The Alphas Queen

All The Pieces

Heather stepped through the portal and took off the cloak. Looking around, she smirked when she saw that no-one around, congratulating herself on choosing her extra walk-in closet with three separate corridors for her travels. Hanging up the cloak and taking off her black boots, she puts on a pair of black flat pumps and picks up the three white boxes on the ground.

Walking out of the door, she hums to herself until she comes to her bedroom, only to see her mate coming through the door. Stopping suddenly, Heather smiled at him brilliantly

“Jon” Heather said “I’m just going to take these to the charity shop”

“Again?” Jon asked, his eyebrow raised “That’s like the fourth trip isin't it?”

“Well, I just see no reason in keeping these things when I’m not using them” Heather replied

“Right” Jon answered “Why don’t you give them to Gemma. I’m sure she would like some of those things”

“Oh Jon, really!” Heather said “Gemma’s young. She won’t want these old things”

“Did you give away a pair of Louboutins last time?” Jon asked with a frown “I thought all woman wanted those”

“Yes well….Gemma and Maddie have a different sense of style” Heather said as she dumped the boxes on their bed

“Never mind eh?” Jon said with a laugh “No doubt Max will get her a new wardrobe when they get their place”

“What do you mean get their place?” Heather asked with a frown

“You know” Jon said as he walked to the boxes “When they get married, they will no doubt get their own house”

“Married? They’re getting married?!” Heather shrieked “And I wasn’t told?”

“When they marry eventually love” Jon said with a frown

“Eventually...right!” Heather said, calming down

Seeing Jon, his eyes glazed over; she took a deep breath. Her cheeks flushed as she tried to suppress her anger. When Jon blinked and smiled at her, she smiled back

“I’ve just asked someone to come help take these away” Jon smiled before going to his side of the closet

“What are you looking for?” Heather asked when her mate keep moving things around

“I have something for Max and Gemma. And transfer documents for when Mark gets home. You do remember he is coming home tomorrow don’t you?” Jon asked

“Oh!” Heather smiled her first genuine smile “Yes! My boy! I can’t believe he has finished his training. He is just as strong as Max and could easily have been an alpha”

“I know. I offered him the alpha training, but he was adamant he wasn’t up for that” Jon said, pulling out a folder “I think his first assignment should be a little closer to home, but he wants to go”

“Alpha, Luna”

Turning to their door way, they saw two omega men who stood their. Heather welcomed them in and explained what she needed done with the boxes as Jon opened a few folders and shuffled paperwork around. Once the omegas left, Heather turned to her mate

“Where does he want to go?” Heather asked, sitting on the bed

“Hhhhmmm?” Jon asked, distracted

“Mark. You said he wanted to go. Go where?” Heather asked him again

“To Gemma. He wants to fight with us against the enemy” Jon replied as he walked out of the room

“WHAT?” Heather screamed “Are you f*****g kidding me?”

“Why? What’s wrong?” Jon asked, turning to his mate

“He’s coming home after all those years, and he doesn’t even want to stay? He’s leaving me already and for what?” Heather spat “For a war that isn’t his own?”

“Not our war?” Jon asked in surprise “Of course it’s our war….Gemma-”

“Gemma! It’s always about Gemma” Heather shouted “Doesn’t a mother have a right on her children?”

Jon stayed silent as he looked at his mate, his eyes blank as he took her measure. Heather saw him from the conner of her eyes and promptly burst into tears. When Jon hesitated to come close, Heather played her trump card, knowing she would effectively put herself out of the suspicion list if Jon questioned her behaviour

“I...I’m s...s.sorry” Heather cried “I’m just...s.so...scared. I don’t want to worry but how can I not”

“What is this about Heather?” Jon asked as he walked closer to his mate

“I...Didn’t want to do this...not now...but with Max not here and now Mark also g...g...going” Heather cried harder, knowing her plan was working.

When Jon stood beside his mate, his frown marring his otherwise smiling look, Heather took her mate’s free hand and tugged until he sat on the bed. Taking his hand, she placed it on her stomach

“I...I’m pregnant...and I just worry about all my children. I..I don’t want mark to go….I want Max back” Heather said, crying harder

“Pregnant” Jon whispered

“Yes” Heather said

“Impossible! I would have smelt it” Jon said

“I..I went to a witch. Asked her to help hide the scent. I didn’t want you worry….what with everything going on” Heather explain

Jon shook his head, his eyes showing his emotions. Smiling, Jon whooped as he held his mate to him; his head making plans as he thought about the coming child

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“Daaaaddddd” Gemma moaned

“No my pup” Tom said, folding his arms. His muscles bunching up

“We have been together since I was a pup and then fifteen! Don’t you think it’s a moot point now?” Gemma sassed

“FIFTEEN?!” Tom roared

“Da-” Gemma was cut off

“MAX!” Tom shouted

“Really my love” Lily said as she entered the bedroom “Don’t you think she is old enough, considering she is also the Astrid. We mated the afternoon we met”

“That was different” Tom said

Max and Nait walked into the room together, their eyes widening when Tom growled in anger, his eyes rims turning red, his pupils blackening. When Tom leaped, he shifted mid air. When Gemma and Lily shouted out a warning, Max pushed Nait away from him before shifting into his wolf just as Tom landed on top of Max.

Snarling, the two alpha males battled it out, biting and scratching at each other. When Tom once again shifted, his body contorted and morphed within a second where his wolf legs became like legs with claws, his upper torso resembling a wolf body still. His jaws wide with sharp canines. Max followed, his body taking a little longer to change.                                                                                                                                                                                            Tom howled when he saw Maxsius shift and almost imitate Tom’s stance. Standing just a couple of inches shorter than Tom, Max had a more muscular frame compared to Tom. While Tom still looked bulky, his many years of imprisonment showed its toll on his body along with many littered scars stamped along his back and front. As the two alphas fought, Gemma rushed to her mother. Annoyed that her own wolf was preening at the barbaric act in front of her

“Mum! Do something!” Gemma begged

“I can’t. It not just an alpha challenging another. It’s a father checking out the suitability of a potential mate” Lily said, holding her daughter close to her

“Potential? We are already mates” Gemma shouted

“Actually, if dad finds Maxsius lacking; he has the authority to break the bond” Nait said casually

“WHAT?” Gemma asked, wide-eyed and in shock

“He is the alpha king after all. It’s like he’s the equivalent of you” Nait explained

“Mum” Gemma whispered “Please”

Before any more words could be said, Maxsius threw Tom across the room. Tom flew on his back but midway, turned his body so he hit the ground running before launching himself at Maxsius and missing his neck by hair’s breadth. WIthout warning, Gemma launched herself towards them, hoping to distract them. Her body came in between the small space between Tom and Maxsius just as they opened their claws and reached out to each other. Maxsius retracted his claws and reached Gemma, turning her around; his body covering her just as Tom’s claws split open Maxsius back.

Maxsius roared out in pain as blood splattered against the wall, his body protecting Gemma. Tom immediately shifted back into his human form, naked; his breath heaving as he cried out for Gemma. Maxsius shifted back to his human self as he looked at Gemma, his eyes full of worry as his eyes darted about over her body; trying to determine if she was ok.

“Gemma!” Tom shouted

Lily and Nait rushed to them in worry. Gemma looked at Max, her eyes tearing as she felt his body shake. When she put her hand around his neck, her hands became sticky. Looking at him, her eyes widened in horror.

“Max-” Gemma started

“I’m on it” Nait said

“What the hell were you thinking my pup!” Tom shouted as he grabbed Gemma into his arms

Gemma peaked over her trembling father’s shoulders and saw Max wince as Nait stood at his back, his palm open as white light glowed from them. The rivers of blood from the wounds were all Gemma could see as they dropped to the floor. Lily handed Max a pair of shorts and walked up to Tom with another pair for him.

“I co...could have….” Signing, Tom kissed his daughter’s head as his eyes closed

“I’m sorry” Gemma whispered. “I had to stop you. I knew Max would have saved me” she moved back a little out of his embrace

“Don’t you ever do that again Gemstone!” Max shouted as he walked towards them

“But-” Gemma started

“Never again do you understand me!” Max roared, he grabbed her face in both of his hands as he looked at her wildly “You never ever put yourself in front of me and danger! You never sacrifice yourself that way. EVER!”

“Gemstone?” Tom asked, taking a step back

“His nickname for her. He’s always called her that because she was his precious stone. Gemstone” Nait explained “I know. Exactly what I called her too”

“I couldn’t have lived without you had anything happened to you. You are the very air that I breathe! I-” Max heaved a deep breath

“I couldn’t live without you either” Gemma whispered, hugging him closer

“Who are you Max?” Tom asked

Lifting his head, Max looked at Tom, his eyes flashing lavender and Tom’s mouth opened before he gruffly cleared his throat. Seeing tears in his eyes, Gemma looked at her father, confused.

“Dad?” Gemma asked

“How long have you know? About who you were?” Tom asked Max

“From the beginning...I was drawn to her. When she became my mate; she was too young by human standards. Our parents kept everything from us until our bond snapped into place and we were taken to the pack house” Max explained

“Thank You” Tom said, nodding “For keeping her safe”

“Dad? I don’t understand” Gemma said

“When your mother and I mated, not all were happy. While I was shifter royalty...in their eyes, I was a mutt. The Fae prince your mother was engaged to, he had fallen in love….with an elf mix. One who had a very far removed….fifth I think...Fae blood in her. He met her at their ball. I had already planned to speak to him about the situation. When he realised that he and I could work together and he could be with his own mate; I shook his hands and this surge of power went through my hands and into his. It was later that we discovered that due to our love for our mates, we tied our hands in friendship - that we had been blessed” Tom explained

“Blessed?” Gemma asked

“I was shown a vision of my three children and he was given the power to cement our friendship for life. It is his line that was to protect you until your equal mate was born. In other words, his line was blessed with the lavender eyes. I met his descendant three nights before we were attacked and you were put to sleep. When they still maintained the purity of friendship and trust, they were blessed by Lily to continue the lavender bloodline. Each first son becoming and alpha until the mate of the Astrid is born” Tom said

“I always knew Max was special” Lily smiled

“When our friendship was blessed and then I met your descendants; Their purity and honesty cemented the bond. When Nait told me that the son of this line would be Gemma’s mate, I knew that only a king would suit the queen. That he would need to be strong and unique. We knew he would be a shifter so when they were being blessed, I had whispered a plea that the mate would be my rival if I chose. And you are! You being able to shift as you have is a gift that only I have. It means that you can protect her as I can” Tom said gently

“With my life!” Max said

Suddenly Max bent his head and when he came back up, Maxsius was present. He flashed his eyes at Tom

“My king. Had you asked me who I was before attacking, you would have known it was I and that indeed, I could protect my mate” Maxsius said arrogantly

Tom lifted his left eyebrow, both amused and put out by Maxsius arrogance. When Max started to contort his body before bending down at the waist, Tom put Lily behind him, his eyes fixed on the body in front of him.

“My king” The voice said “I apologise for this wolf. His arrogance knows no bounds. I am Malakaie, The Fae to Gemma’s Aurorra”.

Standing back up, Malakaie looked at Gemma, turning her face this way and that before kissing her lips gently

“You must never put yourself in such danger again my queen” Malakaie said gently “We all can die and the world would go on safely. But if anything were to happen to you, chaos would follow. You are too important to be so careless with your being”

“The final mate to the Astrid” Tom said, looking at a nodding Nait “I knew it would happen, but when?....As a king, I applaud the wolf. He is a worthy mate. As a father, I now do not worry. Looking at Max and you Malakaie, I now that my daughter is in safe arms”

“Now, if you both have finished; I think it is time they went back to the academy. We all have to prepare for what is coming and it is something big” Nait said

Immediately, the atmosphere changed in the room. Malakaie retreated and Max came forward. When Tom extended his hand out, Max shook it, the pride and confidence from Tom letting Max know that he had passed whatever test the father of his mate had for him.

“Four father-in-laws are hard work” Max joked

“Four?” Lily asked

“Peter, Liam my dad and now...her actual dad. To top it off...the king of kings!”Max explained

Everyone chuckled as they nodded. When the topic of sharing a bedroom with Max came up again, Tom didn’t object this time. Making a plan, the family worked out the best scenario on how to tackle the unseen enemy as they finally agreed on the right time to reveal Tom and Lily to the world

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“Did you get it?” Arron asked

“Yes sire” A lowly elf bowed

“Give it to me” Aaron said

She placed the bloody dagger in his hand and bowed before leaving the room. Aaron took it to the table before placing it in a glass bowl. He took the green vial and poured it over the dagger, watching the blood boil a little before retaining its structure and not disappearing. Smirking, he laughed out aloud

“What are you smiling about?” Heather said as she walked into the room

“My lady” Aaron said with a smile. We got it. He gave his blood willingly”

“I knew he would” Heather scoffed “Once he knew the pup would be in Gemma’s army as an important player, he would give us anything we asked for so that her precious life would not be disturbed”

“Are we really not going to harm the pup?” Aaron asked

Picking up the dagger, Heather ran a finger through the blood. She smiled when she didn’t feel the burn one felt when blood of the royal Fae was spilt and captured unwillingly.

“Take this to the academy and find his cottage. You will be able to enter it now. I will give you a potion that will allow you to go undetected” Heather said as she looked at the dagger

“Yes my Lady” Aaron said

Heather turned and gave him the dagger before taking out a vial of black substance. Chanting, she blessed the vial and then, once Arron had drunk the full dose; she chanted again. Making sure his scent was fully covered with the help of the blood. As Arron walked towards the door, Heather called out

“Oh and on your return, make sure to kill the pup” Heather said

Arron smiled evilly as he left the room, his focus on obtaining the ingredients needed so the Great One could arise stronger once again