The Alphas Queen

Where art thou Brother?

It had taken two hours for Cindy to heal both Max and Gemma; both deciding to hid Max and his new status from everyone. Including Gemma’s Vo-Suie

When Ben and Maddie had come to visit them, Max’s eyes had flashed golden, his Fae side wanting to come out but with a touch of her hand, Gemma calmed him down. Seeing how Max was agitated, Ben mind-linked him and asked him to walk out of the room to speak to him. Max had looked at Ben with new eyes before nodding, gently kissing Gemma on the forehead and letting her know he was just outside of the bedroom. As they both walked to stand outside, Max could hear Pontus and his cousin speaking to the dean, Gemma’s Fae grandfather and two of her council members about security.

“What is going on with you?” Ben asked quietly

“What do you mean?” Max asked him, folding his arms

“You’re intense. Not just your usual alpha kind intense and I swear your eyes are doing weird s**t man” Ben said

“Of course I’m tense. After what happened, can you blame me?” Max grumbled in anger

“No but it’s like you don’t trust me, or Maddie or even Cindy who is her own Vo-suie” Ben said in frustration

When Max silence continued for another few seconds, Ben’s mouth dropped open in shock; hurt showing on his face. He took a step back, his mouth opening and closing a few times before he swallowed

“You don’t trust us” Ben whispered

Max stayed silent. Ben let out a shocked, cold laugh before combing his hair with his fingers.

“We are family. We have always been family. I’ve risked everything to save my sister and you-”

“But she’s not your sister. Not really” Max said, cutting Ben off

“f**k you!” Ben shouted “She IS my sister and always will be”

“I can’t risk believing that just because you are being emotional” Max explained, widening his stance

“Emotional?” Ben asked “I’m your f*****g Beta. I’m her brother and Maddie; who is your sister - her mate. And you tell me you don’t trust us and when I get upset...hey, i’m being emotional? f**k you Max! “

“Is that all?” Max asked “I thought you wanted to speak to me about something important when you called me out here”

Ben shook his head in shock as pain ran through his body. Hearing Maddie in his mind asking what was wrong, he cut her off on their link and looked at his best friend, realising there was something fundamentally different

“Do you trust Cindy and Maddie with her?” Ben asked

When Max hesitated, Ben let out a cold shout, his disgust at Max’s behaviour clear. Just as he was about to open his mouth, Serena approached the boys, her eyes cast down in respect before lifting back up to Max

“Nait and the rest of the council have found a breach within the grounds” Serena said quietly

“It means it was one of those that were meant to protect her”Max said in a deadly soft voice “The only way for someone to be allowed into the property and then to take her would be if she felt no harm being with that person; only for them to take her without consent”

“Yes” Serena said with sadness “the traitor is indeed amongst us. She still doesn’t remember who it was?”

“She remembers feeling calm and happy before being thrust through a portal” Max said with clenched teeth “After that, the attack came from all sides and the faces that she did see were no-one she knew”

“Nait will come to speak to you both” Serena said “I have had Pontus prepare a meal which has been checked so do not worry. She needs to eat, you both do”

“Thank you” Max said, his anger a living thing “I will bring her down in a moment once everyone else leaves”

Lowering her eyes with respect, Serena nodded and left; walking away quietly. Ben sighed and turned to look at Max who was looking back him with hooded, concealed eyes

“I take it that there isn’t an invite to stay for food?” Ben asked quietly

“Look Ben-” Max started

“I get it. I do” Ben cut in “But for you to freeze us all out, especially Cindy; is dangerous”

“They could have killed her” Max said in a sombre voice

“And just the thought of how close they were to her really gets to me. But you can’t blame all of us. We know one of our parents is the traitor. It doesn’t mean all of us are” Ben reasoned with Max

Sighing Max nodded, his body relaxing a little. As Ben and Max spoke about possible next step, they failed to notice the pointed elf who was listening into the conversation. He frowned, wondering if Carrie had taken this step without telling them. After all, it wasn’t part of the plan. He walked over to Max, keeping his eyes down, his posture calm; he invited them to come down to eat, hoping that Max would ask Gemma to come out in front of him. He hadn’t seen her for a long time and while he didn’t like to admit it...he missed her. When Max didn’t, he had to keep his anger in check and moved away from them, walking down to help Pontus. He kept his movements quick so he could leave before Nait showed up. He couldn’t afford to be looked at by him too closely in case he discovers the truth

“The council will be staying for a while” Pontus said as he placed more cutlery with magick onto the table “Inform the cook for dinner delights. They will require it”

Conner nodded, walking out of the dorm and towards the kitchen. When he saw an empty hallway and no-one about, he quickly slipped into an empty cupboard and threw up a blue ball, connecting him to Goine

“Well?” Goine asked

“They were attacked. But she doesn’t remember who it was” Conner said in quick, hushed voice

“Her memory has been wiped?” Goine asked

“Tampered with. She remembers being calm with whoever it was before going through the portal. Someone is playing both sides” Conner said as he looked around the room

“I won’t stand for secrets!” Goine shouted “Keep an eye on her but don’t get too close. I’m not sure what’s going on but it seems there is another party out to get what is ours. I will speak to the twins again and if they have lied to me….”

Nodding, Conner closed the ball before coming out of the closet. Booking left and right to make sure no-one saw him; he walked towards the kitchen, unaware that a figure had seen his strange disappearing act and was suspicious of his movements.

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“Are you sure you won’t have more my mate?” Max asked

Gemma groaned and put her right hand on her stomach and patted the slight bulge before letting out a small burp. She blushed furiously when Max laughed before he moved the tray of food away from the table and took it outside of their bedroom before placing it on the side table.

“If I did, i’d burst for sure” Gemma said with a sigh

“You still didn’t eat enough I think” Max said playfully

“Max! I can only eat what I can. Unlike you who had three large plates and still waiting on desserts” Gemma said wide-eyed

“Hey! I’m a growing boy” Max said, sitting back down across from her

“I see that” Gemma said as she looked at his growing erection under his jeans

Reaching out, she stroked his c**k through the material, her tongue running over her bottom lip in delight. Max’s eyes shifted between Max, Maxsius and Malakai as all three of his being looked at her with lust filled eyes. Pulling her close to him, he took her mouth in a ferocious kiss, his hands tugging at her clothes impatiently. Just as he ripped of her t-shirt, Max felt another presence and almost left to his feet

“While I am very liberal; I do not enjoy watching others have s*x. Maybe that could be postponed until late?” Nait said calmly

“What the f**k are you doing here?” Max asked in anger, turning around to face Nait

Gemma squeaked and pulled on Max’s black t-shirt as she tried to cover her bra and exposed breast. When Nait raised one eyebrow at Max and pointedly looked down, Max growled and did his zipper back up but without breaking eye contact. Feeling Maxsius anger at the interruption, Max’s claws lengthened as he ignored Malakaie’s words to stand down

“Max..Stop” Gemma said as she scrambled up from the bed

“Are you ok?” Nait asked as he moved towards her

Max took a step in front of him, blocking Nait from reaching Gemma. When Nait took another step in the opposite direction, again Max followed him and stopped him from moving forward

“I can move you just as easily with a flick of my finger young pup” Nait said with a smirk

“Try me” Max gripped, his teeth elongating

“Max stop” Gemma said, coming up behind him and holding his clenched fits in her hand “Please. It’s ok. He’s safe”

“He’s safe? Why the f**k would you think he is safe? We still don’t know who it is and this guy has essentially been perving on you, sticking to you like glue since we arrived here three years ago. Acting like a creep and you say he is safe?” Max bit out

“He wasn’t perving on me Max” Gemma tried to reason with him

“I see the way he looks at you, watches you when you aren’t looking. Trust me, it’s called perving” Max said before turning to look back at Nait “But he’s forgetting that you are my mate and anyone coming between mates are asking for death”

Gemma gasped but Nait threw his head back and laughed aloud. When Max’s body started to shift, Nait snapped his fingers and suddenly Max felt a rush of wind hit his face, his feet losing ground. Gemma’s name on his lips sounding out into the empty air. Within seconds he felt his feet his solid ground again and when he looked around, they weren’t in their room but in a white and golden room. Gemma’s room ...at the palace? But how? Max turned around, his heart rapidly beating as his body partially shifted to his hybrid wolf form while his left arm reached out to grab Gemma who was behind him; her shock at the change of destination voiced when she let out a squeak.

His wolf let out a threatening sound once he had Gemma up against his back, his canines snapping at Nait. With one arm out in front with his lethal nails, Maxsius took a step closer to Nait, ignoring the warning from Malakaie. All he knew was this male looked at his mate with need...with want...he was a threat and now he brought them somewhere that only Gemma’s mother or Gemma could bring them too. He had to die! Letting out a warning growl, ignoring Gemma’s plea to stop, Maxsius bent his knees as he got ready to attack

“I would really like NOT to have my children attacked all the time. So if you could be so kind as to calm down, we can explain what is going on Maxsius” Lily said

Maxsius turned around in surprise when he saw Lily approach them in her golden one shoulder, long, grecian style dress, her black long hair styled in an intricate knot at the top of her head. Maxsius looked between a smiling Lily and a smirking Nait.

“Darling” Lily said as she held out her hands to Gemma

“Mum” Gemma whispered before launching herself into her mothers loving embrace

“Let me look at you” Lily said as she started to look at Gemma, turning her arms and face this way and that, trying to find any lasting marks from the attack

Maxsius allowed Max to come back as he receded. As his body became human once more, his first thoughts were of being naked in front of his mates mother and another guy. As he saw Gemma hug Lily again and was going to speak, he felt as if clothes appeared on him. Looking down in surprise, his bare legs now covered with white trousers and he had a white shirt on. Lifting his head in surprise, he looked at a smirking Nait who walked passed him slowly

“Despite your hyped tendencies and insistence that I perve, I really don’t want to see other men’s” Waving his hands over Max’s body, Nait laughed “attributes”

“Nait” Lily said breathlessly

Turning back towards Lily, Nait walked into her embrace as Max looked on in astonishment. When Lily kissed his forehead, Max felt lost, unsure of what was going on. Where they lovers? When he saw him run a hand lovingly over Gemma’s cheek and Gemma tearing up at his gesture, Max saw red.

“No Max!” Gemma shouted as she ran to Max

Standing in front of Max, she took his clenched fist in her hand; brought it to her lips and kissed it. Immediately the tension left his fist even though he was still alert. Gemma touched his cheek and pulled him forward with her hand until he stood in front of Lily and Nait. As Nait reached over to put his hand on Gemma’s shoulder, Max Snarled, his lip curling up as he displayed his canines in warning. Nait looked at Max once before nodding and lowering his hand down. But not before Gemma caught it. Hurt flashed through Max’s eyes as he watched his mate willingly touch another man.

“I would never cheat Max” Gemma said in a low voice “And I want no other than you”

Max lifted his eyes to gaze at her face, confusion written in his eyes as he took in his mates aura, glowing with love for him. When Gemma looked at Nait, love was still glowing but it dimmed. Her aura changed

“Max, You already know Lily is my mother. You know my grandfather...you know of goine” Gemma said with distaste “But you don’t know Nait”

“Nait?” Max asked, curious now

“Your right. He does watch me. He does care about me...he even loves me” Gemma said

At that, Max let out a chilling sound as his eyes shifting between Maxsius and Max. When Gemma squeezed his hand, he took a deep breath to calm down, trying to understand what his mate was saying

“My love for her was there the day she was born, over a thousand years ago” Nait said in a soothing voice

“What?” Max asked, his mouth open in shock “What do you mean?”

“Lily told you about her children and how it all started including the son who was the only powerful Seer….the only Royal Fae Seer and how he helped the first wolves become the line that would bring about the mate of the Astrid right?” Nait said confidently

“Yes” Max said

“I was that seer Max” Nait said quietly

“Wait, you?” Max asked in an incredulous voice “but his name was Sebastian and...that would..make you-”

“Over two thousand years old. The son to Lily….and the brother to Gemma. It is my nickname for her that I placed in your head when you first saw her because to me, she was a rarity...a Gemstone like no other. Yes Max. I am Sebastian, Nait backwards and I have been watching her because I am also her protector and her true blood brother”

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Shoes clicked on the cobblestones as footstep walked further on the dark lane. As the lone dark figure walked further, their black cloak dragging on the dirty street behind them, they looked left and right before turning the handle on the rickety wooden door of the abandoned building and walked into the room. Closing the door and locking it, the figure walked further into the dark and dusty room, empty boxes littering the floor. A faint breeze whistling through the cracked windows moved the chains that were hanging above the walls and beams, their clicking sound echoing in the otherwise quiet room.

“That was a dangerous move, attacking her like that” Chris said

The figure whirled around, looking at Chris, the twin to Carrie as he walked towards the cloaked figure. His steps slow and measured

“It was time” the voice said

“Yes but we have to be smart. We can’t let them know who is on our team” Chris said

“I am tired of waiting!” the voice shouted, the voice distorted

“But wait we must! The true heir is almost to the full capacity. We can not risk it’s exposure until we are all in place” Chris said with concealed anger

“She has been a thorn in my side for years! She has taken everything from me! In everyone’s eyes, I am worthless because of that b***h!” The voice spat out

Sighing, Chris held out his hand and a blue energy ball appeared. The image showed Max, crouched over Gemma as he protected her from the attack

“Were you seen?” Chris asked quietly

“No. I only pushed her through. Then I left. Even when she remembers, her memory will be distorted” The voice expressed with glee

“Unless the book helps her” Chris stated

“Even then, I had a back up” The voice sounded proud

“A back up? Do tell” Chris asked as he closed the ball

“You may not approve as it is related to you but I had no choice” The voice said with a smug sound

“What did you do?” Chris asked in a deadly, slow voice as he spaced out each word

“I put on HER face” The voice said with glee “It will only reinforce what they already suspect”

“Tell me!” Chris shouted out

“She’s already one of us. I simply used it to our advantage” The voice said calmly, turning its back on Chris

“What advantage?” Chris asked

“If by some miracle, Gemma did remember who it was that took her; it won’t be my face. Because the face I wore when I took her was of one she has seen a million times” The voice said as it walked away from Chris

“You mean to say-” Chris cut off

“That’s right. I wore Carrie’s face when I abducted Gemma”

The voice cackled, laughing deep and loud, knowing the anguish Gemma would feel at seeing her other mothers face, betraying her if she ever remembered.