The Rouge queen and the Alpha Kings

Chapter 6

Emily pov

I made it to the kitchen, barely holding myself up, but lucky for me, Jacob’s medicine was still effective and I had begun to heal. I could barely make it down the stairs, it was a miracle that I had not fallen down on my way. It felt weird walking through an empty pack house, usually mine had someone around all the time, or at the very least, pups running around. I got to the kitchen to find it empty. I stood there for a minute shocked, shouldn’t there be someone here to help me at least, how can I prepare anything in this state. I stood there shocked until I felt someone tap me on the shoulder startling me, I jumped in surprise and turned, taking a defensive stance. There stood a tall, caramel skin handsome male, from his aura I could tell that he was a worrier. He stared at me in shock then disgust. “I’m sorry, I thought I will find my mate here, by the way I’m Peter” he said stretching his hand but his expression not changing. “Emily, you don’t need to be so polite” my voice came out cold, but I didn’t care at the moment. “excuse me, but do you mind taking a bath to wash the blood off you, you look healed but like you just showered in blood, its uncomfortable” he said with concern but his expression turning worse. It was then that I realised that he was right, I was already fully healed but I must look disgusting. “I don’t have anything to change into, and besides, I live in the basement, you know the prison below. Besides, I need to prepare lunch” I gave him a dead look and he just sighed. “lunch is two and a half hours away, go wash up and I will wash your clothes and return them to you, you have ten minutes or you will be late” just like that he pushed me towards one of the bathrooms close by. “why are you helping me,” I couldn’t help but ask, after all, I was a rouge, he should know. “because it’s a good thing to do” he said as he kept pushing me and I gave him a flat look. “ok fine, I was at the fight, I know they are your mates, its impossible not to be good to a queen, especially a red blood, I want to get to know you” he smiled as he opened the door and pushed me inside, shutting it behind me.

Ten minutes later was standing in the kitchen now clean and ready to cook, my clothes washed clean and still a little wet, but who cares. I wanted to get this done so that I could cook soup for Jacob for when I visit him. Peter had kept me company, and it turns out that he is mate to one omega, a really cute blonde, Teresa. I have known then for ten minutes but I can tell you that they are meant to be, with Peter’s carefree attitude and Teresa’s bubbly nature, including the way they flaunt their love before my eyes. I had to chase them out so I could cook, two hours is not a lot of time to cook for so many wolves, but then, I’m used to it, I used to cook with my mom when I was younger, and when she died, I took upon that responsibility with some of the omegas. It was always one of the best experiences. I used my speed to get things done easily, there are a lot of dishes to prepare and a huge amount of each. With my speed, I had everything ready and ready for cooking, baking and frying in just a couple of minutes. You see, I discovered years ago that I was faster than most wolves, heck, I put even some vamps to shame, so I knew I could rely on that today, it may not be as fast as usual without Nora but it was sufficient. Two hours later, everything was set, the tables were ready and decorated, the food already set. Thanks to Peter for telling me that there was a lunch party today, something about alphas, packs and mates, but who cares, I did what they wanted and could leave. I had prepared different dishes, from soup, salads, meat, from deer to rabbit, you name it, baked some cookies, and pies, even cut a variety of fruit. It was all just perfect.

I cleaned the whole places quickly and put everything I had used away. When I was done I was about to leave when in came my ‘awesome’ mates plus company. I wanted to ignore them before they could realize that I was around and slip away, but my luck was just terrible. “ah, and there is the rouge that is responsible for today’s meal” Williams smirked as he came and pulled me towards them, causing all eyes to be on me. I looked at everyone around some where alphas, some their heirs and heiresses, some warriors, lunas, omegas, but all from other packs, there were about forty people so far. When they looked at me, they all had different expressions, not to mention, all demeaning. The unmated males looked at me with lust, while the mated ones with disgust, and the females just sheer hatred. This was all just too humiliating. I just stood there and sized them up which in turn seemed to make Williams angry. “my kings, why would you keep such a disrespectful rouge around, she does not even submit to her alphas”, one blonde brown eyes guy stated, just looking at him I knew I don’t like him. “that’s what we are working on, she is quite interesting, and I have made it my mission to break her” he said holding my chin and looking straight into my eyes with an evil smirk on his face. I got out of his hold and attempted to leave, “lunch is ready, you can go in, I’ll be taking my leave” I said wanting to leave. “but I never said you could leave, you will stay and serve us, besides, you need to take the first bite, who knows, you might have poisoned us” he hissed as he dragged me to their dining hall, everyone’s eyes followed us as they followed us. When we got in, he threw me in, luckily it was empty, seems the pack has yet to arrive, lucky no one has to see me experience such humiliation.

I began to serve them as they sat around the table. “so when is the pack going to get here” I asked when I was about to pour Wilson soup. “later, we need to talk to this one’s first” he coldly replied, without even looking at me, at least he did not humiliate me. “so what problem do you have alpha Zack” Williams question came and t seemed to get everyone serious. “alpha, rouges are out for us, they are attacking and there are too many of them to handle, I am losing members” the guy from earlier replied and that caught my full attention. It’s impossible for them to attack. “when did this start, you never had a rouge problem, why now?” Williams eyes darkened when he voiced that. “about a week ago, they are coming in in numbers, making it impossible to fight them all” he hissed it out and everyone began to nod. Wilson must have seen this for he began to question everyone, it seems they all have the same problem, they all speak about rouges going after their packs and it has all been a week, at first they just caused trouble, but two days into it, they began killing, it’s just impossible, I’ve been gone for just a day, and I know they are lying. “this are all lies, you are not being attacked, I’ve been gone a day, so I know it’s impossible, just say you want more land” I cut off Williams and growled at everyone, causing their attention to return to me. “what do you mean impossible” Williams smiled and got up and made his way to me. “this people are being honest, even we have been dealing with the same thing” he said with a smile as he stood right before me. I just gave him a confused look and he laughed making me even more confused. “it’s impossible” I hissed it out causing him to laugh even more, proving a show for everyone there. “I forgot to tell you, the injection I gave you the first time was an overdose, you’ve been out a week” he laughed as he returned to his seat. My eyes widened when realization hit me, no one could feel my wolf for a whole week, that means there is trouble.

You see, all the pack rouges are connected to me, or the queen and king, they use this connection as a way to keep in touch with them, to feel safe and protected, just like every pack to its alpha. Once the king dies or they can’t fell the connection to his wolf, they begin to panic, and sometimes even go feral, looking for a new king or to avenge the fallen one. That is why should a king die, they shift to feel the queen or the new appointed king, which has to be done almost immediately to keep all rouges sane. Even if I have been out a week, they should be able to rest assured and feel my dad, and if they can’t, it means he must be on a rampage, or even going feral. David and Brian must be having it hard. All this thought just make me dizzy, this was all my fault, I can’t even protect them and allowed myself to be captured. “train your warriors, we are going to war, they come for us we kill them” Wilsons cold voice snapped me out of my thoughts. “what, no! this happening is all your fault” my voice came out stronger than I imagined, I was angry, so I couldn’t control it. “so you are blaming us for being attacked my dirty dogs, hungry for nothing but blood” he got up and slammed his hands on the table, making everyone jump, after all, they were afraid of a kings’ rage, but to hell with it. “you don’t know what you have done, you have started a war by blocking my wolf out. Never once have you had to deal with a rouge problem because we did not want rouge issues to affect you, we always fought all the wild rouges, even if they made it to your territories, they were always killed before they cause any real damage, but how did you thank us? All you do is insult us and hunt us down just for your own enjoyment. Is that the thanks you give us?” I was shaking in anger, my voice powerful, everyone looked at me strange, but I did not have time to dwell on what they were thinking about.

My mates eyes darkened, pitch black, and I knew they were mad. “thank you?!?! What’s there to thank you for if we are losing pack members, you and your rouges are not considerate, so why the hell should we care about you?” Williams growled it. “we protected your people, but never once did you appreciate it” I hissed it out. “why should we thank you, we never asked you for help, and never did you help out of goodwill” he made his way to me and roughly grabbed my neck. “we have nothing to thank you for” he growled before he looked at his terrified guests. “you see a rouge, kill it, we will avenge the fallen warriors” I did not think I could get even angrier, but my anger doubled and I pushed him away with strength I did not know I had. “how can a king be so pathetic, I’m queen of the rouges, I swore to protect and serve all rouges. You took the same oath as well, promising to protect and serve all werewolves. Does being rouge mean that I am no longer a werewolf? Are we nothing but dogs to you? Why the hypocrisy. Both of you are not fit to lead, even an omega knows about fairness and justice, the importance of sticking to your own oath. If this is the kind of kings we have, I’m ashamed for all those under your rule, and damn disappointed to be give such embarrassments as mates” I was shaking in rage, my voice loud and powerful, looking at my so called mates, I must have been cursed to be given them. Staring at them, I felt Nora, but it was faint, that’s when I got it. She is out to defend her rouges, even if it means fighting her own mates.

Everyone stared at me angry, I can feel all their hatred directed towards me, I just insulted their kings, so they want to avenge him, it’s the loyalty of a wolf. I saw my mates shacking a bit, I knew they wanted to shift but their wolves will not let them, it’s their instinct, they can take all the anger of their mate, but can never hurt their mate intentionally in anyway, it’s the nature of an alpha wolf, to protect their mate. I couldn’t help but laugh at their straggle, but immediately stopped when I heard bones crack, I knew someone was shifting. I turned to find that brown haired guy shifts into his light brown wolf and just like that, I was pushed into the background and Nora took over. She avoided the attack a couple of times, trying to shift, but ending up in pain every time she tried.

“what’s wrong Nora, why can’t you shift” I asked in our link. “it’s the silver, its destroying me, it was almost impossible to resurface, but I’m proud at my achievement” I could tell her smile as she continued to dodge attacks, so far she was taking on the five wolves that had shifted to protect their king, but I could feel that her strength was depleting. “you can’t keep this up, we are becoming weak” I told her, trying to get her to stop but she just ignored me. “I’ll take them, but why do they hate us so much” she whimpered, but I couldn’t help but be impressed with her multitasking, fighting while crying over the useless. “why do you keep dodging, just get it over with already” I told her changing the subject, I can’t handle a sad wolf. “I just want to see if they will care to help, their wolves are trying to come out to help, but keep being blocked” she whimpered this as well, and before I could answer, “I see even the queen is weak, no wonder she leads a such useless bunch. If you can’t even take them on, don’t try to act all tough, you are nothing but a waste of space, and I intend to clear it” Williams yelled that out as he held his chest, he looked weak, but his words were powerful enough to make Nora flinch. As if her rationality had flown out the window, our eyes turned red, making everyone gasp, I felt my bones shift, it was damn terrible, every part of me hurt, it felt like I was shifting for the first time. After some time, the pain subsided and I stared at myself, I would say Nora, but it felt like we had merged into one, and I felt all the pain and betrayal she felt. We stood there, I looked like a half human half wolf, making me realize that I did not shift completely. “since you have decided, I will show you that I am not weak, let’s hope you don’t regret it” my voice came out more like thunder as we began snapping the necks of the ones that had shifted, I was holding the brown haired guy when the pack came rushing in, stopping in a moment of shock but the warriors immediately got into action. “I knew I didn’t like you” I said as I killed him.

Wolves kept coming, and I was defending myself pretty well, but I was out of strength. I was surrounded by their warriors, barely holding on to consciousness when someone came rushing in, “alphas, rouges” he said in a panicked voice, he looked like he just came out of a bloody fight, all bruised up. ‘I have to warn them, they need to leave’ and as though the moon goddess had my prayer I smelled a familiar lilac scent coming from the man, and did the one thing I could do, I howled like I never did before, and a moment later, howls came through the forest, and I knew right there, they had felt me, they will be ok for some time. I smiled, ready to give in to the darkness, I had no strength left, but my asshole of a mate chose to disturb that, “what did you do” Williams growled as Wilson held him back. “gave them assurance and consent. It’s the power of a king to deliver a message without saying a word” I whispered it between breaths, but I was immediately taken by darkness

Who knew that after that day, things will get complicated, one’s hate got worse, while the other looked at me with respect, but it was just too late, or so I hope.

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