Leon grabs my waist and kisses my forehead. Cupping my face and looking into my eyes, he says;
“You need to set yourself free and talking to them is the way to do this,” I nod, I’ve been dreading to talk to them but I should if I’m to completely move on from that part of my life.
As we walk out of the suite, with every step I take, I feel nostalgic.
‘you whore! You cunt! Killer!’ I hear the voices, my eyes swerved to the old closet that used to be my room and I remember the Alpha pulling me by my hair to throw me in there, causing me to injure my back.
I turn away bitterly from the memory but my gaze finds a foyer where Eunice and her friends, almost set me ablaze, they were laughing while I begged to stop. It was Lily who saved me, not because she wanted to but out of duty. I was scared, and I begged them to save me from torture but they said it was my fault, I deserved the ill-treatment. I stop dead in my tracks, only realizing that my hands are shaking and I’m crying.
Warm hands hold mine and I look up, my mate gives me a tiny smile and it gives me strength. I wipe my tears and continue to walk.
“Look,” Leon says, I notice everyone is bowing in front of us. They are so many. I let go of his hand and step closer to the crowd who greet me in unison
“Good morning, Queen Alyssa,”
I don’t know how to react to the way they are submitting to me. I glance back at my mate and he nods encouragingly. I smile back at the crowd
“Good morning, everyone,”
They each come to greet me, either apologizing or congratulating me on my new position. I am not only a Lycan Queen but a werewolf princess, their princess and this is them, paying tribute. I interact with them even though I am feeling emotional. Some ladies even bring their babies for me to see. I stare back at Leon who is smiling as he watches me.
“Come, love,” I call him. He stands by my side and I give him a baby but he shakes his head.
“I’ve never held one before, I’ll break her,” The bystanders who are watching laugh, and I prompt him, he takes the baby from me and coos the girl, she stops being temperamental and smiles at him. His heart melts and a huge smile breaks on his lips
“You’re a natural, honey!”
After associating with the pack a while longer, Leon decides to do some work while I go to the country club to meet the Harris.
A young lady escorts me to their table and as soon as they see me approach, they get to their feet.
“Allie,” whispers Lily, clasping her hands together and tears roll down her face. Her husband holds her closer, consoling her.
I inhale and walk towards them.
“Hello,” I greet them, they smile which is discomfiting for me because they have shown me a smile since I was thirteen years old.
We take our seats and the waitress asks if we are having anything, no one speaks until I do
“I’ll have white wine,”
“You drink now,” Max says softly.
They have their cocktails. It’s Lily who goes first.
“Alyssa, we are so sorry for treating you the way we did, you didn’t deserve it,”
I sigh, I was only happy when my drink came and I took a gulp of it.
“Yes, sweetheart-“
“Why didn’t you take me to my godparents as my parents instructed you to,” I interrupt them. Max inhales
“Well because we were selfish, I’ve wanted a child for a long time and just couldn’t give you up, after all, we watched over you from the day you were born,” He says, trying to hold my hand but I revolt him. As they continue to tell their part of the story, I remember how much they cared for and loved me before I killed Tomas. I was Dad’s little girl, Lily wasn’t affectionate but she cared for me.
A tear roll down my face and another as they apologize.
“I don’t know if I can easily forget what happened but I want to free myself from resentments that’s why I chose to forgive you,” I tell them, they are relieved and ask if they can hug me, I contemplate letting them and with each passing second, they are more disappointed. I nod and awkwardly hug them.
Alyssa’s POV
My eyes flutter open, I’m on my mate’s chest. I stifle a yawn and he kisses my head.
“Good morning my love and Happy Birthday,” I tilt my head to meet his eyes, and I smile, I forgot it’s my birthday. I sit up and cup his face.
“Good morning, babe,” I kiss his lips and he kisses me back fiercely, my heart skips a bit as the door bursts open
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!”
and Arya, Danford, Angie, Darius, Justine, and Jake enter the room with balloons and a velvet cake, I get out of bed.
“AAW, thank you, guys. I love you,”
Arya holds up the cake so that I should blow out the candles and I do while they sing a birthday song.
“We are going down to celebrate at the packhouse!” Announces Dan. My mate suddenly pulls me into his chest and hugs me for a long time while our friends eat cake and laugh, I wrap my arms around his torso and I few tears escape my eyes. To love and be loved is something I stopped believing in but then, this dangerous king came and swept me off my feet, he made me believe in love again and showed me that I was worthy of love. I kiss his chest over again. Thank you, Leon, I whisper.
Arya pulls me to her side and twirls me around the bedroom as petals of water lilies fall on us, we dance around happily and it feels like I’m in a fairytale, If it’s a dream, I don’t ever want to wake up. I want to be this happy forever, I stop dancing when I feel a bit nauseous. I take in a deep breath and eat some cake but that made it worse. Seeing this, Leon comes to me
“Are you alright?”
“Yes, I think I ate too much cake and it’s making my tummy churn,” I giggle. He only smiles and I get a spoonful of it, making him eat it. He scrunches his face. Leondre hates sweet food.
The rest of the day, we spend at the castle, I’ve been receiving gifts since morning. My phone rings and I answer
“Hi, brother,”
“Happy birthday, Allie!” He sings and I smile, holding my chest as he continues to speak kind words to me.
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