“Will you just tell me what exactly the problem is there?” Riannon was losing her
patience with her mate. This was the first time they didn’t agree on something at
once and it was very new. And confusing. And she didn’t like this at all.
“Can you just trust me on that?” Gideon ran his hand over his face, “That pathetic
excuse of a king isn’t worth talking about.”
“See, this is the problem here,” she was putting her diamond studs into her ears
while watching him in the mirror, “I can tell that there is a story, but you are not
sharing this with me.
“There isn’t too much to share,” he finally admitted as he was buttoning his shirt,
leaving the last two buttons undone. Just the way she liked it so much.
“You’re doing this again,” Ria reprimanded him with a small smile on her lips,
“and here ! thought that you could share anything with me. We need that alliance,
you know that.”
“Fine,” he growled, surrendering to her, and went to the window to check if Reid
and Maya were already waiting for them outside, “We would have already been
in that alliance with the Northern Kingdom. It was in the plans and my father
worked for it really hard.”
“And what happened?” Riannon was now interested more than ever, sensing that
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“They wanted an alliance through marriage,” he gave a pointed cough, and she
knew at once why he did not like that story.
“And who was the happy couple?” she already regretted asking him about the
North.
“It was supposed to be me and Kai’s sister, Elene.”Kai was the name of the northern king. Riannon knew that because it was her job
to know these things. But the mysterious princess of the northern kingdom –
there was no information about her anywhere. They were hiding her as if she
was their most precious treasure.
She didn’t notice how her fists clenched. She did not like the thoughts but we’re
now in her head. Did he have a betrothed? Did they have anything? Did he kiss
her? Were they doing other things? He didn’t get all these skills from nowhere.
She knew he had experience and she did not care before. But right now, Onyx
was growling angrily inside of her, sharing her
thoughts.
“How nice.” She didn’t know why her voice came out so high pitched. She wasn’t
herself. Gideon strolled towards her through the room and caught her in his
arms. “It never happened, Ria,” a smirk was dancing on his lips as he pulled her
closer and took
“Why?” she looked at him, feeling her heart beating faster. She needed to know
this for so
many reasons.
“I refused,” he told her, lowering himself to place his forehead on hers.
“Why did you?” she rubbed her nose over his, feeling the warmth spreading over
her. was the one to say no to the princess. Not the other way around. This
knowledge was important to her for some reason and Onyx was calmer inside of
her now.
“I did it because of you,” Gideon said and now she wanted to let out a little laugh,
but when she opened her eyes and saw him staring at her, the smile faded.“Because deep inside, even though I never wanted to admit it, I always wanted to
find you, my mate. My one and only. Mine...”
She felt a jab of guilt deep inside her chest. He waited for her. He even risked a
relationship with another kingdom just because of the possibility that he could
find her. Meanwhile, she gave up on him early on and married Brayden, the
biggest mistake of her life.
“And this is why you think that you will not be able to form an alliance with him?”
she asked, instead of telling him what she really wanted to tell, “It was years ago
as far as I understand. Maybe he already cooled down after that.”
“No,” Gideon stepped away and rubbed the back of his neck, “This... Wasn’t the
end of
the story.”
For a few moments he wasn’t saying anything and that got her scared. How bad
was
this?
“Do tell,” Riannon insisted, furrowing her brows and bracing herself for the worst.
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“That deal was between our parents and they brushed that under the rug,” her
mate continued, “They were wise and did not want to ruin our relationship. But
after his father and my parents died, everything changed. We both became kings
but we couldn’t maintain a civil...
partnership. He was competing with me in everything and it never ended well.
But what was worse, one day he sent us a message that he wanted to arrange
another marriage between our royal families. He asked for Savvy’s hand in
marriage and she was just fifteen at the time!”Riannon bit her tongue. She was also fifteen when her parents started talking
about her marrying Brayden. It was typical for alpha families and especially for
the royals.
“Ria, I just couldn‘t do that to my sister,” Gideon sighed. She knew that he felt
responsible for Savannah. In many ways, he was replacing a father for her. “She
was just a kid back then... And deserved better than this. Better than a contract
marriage. But of course,
first place. Because after that he could use everything as a perfect excuse to do
whatever he wanted. He is such a prick, Ria. Honestly.”
She walked to him and brushed her palm over his cheek, enjoying the prickles
his stubble
gave her.
“We still need to talk to him,” she said firmly and, judging by his knitted brows,
this was
not what he expected.
“Ria, I am telling you,” he grunted, but she placed a finger on his lips to make him
stop and then met his gaze.
“No, Gideon, I am telling you. We need him.” She looked him in the eye in hope
that he would see everything that was on her mind, “We are not letting people die
because of your pride. And his. We still don‘t know which werewolf packs would
betray you. And if. There are many pieces of the puzzle that we don’t have. But
one thing is certain, they were sure that they wouldn’t be able to handle both of
you. We have to use it. Otherwise, we still may lose even now. And I... I don’t
want to witness anything like that ever again.”“Fine,” the Lycan king growled in annoyance. But in truth, he knew that for her he
would do whatever it took. “We will try to deal with Kai after all this mess.”
She couldn’t hold back her grin and stood on the tips of her toes to give him a
quick kiss. “That‘s my king,” she praised him, “And now, it’s time for the show!”
They met with Maya, Reid and Ash outside of the mansion as they still didn‘t
have the time to check the building properly and were not sure that there were no
surprises from the foxes
and bears inside.
“Ash,” Riannon turned to her Gamma, “You will need to keep an eye on Marcus
at all
times. In no way make him feel special today. He is just a regular warrior for you,
so only give
him his usual tasks. See who he talks to and at 3 pm make sure that the warriors
have a run
through the eastern side of the forest.”
“What for?” Ash looked curious now.
“He is a traitor and I need him to have something to give to his masters,” Riannon
smirked and then turned to Maya, noticing how her friend looked better than she
expected.“ Are you...”
“I am fine,” her best friend interrupted, “Just tell me what to do.” “Well, we are
having Dean’s funeral tonight. His body will be burned according to our “There is
no need for this,” Maya stopped her and now her eyes were glistening with tears
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“He was misled,” Riannon gave her a weak smile, “I am not judging him for what
happened. And we will never know all the details. But, Maya, he can help us now.Let him.”
They stared at each other for some time and then the Beta simply nodded, giving
her permission.
“What do you want me to do?” she asked.
“I want you to be you and drown yourself in work,” Ria informed her, “I need you
to assign every omega you can find a task today that would keep them busy.
Everyone but Alice. Make her help in the kitchen today. And leave only the chef
and her. I need her there.”
“Why would you need Alice?” Maya was surprised to hear that name. She knew
the omega but she was never anything special, to begin with, to pay her any
attention.
“She works for the foxes,” Gideon told her, and the Beta’s eyes glowed as she
tried to control her wolf.
“I will kill her,” she growled.
“Not if you want real revenge,” Ria interjected and it helped. “We need her alive
now.”
“Is this why you want Marcus too?” Maya gritted her teeth, still fighting with
herself, “He is a traitor too?”
“Yes,” Riannon nodded and Ash growled.
“Do you even realise what you are asking?” the beta had her claws out, “If they
are the traitors, then they are the ones guilty of Dean’s death too! They could
have helped her catch him.”
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when the time comes,” Ria promised, “But right now we needto take care of everyone. Time for revenge will come. I swear.”
“If you can’t perform Beta’s job at the moment, everyone will understand,” Gideon
said, and Riannon gave him a glare. However, this was what made her calm
down and she retracted
her claws.
“No, I am fine,” Maya said and Reid wrapped her arm around her. “I‘ll be with you
the whole time,” he leaned down and kissed her forehead.
“Okay,” Riannon forced a little smile, “We will meet after the funeral and talk. I
have a lot to tell you all. But work first.”
searching the Luna’s and the Alpha’s office and found a few bugs in Brayden’s
old desk and bookshelves. However, her office was clean.
“This is a bit insulting,” Ria rolled her eyes, “As if they didn’t pay me any
attention!”
“That was obviously a big mistake on their part,” the lycan chuckled, “Look what
happened thanks to that!”
They had a map before them where Riannon had already made a few marks.
Now, all
they had to do was wait. And Alice didn’t make them wait long...
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