished that list and was organizing it alphabetically. There were, of course, no last names that were listed, but we assigned the name of Jaegan for them all. That seemed like the best option here.”
“That you, Vincent.” He was right, that was what I would have done. All of these people are from that family, and that was why all the DNA that we had put them as relatives of each other. They were cousins, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, whatever it was that made them all part of the same group of chromosomes.
I watched as the others finished organizing their lists, the written ones. Reggie was already pretty much done with hers and was doing her best to analyze the data for extra information. She was working harder than I had ever seen her working before.
I knew that Talia would be coming in here soon, but I wasn’t sure whether Reggie and Darrol needed to be part of the actual meeting. They were both part of the FBI though and having them here with me might help in more of the investigation.
I had a sudden thought though. I needed to have her check something for me.