The Queen excuses herself to get changed into something more comfortable and Asha and Sila follow her out of the living room.
I walk towards the window to take a look at the view: the garden next to the Palace has areas of lawn with pavement running through it and every now and then a flowerbed. The further away I look, the more I see flowerbeds taking over until the garden ends near the tree line of the forest that surrounds the Palace.
“Enjoying the view, Zalia?” the King asks and I just nod my head as I think about running through that forest, maybe I can ask the King if I can take a run before we have to go home.
“Your Majesty…” I get interrupted by a soft growl from the King and I look at him in confusion, “Please, just call me King Alwin in public and Alwin in private.” He says.
“Another reason.” Twilight says chuckling and I just shake my head at her. “Alwin, if I can find the time, I would like to take Twilight for a run in the forest. I would like to see it through her eyes instead of my own, I always love how clear everything is when she runs through an area.” I say and Eryx tells me that I can report to one of the Guards whenever I find the time.
“Zalia, did you figure out why Deimos needs so much time to recover from night patrol?” The Queen asks and before I can answer she tells me to call her Axelle in private. I smile as I try to find the words to explain what I discovered during the day.
“Axelle, I did figure out why it takes him some time to recover and there is a way to improve it, but I am not sure if that is going to work. At least not with the amount of work he does beside running border patrol. I run border patrol every single day, and I rotate shifts just like our Warriors, that is why I have no problem functioning.
It is a part of my routine, but I doubt Deimos can fit that into the workload he already has. My Dad runs border patrol with his team at least three times a week, but I know it is never easy for him to function fully after a night patrol and I believe that Deimos has even more on his plate than my Father does.” I answer the Queen.
Prince Ammon asks me if there is a way to change that and I nod my head at his question, “I am not going to repeat this out loud in front of anyone else though, he already has enough trouble fighting off the females as it is, and this would just add more pressure to Deimos.” I respond and by the looks on their faces they all know what I meant with my answer.
The unmated males however seem to be oblivious to what I was implying with my words.
Deimos
Zalia is right, I have more responsibilities than a normal Gamma and I haven’t even taken over from my Father yet.
“Okay, but what is the solution?” I ask her, because I don’t see what it has to do with the attention I get from females and I doubt there is anything that could make it worse.
Eryx and Ammon have a smug look on their faces and I doubt I am going to like what Zalia will answer, Goliath is laughing his ass off makes me regret asking the question. Even though I really would like to know what I can do to be able to stay awake during the day after night patrol.
“Okay, let me ask you a question. I know your Father is Alwin’s Gamma and you help him out in any way you can, but does your Father need an entire day to recover from a night patrol?” Zalia asks me and I answer her that I never paid much attention to it, but Dad answers her that it also takes him an entire day to recover.
Zalia turns to her Father and asks, “Dad, did you always have trouble running night patrol?” He seems confused for a minute, but then I see his eyes widen as he shakes his head.
“Can you explain to Deimos when it changed for you, Dad?” She asks and the look in her eyes tells me that a part of the answer won’t be easy for them.
“It changed after your Mother died, until that day I had no trouble running night patrol or with getting called out of bed in the middle of the night. Your Mom would always take care of a part of my responsibilities and it gave us time to spend together and with the two of you, but it also allowed me to sleep a few more hours.
We would make the schedules for training and border patrol together, it was a way for us to spend time together and it made our bond stronger. No one doubted her if she gave an order, they knew she was very capable of doing the job and they all respected her.
Losing your Mom didn’t just mean losing my Mate, our Pack lost a very capable Gamma female and the two of you lost your Mom.” He says and I can tell it wasn’t easy for him to remember what his Mate had meant for him.
What is has to do with me I am so sure about it.
Until I remember she mentioned more attention from the females that would like a Mate with status.
If I had a Mate we would share the responsibilities and that would allow me to sleep a few more hours without me neglecting my duties. My Mate would be able to take care of anything that needs to be done or that would need immediate attention.
“Okay, you better not repeat that outside this room. That would be disastrous, especially if Mavka were to get wind of this. No, this stays within this room. No one is to repeat this ever again.” I say as I keep shaking my head, Goliath is laughing even louder in my head as I speak and I hear Ammon laughing his ass off too.
Zalia has a smirk on her face as I keep shaking my head. Axelle just looks at me and I know what is going to come. “Looks like you will have to attend a few more Mating Balls,
Deimos. Maybe one of these days you will get lucky enough to find your fated Mate.” Axelle says and Zalia bursts out in laughter as I start shaking my head again.
We talk about the upcoming Mating Balls and I can tell that Zalia is not looking forward to them either. She tells Axelle that most males treat her like she is made of porcelain, that is until she mentions that she runs border patrol herself.
“I have met a lot of these unmated males that attend those Balls, they are full of themselves and they think that they are the Goddess send gift to women.
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