The True Ruler, Rayven

Keeping things Calm and Classy

“Jake, you know, Like I know that I am the strongest warrior in the region and was the valedictorian of our class, I am quite capable of protecting myself. For your information I do have a mate out there and it is not you, so if that was all you came to say you wasted your gas in your car and the air in your lungs to spill that nonsense. And quite frankly you are taking the breath out of mine with that cheap ass cologne you have on so if you would be so kind...” I pause dramatically and flutter my lashes as I leans my chin on my hands and continue to speak. “As to f**k off, it would be greatly appreciated.” I managed to say with a calm tone and an award-winning smile on my face. By the time I finished speaking he was sitting there with a scowl on his face revealing his ugly nature it is not too far under the surface, it is like he has never felt rejection before but that cannot be true.

Jake was 5’7 skin as pale bleached flour with pink on his cheeks, lips, and neck if you can even call it that, a 2 pack of Oscar-meyer wieners would be a more exact description. Even though Jake was of Lycan decent he was on the short side as well as the heavy scale. Do not get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with heavy but to have the personality of a slimy, womanizing, egotistical cornball on top of being 1 cheese stick away from having a Homer Simpson build is atrocious and should be against the law. He always smells like gas station spray and recently fried corndogs. His hair slick with leftover engine oil to the side godfather style. Just an overall cookie dryer, or stiffy killer whichever you have we do not judge around here.

I mind link Dex to open the door

“Dex see that Jake gets to his car and off of my territory.” I state with my hands behind my back balled up into fists, my nails are digging into my fist drawing blood. I am so angry I could have destroyed this desk, but I will not it was my father’s.

As soon as they leave room and are not within earshot, I slam my fists on the desk in front of me in pure rage. My blood has been boiling a lot more lately and it is getting harder to control my powers. Now the slightest fit of rage will bring earthquakes around me. I should ask mom why I am having so much trouble.

“What happened Ray?” Dex comes back into the office asking me with his hands up “you have got to work on your temper, you know what happens when you get too angry.”

“I know Dex, I know, Me and Ember have just been getting really upset lately like more than the normal. I am going to ask mom about it later maybe it could be some blessed side effect or something Elves really must worry about, with our powers being linked to our emotions. She can give me some pointers.” I say as I rub the back of my neck trying to make sense of all of this.

“Maybe when your done here Zelous and Ember can go for a run blow off some steam” Dex asked worry clearly etched across his face, the grooves in his forehead look like waves receding getting ready for a tsunami.

“No run with Zelous, me no mad, I ok.” Ember says as she plops down in the middle of the field in my mind.

“Then what’s wrong with you, don’t act like all that anger came from me just now we both were angry” I say to ember

“Anger not mine, yours. Dumb human always getting angry, for no reason” Ember sasses as she licks her paws

“I just told you it wasn’t mine you giant puppy” I sass back

Ember growls and stands up getting ready to retreat to the depths of my mind, I cannot help but admire her in all her glory. Ember stands on all 4’s at a comfortable 6’0, except when she is in rage Lycan form, she stands on her 2 legs at 6’8 just as tall as my father. Ember is green with white paws; a white snout and her tail is tipped white. Her eyes are as red as fresh lava coming out of a volcano. She has a red fire aura around her all the time, in fact if Ember does not know and love you her flames will burn your skin. She is covered in fire because of my blessed attributes we can control earth and we have a kinship with fire. My fire power is just as strong as my earth powers even though my earth powers showed up first. Funny thing is even though my mother’s element is water I cannot control it in the slightest, trust me I have spent many sleepless nights trying. I even tried to control air, when I was little I used to imagine myself being the next avatar. I know it’s childish but hey a little girl can dream can’t she.

“Anger not mine dummy, I go to sleep now.”

She says as she retreats to the back of my mind.

“Did you and Ember have a nice conversation?” Dex asks as he looks at me with curiosity

“Before or after the sass,” I chuckle

“Ember is saying the anger that we have been dealing with has not been coming from her, and I thought it was coming from the both of us together maybe it is just me. I am going to finish the paperwork stacked right here and then I am going to head back to the house to ask mom what is up with the anger I have been feeling.” I tell Dex.

“Okay tell May I said Hey” Dex says

“Okay now get out byyyeeee...” I point towards the door as my eyes never leave the stack of documents I am filling out.

I get through the paperwork; it is mostly approving new pack renovations and new expansion documents for Levecan as well as the new jewelry we are pushing out as a promotion for the Moonlight Ball celebration. It is where all the wolves, Lycans, vampires, wear bears, wear cats, and other supernatural creatures come in the chances of finding their mates. Crimson Hyde is the largest territory in the Lycan Kingdom it’s a place everyone can meet up and mingle with and since my 18th is 3 days away, I’m hoping I can find my mate there too because Goddess knows I’m going to be entirely too busy to travel to try and find them and finding a chosen is just out of the question Ember will kill any male that tries to claim us that is to our mate. Leaving my office walking to the car my mind starts to wonder back to dad. I open the door to my car and get in; I’m snapped back to reality by the loud roar of the engine. I put the car in reverse back out and started the quick drive to the house.

I hop out the car and stroll towards the house, I unlock the door with my key and head towards the kitchen. Mom is singing and cooking it smells divine. I walk up to her and give her a hug startling her, making her spill some Alferdo on the counter.

“I thought you were going to be home later I didn’t expect you here so early. So, what did Jake want?” she asks while her eyebrow goes up in the air inquisitively

I give the loudest groan I could give while I sink into the bar chair and put my head on the countertop and cover my head with my arms.

“Rayven?” Mom says as she takes steps closer to me

I raise my head from the table and make a long swipe down my face like in the cartoons when the workers have had a extremely long day. Because that’s exactly what I had an extremely long day. She chuckles and calls me animated.

“He came to tell me how he doesn’t think I can run the kingdom on my own.” I mimic with the same tone of arrogance he had, I even put my hand over my chest and stuck my head up in the sky to impersonate the air of arrogance jake possessed.

“Well that’s silly you’ve been running the kingdom for every bit of 2 years now and you have been training to take over the throne ever since you were 13…… NEXT.” She says in a dismissive tone popping a cherry tomato in her mouth from the washed tomatoes she’s getting ready to toss into the salad, she tosses one to me I catch it and pop it in my mouth.

“Exactly, and then get this, the bastard said, No! Mom, he had the gall to declare that WE all know I don’t have a mate because I’m a hybrid.” I finish saying while I toss the salad my other prepared in the bowl.

Slam**

I jumped around startled

“HOW f*****g DARE HE, WHO THE f**k DOES HE THINK HE IS!?” she all but whispers, I rush over there to her and grab her hands push out my calming aura one of the perks of being an Alpha. After a few deep breaths she finally relaxed.

“That is complete and utter nonsense! Now I know we Elves don’t recognize the mate bond like wolves and Lycans do but that doesn’t mean we don’t have them. We were just given the option to accept or decline our mates unlike them, who can DIE upon rejection. If you ask me that’s a HELL of a lot better than being forced to bond with a f*****g ASSHOLE ABUSER or SOMEONE you don’t truly love for the rest of our VERY long lives.” She says as she drops some chicken alfredo scoop into the bowl in her hands.

One of the noodles slides across the rim of the bowl and comes back to pop her on the forehead before settling in the bowl leaving a trail of alfredo sauce between her brows, we both lock eyes and burst out laughing. Its times like these that make the days without papa seem like they might not be that bad, like we can finally live again. I grabbed a paper towel and handed it to her. She wipes her face clean and turns to look at me all laughter gone, her face looks rather somber.

“I know mom, Ember says she feels her mate out there somewhere. That’s why I’m looking forward to the Moonlight Ball this week. If I can find my mate at the ball, I don’t have to worry about anymore marriage offers as well as getting the elders off my back. I know those old saggy fuckers just want to control the pack and its finances. They marry me off to the right sheep that could very well happen, then everything dad worked so hard to achieve will be for not.” I say sullenly.

“If Ember says your mate is out there listen to your Lycan she knows way more than that grease ball jake ever would.”

Ember perks up at that, clearly loving moms’ admiration.

“You know mom speaking of Ember, we had a discussion today about our emotions and she says the anger we’ve been feeling hasn’t been coming from her and I know it’s not coming from me. Is it maybe an Elven thing since I’m about to be 18?” I ask full of curiosity, not just for me, Ember is at the forefront of my mind ready to receive the words to the question we’ve been asking ourselves all day. A flash of guilt springs out her eyes as fast as it came in. She quickly pours us some juice to go with dinner going out of her way to avoid eye contact.

“No, I’m sure it’s nothing it’s probably just regular hormones kicking in but being a hybrid and all the only one of your kind, they might be stronger than other.” She word vomits. I can’t shake the feeling that she’s hiding something from me, but I don’t push the issue any further. Maybe she will tell me when she is ready. After-all this woman has been the calm in my storm for a while now I have no clue what would happen if I had lost both parents that day. I know it may sound crazy but ever since the accident, I’ve had the feeling of being watched so I’ve had a full-time security detail on her whenever she decides to leave the safeness of this house or the palace. I even got green witches to put a protection spell around the whole of Crimson Hyde. Whoever made this poison and killed my father has access to equipment, toxins, and who knows what else, oh yeah, I do they are still out there. I will not rest until I get justice for my father and stop whoever it is before this happens to someone else.

“Rayven, look honey there is nothing to worry about you will be okay your mate will come and sweep you off your feet and bring out a softer side of you that you probably didn’t even know existed.” She unhooked my hair from the claw clip, and it cascades down my shoulders. You know you’re a lot like your father in that aspect, you keep your cards close to your chest. Don’t be afraid to open up and let people in. “She says as she gives me a hug, I enjoy her scent of ocean and lilac it has always been my safe calming place. We sit down and enjoy a nice home cooked meal together and then clean up and go sit in front of the T.V watching the Office. As she’s laughing, I look over and admire the woman who gave birth to me, I absolutely adore this woman I thank her for being my rock. She ends up falling asleep on the couch and I tuck her in with one of the blankets we keep in the blanket basket by the couch. I turn the television off and kiss her on the forehead and head upstairs. I look in the mirror and really look at myself for the first time today.

I’m 5’10 with a slim frame and golden honey brown skin. My eyes are Green with flecks of blue and red almost in calico cat pattern or formation. My hair midback length curly and a deep shade of brown apart from the white streak I’ve had at the front of my head ever since I was born, mom says its because she had spicy food when she was pregnant with me, but I’ve never seen anyone else with it and I know plenty of babies whose moms ate nothing but spicy food. My lips are plump and my nose and cheeks are littered with freckles. I get a lot of compliments so I know I look good, heck I got eyes I can see. I just think beauty lies more within than the outside. I strip my clothes off and head to the shower and reach for the hot water knob I turn it as far as it goes. I don’t even bother with the cold water, I let the heat blaze across my body as I stick my head under the water letting the stress of the day wash away down into the drain.

When I finish in the shower, I wash my face and brush my teeth. I put on my scarf and panda ears trying my hair up I walk to the dresser and grab a black thong and black crop top with a green lily pad on it and throw myself onto my bed being careful not to accidentally catch hold of the curtains going across my bed. I wrap myself in my covers and say a prayer to the goddesses and my dad as I close my eyes and start to drift to sleep. The feeling of being watched is always at a peak when my body finally crashes for the night