“She’ll reject him,” My Brothers say in unison, and Casimir gives me the same look Mom had given me when I gave her that answer. King Damon luckily understands it was a joke, and he is in stitches. Dad smiles at me while Mom just shakes her head, and I tell Casimir there are only two reasons why I would reject my Mate.
“If he is known for sleeping around or if he is known to be abusive, that is when I will reject my Mate, and no one will be able to stop me,” I say as I look at Casimir, and he nods his head. “Those reasons I can understand. I would reject my fated Mate for the same reasons, and I would like to see anyone try to stop me,” He responds.
“Sweetheart, I want you to listen to me. You already told us that you know we never meant for the things that happened to happen, but unfortunately, they did happen, and there are no words to tell you how sorry we are for causing you to feel unwanted.
You were our Little Miracle, and you still are, but you are also a Commander in the King’s Army. If I could turn back time, I would have done it in a heartbeat – until I saw you again. Seeing you in your uniform and the way your team followed you, I think this is where you were meant to be. I hope you will visit us every chance you get, and I hope you will find your fated Mate one day, but you have outgrown this place,” Mom says.
I think about Mom’s words; she is right. I never would have taken those tests if things hadn’t changed. I never would have left without talking to my parents. Ashton opens the door for an Omega to bring in some coffee, and I smile when I see that there is a latte macchiato caramel on the tray she is holding. “That is one thing I do miss at the Academy – a nice latte macchiato with or without caramel,” I say as I snatch it off the tray.
Casimir looks at me with a pout, and I giggle as I turn the latte away from him. “Don’t even think about it, Your Highness. You saw what I did to former Commander Carl,” I say as I look at him, and he raises his hands in surrender. Landon asked me what I broke, and King Damon asks him what he meant by that.
“Your Majesty, I believe all this could have been prevented if my baby Sister had just given in to her anger. Ashton is her senior by twelve and a half years, but even he isn’t stupid enough to piss her off. She has broken four noses, fourteen ribs, two wrists, one upper arm, three eye sockets, one ankle, one elbow, and two legs among the six of us.
If she had taken a swing at any one of us, we would have known not to ignore her again, and I can guarantee you we would have asked her every single day if we did something wrong – until she would have knocked us out for asking that question every day,” Landon answers.
“Landon, you forgot four knees,” I say, and Casimir looks at King Damon. “Dad, I want her as my personal bodyguard during the Summer Gala and the Autumn Ball. At least she can break a few bones and get away with it,” He says, and I tell him he can count me in.
I would like to see the looks on a few faces when I show up. I may not be a girly girl, but there is one thing Mom taught me, and that is how to dress for the occasion.
Jaylen
It has been almost a week since King Damon left on his trip, and at the end of every visit, Casimir called me to tell me about the Pack and how the visit went. I should be annoyed because I am not with them, but hearing how Morgan is handling things makes me feel a bit better. It also might have something to do with the sleep I have been getting.
There hasn’t been a single night that I woke up once, and even Ace tells me I have been a nicer person for the past week. Casimir asked me about it during one of our calls, and I told him how it had been amazing to get this much sleep. My phone ringing pulls me from my thoughts, and I see that it is Casimir.
After I answer, he tells me they will be staying at Blue River Pack until Sunday evening. I ask him why, but he tells me he will inform me about it face to face, and I accept the fact that my friend is keeping secrets from me.
“What if he found his Mate?” Midnight asks, and I know that would be something he wouldn’t tell me over the phone.
“It would be about damn time he found her; he has been waiting for over twenty years,” I say to Midnight. It doesn’t mean that King Damon will step down immediately, but it does mean that I am close to retirement from the King’s Army, and I hate to admit it, but I will miss this job.
It has taken me to every Pack in the Kingdom, and it has shown me Wolves and Lycans at their worst, but in some cases, also at their best. I have witnessed how Alphas and Lunas would be on their best behavior around King Damon and Casimir, and their true colors if King Damon and Casimir weren’t around to see their behavior.
I never really believed the stories about females that would do just about anything to get a High-ranking Mate or a better Mate, but Lynah should have been an eye-opener for me. I just decided to believe that not every female was like her. Damn, was I mistaken about that though. I think I have met Alphas’ Daughters that were even worse than Lynah, and that is saying a lot.
It was during one of my first assignments that I found out the hard way that Lynah had been the lesser evil of some of the females I would meet during my career. An Alpha had asked Elder Emmett for help; his Son was forced to take the Daughter of a neighboring Alpha as his Mate, and the reason they had given was that his Son had gotten the other Alpha’s Daughter pregnant.
The Son had been adamant that he wasn’t the Father, but a paternity test had said otherwise, and both Packs had been ready to go to war. When we got there, both Alphas refused to enter the other’s territory, and they finally had agreed to meet a few miles outside their territories. I was given the results of the paternity test, and when I had asked the nurse to explain to me how the testing works, Tristan had taken a closer look at the nurse’s background.
I had asked numerous questions to give Tristan as much time as I could, and when he finally joined us, he had asked the nurse what her Uncle had promised her to falsify the results. But we were no closer to the answer why, and she refused to answer that particular question.
That was until another male showed up at the scene; he turned out to be the Pup’s Father and the Alpha’s other Son. At that moment, I had even more questions, and when he explained why she had tried to pass the Pup off as that of his younger Brother, I wouldn’t have blamed them for going to war.
She had been at a Ball his parents threw for unmated Pack-members, and she had found him in his bed, but there hadn’t been any lights on. She just crawled into his bed, and they had slept together, but she had stopped him from marking her. She wanted that done during the ceremony that would take place a week later, but when she woke in the morning, she had finally seen his face.
A Rogue attack had cost him an eye, and he was still recovering from the attack, and she had seen most of the injuries he had sustained a few days earlier. When I asked her why she tried to force his younger Brother to become her chosen Mate, Midnight got pissed; she didn’t want to be seen with a monster.
Then Ace had asked a question, “What if we had believed the paternity test was legitimate? Would you have accepted her?” He had asked, and the Alpha and his Sons had started laughing their asses off. A Warrior had stepped forward to answer, because they were in no shape to do it themselves, “He would have shown her his mark, the mark I gave him a year ago.”
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