The alpha, the sultan and the omega

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—I was just thinking, Noah —she said with sadness. He looked at her confused.

—What were you thinking? Are the children okay? You feel bad or something? —he spoke quickly.

—I was just thinking, Noah, that I don't wanna keep as an omega —she said—. Do you think I could ascend? 

—Oh —Noah smiled kindly—, well, of course, you can if that's what you want. I guess it's okay.

—Really? —Reyham took his hands, pretending to be shocked and excited even if she already knows that he wouldn't say no to her.

She had him on her hand, most of the time.

—It cant be —Emma covered her face. What Soleil told her was about to accomplish so she had to ascend sooner than she could think.

—What cant be? —Bright was behind her, startling her.

She hit him.

—You startled me —she excused herself when she saw his face, whispering—. What are you doing?

—Because my chambers are near to it —he pointed the hallway and raised his shoulders, then he mumbled—: What are you doing here?

—I was... I was looking for the sultan —she resumed with pride, trying to avoid him smelling her lie—. I'm gonna spend the night with him but I don't know, I just wanted to know where he was. I was worried.

—Oh, that's... that's creepy but cute, I guess —he sighed—. I recommend you to wait for him in his chambers. If Reyham see you neat, phew —he whistled—. By the way, you haven't told me your actual name.

—I'm Emma, I mean Seshat —she told him. 

—Oh, cute name —he smiled—. Very well, Seshat, I hope to see you later. I'm going to bed, get some rest, you know.

—I hope you can —she answered and started walking away from that hallway as soon as she felt Reyham was approaching. She had everything she needed. She confirmed what Soleil told her and she knew the sultan was in the heirs' room. 

On the way, Bright fell silent and looked back for a long time. There was something about this girl that caught his attention, which was weird since he had never had any omega in the pack before, although he attributed it to the fact that he used to live longer in the human world than there. He shrugged and continued walking toward his chambers.

—You look exhausted —the older looked at the red-haired with curious eyes—. Are you okay?

—I'm in perfect conditions, sir —he bowed his head—. What about you? How was your way here?

The long-haired one took off the ponytail he used to wear and shook his hair as he dropped onto the Alfa's bed, where he smelled of lavender and lemon, although a slight smell that indicated that his younger sister hadn't slept there in days. He wrinkled his nose and looked at the redhead.

—Where is Summer?

—She's on rutting so she will come in a couple of days, sir —he hesitated for a while—. I don't know where she is, not even the sultan knows but she went with Kenneth so you don't have to be worried about her, she is in good hands and she is very strong too.

—Very well. Kenneth had to take care of her so I can be quiet... And speaking of the devil, where is the sultan? I haven't seen him the whole day.

—In fact, he was looking for her and then he walked for the forest to calm down, they... Um, they were fighting —Gale hesitated when he told him but knowing the older one, he knew he would know sooner than later—. And now he is with his kids. 

—I get it —he smiled when he saw the blonde girl coming out from the bathroom—. My beauty, how are you feeling now? Is everything okay?

—Yes, dear —she had her hand over her mouth—, it is just the morning sickness. 

—Very well —Isaac looked at Gale—. Are our chambers ready? I think we like to go to bed now.

—Yes, sir.

—Very well. I'll speak with Noah tomorrow —he extended his hand to the blonde, who smiled at him—. Come on, Di, let's sleep.

It wasn't the first time she was in that place but she couldn't ever get used to it.

When she met Isaac he seemed like a very normal boy, outside of his almost inhuman attractiveness - which turned out to be so -, he had nothing that specifically attracted attention. That was just what caught his attention, it was a mystery, almost no one knew about him and the few who did were just as mysterious as him. As the older brother of the redhead who led them, and his current best friend, Simon.

—Please follow me —the redhead said.

In the second year of dating him, the third of meeting him, she found out that he had a younger sister who was living in an orphanage and whom he soon took under his protection. That's when she met Summer Abrahams, an introverted girl with black hair and eyes of the same color, who did not like to talk much and she used to spend whole nights staring at the moon in silence. At least until one day she heard them talking in the house they shared when she was in the bathroom.

—"Why don't you do it? I need your help to do this" —That was Summer's voice and she was crying—. "Brother, please".

—"I'm sorry, Soleil, but I'm not gonna do this" —To Dianne was intriguing the way he called her, she believed it was some kind of nickname he had for her but years later she found out it was her real name—. "I have a wonderful life in here, a girlfriend who loves me, a job, and study. I'm trying to be the most normal I can and forget all this crap!" 

—"Then make me one of yours!" —Summer raised her voice while hiccuping.

She had heard absolutely nothing for a few seconds and when she came out of the bathroom into the hallway, somewhat terrified by what she might find upon reaching the room where the awkward silence that had begun in the place reigned, she bit her lip and hid in the closest wall.

—"Why? You have the opportunity to be a normal human being, be happy and live without restrictions... Why do you prefer to go there for a miserable life or even death just to help people that don't need you" —Isaac was crying too—. "Why do you want me to make me one of our kind? You know that that implies, right?"

—"Brother, I..."

—... ne. Dianne, honey, are you alright? —the blonde blinked and looked at her husband. 

She had been so immersed in her memories that she had not even realized that they were already in front of the happy chambers. The red-haired boy looked at her worriedly next to her husband.

—I'm fine —she smiled—, I was thinking and I got distracted, my bad.

Isaac caressed her face.

—You sure you're okay?

—Yes, I am. 

—Very well, then let's go into our room —he looked at Gale—. Thank you for your assistance, go get some rest. 

—Thank you, your highness —he bowed and go away. 

Dianne looked at her husband with a smile and entered the room. It was shiny and expensive but really beautiful and Dianne was amazed by it. 

—Do you like it?

—No —she remained quiet for a bit just looking at her husband's face—. I love it! —she screeched then, jumping to hug him with a priceless smile—. Look, Isaac, our bed has curtains!

Isaac was happy.

The third day after Soleil's escape began, and it seemed like a morning like any other. Sultan Noah got out of bed, smiled at Seshat, and ordered breakfast. Idris showed up early to inform him that his brother-in-law Isaac hoped to speak with him that morning, remind him that in the afternoon he would go to town with the princes, and accompany Seshat to his new rooms as a favorite before Gale accompanied her to her classes. out of town. He took a shower in the personal bathroom and after washing he was reviewing some accounts of the reserve, things that he would have to attend only during that week.

—Isaac —he said when the black-haired entered his room in the middle of the morning.

It always made him nervous to meet his brother-in-law, especially since in the past they had very uncomfortable frictions due to Soleil and his apparent reluctance to take the responsibility that both Autumn had imposed on him by making him sultan. Isaac was a very serious and hardworking man, he had left his life on the reservation very young and was more used to the outside world, so they did not have much in common to talk about, except for Soleil, the pack, and his dysfunctional marriage, of course.

—Hello Noah. How have you been? —the man was smiling kindly.

That smile was certainly very normal for him, which always got on his nerves. Isaac, on the other hand, just watched him silently and analyzed everything about him, from his scent to his eyes, taking notes of every action and every minor breath.

—Fine, I think... Come here —he shook his head—, let's talk.

He indicated the large armchair on the other side of his room and the older man nodded as he followed. They both sat in silence with small smiles of discomfort, Noah took a cushion and hugged it to put a barrier between them, something that didn't go unnoticed by Isaac.

—As you may know, your sister isn't here and well, I feel somehow a little... responsible for her runaway —he confessed, scratching his back neck.

Isaac raised his eyebrow.

—Why do you say so?

—Well, I think I... I pushed too hard on her and I told her that... That I wanted to have her son and I was waiting to spent her rutting season with her —he said faster at the end, just cause he was afraid of losing the guts he got in the midtime. Isaac stayed quiet for a while, reviewing the information and looking at his face, making him awkward.

And then Isaac started laughing.

—Isaac! —he screeched, ashamed—. Why are you laughing at me? I'm serious, for god sake.

—Okay, okay, I'm sorry —the older one wiped his tears and looked at him the serious he could at the blonde, without quitting his smile—. It's just that, Noah, you still a kid. Don't offend, I like that.

And then his smile disappeared and Noah got tense.

—I like that because the most we grow up, the most innocence we lose —Isaac sighed—. I know you understand Soleil and her way of being.

—I do, I really do —Noah sighed too—, but... It's been ten years since we got married and this is hard, I tried to play along but... 

—Being with someone was never her plan, I don't know how to explain it to you. 

—I got it —he insisted—, but I thought that if I gave her time, we will be a family and have children just ours, and then again when Ayze had Faith and then Brighton got here... I... 

—I don't blame you for trying to avoid the void —Isaac said—, but I believe that just grew her fear. She is not ready to confront the fact, even if you too have Khan here now, she felt more pressured by the love that you two have for each other, but... You haven't connected like on your wedding night.

—I know, right? I've failed as a husband —he complained.

Isaac did not know how to embark on that conversation so he was silent, thoughtful. He knew that Soleil thought, that if she did what her mother did, being the main wife of the Sultan, giving him a son ... This son would be much more important even than the first-born, and he would win problems with the others. sultanas. They already had Khan and he was sure it was a matter of time before everything started to get ugly, but having another baby under these circumstances...

—I have tried to her socializing, you know, like a sultan more than the alpha —the blonde told him, surprising him—. When they become sultans I literally impose the, as a rule, to get along between them and to see them together at least four times per week, no problems, just friends... And Sol gets along with Ayze and Narges but Reyham... 

—Well, you can't blame her for dislike Reyham. She used to say that she was so in love with her because of her royal blood and even rejected you until Ayze became sultan... And come to think of it, Reyham wasn't chosen by Soleil —Isaac said—. That was a bad decision tho, you know she is the one in charge of sending you girls but I'm glad she can get along with Ayze and Narges. 

—I know she is in charge, she is my wife and as my mother doesn't belong to the royals and doesn't live here on the palace she can't pick the women of my harem and that's a problem —he sighed. Sometimes he would like that his mother, Katia, was there with him—. Still, she likes Emma. My new favorite.

—Ah... A favorite after all these years? —Isaac mocked.

—After your cute sister rejected me again, we speak and she sent Seshat to the golden hallway the very same night she disappeared. Like a vile distraction.

—You have to give her some credit, she does know how to run with style —he laughed.

Even if he disliked the topic, Noah smiled at him.

—Don't feel bad, Noah —he told him then—. When her brother exiled and killed all of us, she... Something inside her broke and was never united again. He had compassion for her for being human, but surely he would have killed her too if necessary if he had seen her as a threat. Tell me, what if one day B or Max decide to finish you off and take the throne? God doesn't listen to us and I hope it never happens.

—It wouldn't happen if your sister were here —he said.

Isaac drank a little of his wine.

—Exactly.

Noah widened her mouth.

—What do you mean? —he crossed his arms.

—Everyone knows that she is the strongest wolf on the entire Northside. Even those of us who haven't belonged to a pack in years like me —he shook his shoulders—. They will soon wait for her to be absent like this time, what will you do then? How to defend yourself from your own children?

Noah's blue eyes started crystalizing.

—Look, I won't let you alone. From now on I'll be here to help you —he said—. Now that Dianne's pregnant the rules of the game have changed, I brought her here because of that. I need to have a place where she can be protected.

—Is she pregnant? —Noah smiled. Even if his eyes looked kinda gloomy, Isaac thought it was because of his wish. His wife by his side and pregnant of his babes—. Whoa, Isaac, congrats! I'm so happy for you —he embraced him.

Isaac smiled and thanked him for it, as they began to talk about how things would be in the days until Soleil returned home. Isaac, on the other hand, had a bad feeling about it, he knew her sister, he knew that she was as predictable when she wanted to be unpredictable as predictable when she wanted to be predictable. Still, he added that they would stay in the palace for a couple of years before thinking of becoming independent somewhere in town within the reservation. Noah was really happy for him.

—How do you feel? —Kenneth looked at her before throwing up her entire good in the bathroom. The black-haired just seemed mad so he shut himself—. Your breakfast on the table. Is Nathan coming too?

—He's taking a shower —she frowned—, my head hurts.

—Is the excess —he was reading the newspaper—. You haven't succumbed to yourself for years so, normally, your mind is still fighting to keep aside your animal side and your body is regretting all the activity, it's normal.

—If you say so —she yawned—. Do we have strawberries? I want some. 

—You hate strawberries —Kenneth raised his eyebrow.

—Buy me some, now —she growled at him in her alpha voice and Nathan entered the room, looking at her confused—. Oh, Nathan, honey, come here —she smiled at him kindly. 

Nathan approached her to be caught by his Alpha, the girl began to rub her cheek in the face of the black-haired man. It was an affectionate gesture that was normal for a female in love, in this case, in heat, although she was certainly behaving stranger than usual. Maybe it was just what Kenneth had said, or that was what he wanted to believe while he went to buy the happy strawberries for the Alpha. Nathan was just as confused as the silver-haired man.

—Good morning —a blonde blue-eyed girl got into the tent with a cute smile. Narges, Ayze, and Seshat turning to see her, noticing it was Dianne Autumn, Isaacs's wife. 

—Sultan —Ayze and Narges bowed their heads and Emma just smiled at her.

—Huh? —she blinked—. Oh, cause I'm Isaacs's wife! Please, just call me Dianne or Di —she smiled and then looked at the dark-haired one—. Oh! You must be Emma —she guessed. 

—Her name is Seshat now —Ayze smiled—. Come here, sultan, sit with us. We were talking about the trip in the afternoon that the sultan, Seshat, and the children are going to do today.

—Oh, are you going out?

—Yes, they're going to town —she smiled.

—Oh, my! That's great, I would like to go too. Do you think I can go with you? —she sat between Emma and Ayze.

—Sultana, you must ask to his highness —Narges told her. 

Dianne nodded.

—Tell me, how is all this? Heard you're new to this life, just like me —she took her hands—. If you think somethings wrong just tell me, now my husband and I are staying here, so you can tell me.

Emma wondered for a while if maybe she was aware of what Soleil was planning, even so, she said nothing because of the respect she has for the other sultans and thanked her slowly as they incorporated the blonde into the conversation. Gale, who did not usually detach from her, was outside the tent next to the betas who were in charge of the protection of the sultanas and princes, next to Idris.

—She seems pretty calm —Idris was smiling. 

—Don't let her cute smile fool you, Dianne is the devil in person —Gale made a face of discomfort—, believe me. I have known her for practically all my life.

—That's right —the brown-haired laughed softly—. And how is Simon?

—He's doing great, thanks for asking, his waiting for his first litter. His cute wife Sala is pregnant and now he's pretty busy that's why he decided to come back and even convinced Isaac that it's the best for them too.

—Well, we can give them the protection they need —Idris affirmed, looking at the blonde—. Being wife and mother of the children of the heir of Franklin Autumn must be hard tho.

—I miss sultan Milene —Gale bowed his head when the sultan and the prince Isaac were out of the palace—. She was an angel of a pure heart. Every single pheromone of her was sweet as she was. 

Isaac smiled. 

—Are you sure you're not going to feel awkward if we go out with you? 

—I won't be awkward for you two —Noah shook his head. He looked then at the sultans—. I think she already earned their heart though. She just looks so nice and calm. 

—What? Just wait until the real Di go out —he mocked—. Then again, how far do you think Summer is? I cant feel her scent.

—Idris neither. 

—Wow, so she is really far —he said, thoughtful.

Idris was one of the best hounds they had in the pack, his nose was three times better than the Alpha's, which made him very important to everyone in the palace. It was easy to tell if an enemy was approaching if Idris was with them. Noah nodded.

—I'm pretty sure it's the necklace tho —he said.

—Does she wear the necklace when she is out? Then were lost, we couldn't find her until she wants to —Isaac sighed, looking at the sky—. Where she could be? Dammit, just trust she is going back by the weekend. 

—Yeah —Noah smiled. 

Even if he wasn't that aware of it. Like a hunch.

Bart silently looked at the dark-haired omega who was talking to the other sultans, there was something about that girl that certainly caught his attention, although perhaps it was wrong to think of the sultan's omega, his new favorite, technically speaking he had nothing of bad. She might belong to the harem, but she was still a woman free to decide, and although she seemed content with the way of life she led from her, she had set out to conquer her, anyway.

—Ugh, I was just thinking that it smelled like a dog —Bart raised his eyes when he heard her. The green-eyed woman looked over him while using a tiny red dress and carried a baby in her arms, and a crown over her head—. Bright...

—Reyham —he tried to smile but it looked more like a grin.

—What are you doing here? I thought the sultan was going out today —she commented.

—Indeed, he's going but I am not —he smiled when she looked so confused—. The sultan requested Seshat to go with him, Isaac and his wife are going too. They decided to go on a couple and children's trip and since I don't have any of those, I was the third wheel. 

—Um, so smart of you to think that —She clicked her tongue and got away. Bart wanted to laugh so hard but he remains silent when he saw Brighton, Faith, and Max approaching him.

—Uncle Bright, uncle Bright. ¡B is teasing my sister! —Max was crying.

Bright looked at the eldest brother.

—B, you know you can't do that to your sister, at least in front of Max —he sighed—, just look how he gets when he sees his brother and sister's fight. That ain't good, Brighton.

—¡She is teasing me! 

—That's not true —she frowned.

—Yes, it is —he crossed his arms—. You're so annoying. 

—No, she's just annoying when she purposes to do it —Max looked at his brother, Leo, one twin. 

—Bullshit. 

—Right, bullshit —Brighton smiled—. She's annoying even if she doesn't purpose too.

—I hate you —Faith complained.

Bright began to laugh at the witticisms of his adored nephews, unaware that black eyes were watching him silently in the distance. Seshat was silent and watched the children play while the blonde laughed with them, they seemed to be having fun, then she felt a touch on her shoulder and turned to see.

—Come with me —Dianne asked her at the moment the sultans were to say hi to Isaac and Noah. Even if she hesitated for a while, she bowed and followed her a couple of meters away. Dianne sat on the grass and she imitated her—. Tell me, Seshat. What brings you here?  

—Well —she didn't know what to say—. What do you mean, the pack or just here? Because you were the reason why I came here-

—I mean, in generally —she said. Although her voice sounded sweet and her face remained calm, there was some trace in her tone that indicated a certain danger, so Seshat ended up tensing and staring at her until the blonde sighed—. Listen, I know Soleil and Noah for a long time and I would do anything to protect them or even Khan. And my husband... 

—You don't have to worry about me —she told her immediately—, I came because Soleil sultan brought me and trusted me. Don't ask me why because I don't even understand but that's it.

—She trusted you? —Dianne gasped.

Seshat smiled and bowed her head.

—Well, that was unexpected —Dianne kept the other comment in her mind and smiled—. It seems we're going to get along just great. Now tell me, do you know where is she?

Suddenly, she felt nervous and shook her head. She wasn't lying, she really had no idea, but she knew that Soleil wasn't planning to come back in a long time, she couldn't express how much, even so, she felt terribly bad when the sultan approached both women with a relaxed smile.

—Ladies —he smiled—, it's time for you two to meet our hometown. Come on. 

—Yes! —Dianne raised immediately. 

There was not much to say about it, the princes walked around, playing and laughing, while Dianne went hand in hand with Isaac pointing out everything that catches her attention, Noah went behind them, paying attention to everyone and she just watched the town in silence, while Idris and Gale were behind her, watching everyone as well.

—Are you okay, sweet angel? —Brighton made her gasp. 

She looked at the kid with a confused face. 

—Yes, prince, I'm okay —she answered and then looked at the people in the town. She closed her eyes, remembering the day that Kendra and the alpha were fighting—. It is way too many people.

—Yes, they are all the families who live under our protection —named Brighton. 

Noah looked at him with a smile and his son Khan was holding his hand while looking at everyone and everything. Even if it was new for him, he remained quiet and stoic, just like his mother.

—Are you happy?

—It's amazing to see everyone here, father.

—Indeed —he was missing Soleil. He bet his soul just to know that if she were with them Khan would look so amazed and happy, nothing like the stone-cold he was walking with at the moment—. Everything is peaceful because we are the protection of our people. You'll be the one who succeeds the throne so you have to be familiarized with all this, Khan.

—Yes, father.

Emma looked at the couples walking through the place. According to what everyone had told her when she arrived, in that reservation, there were about four hundred people, in at least thirteen families, of which the Autumn family and the royalty stood out, who was the same for the moment. She knew that for every herd there were at least twenty adults and twelve children. What she implied that there must be 416 people on the reservation under the Autumn family's protection seemed like a pretty big burden.

—That's the Atari family —Brighton pointed with his finger to them. Emma turned to see the family he was talking about, in fact, everyone was brown-haired and with dark eyes, then Kendra was with them smiling at her, she greeted with her hand—. They're brown wolfs and they have such a good smell. They usually are messengers or... trackers.

—I get it —Kendra smiled at her and then she looked away.

—That's the Hiroko family, well, in fact, it is Kenneth's family as well —she looked at them—, they're gray wolves. They're independent but territorial. Most of them become guards from the palace of the kingdom.