Paranormal Academy

The King's Request

Holy s**t!

He’s here!

People see who I’m staring at and give me a confused look, only a few realize who it is and bow, giving him the respect that he deserves.

When the people who don’t know who it is see the others bow they get even more confused.

I roll my eyes at their stupidity.

Of course, I don’t bow because I’m pretty much his equal. Yes, I’m not the Queen, but as you must have guessed I’m just as powerful as him, maybe even more so.

The King starts to walk forward, letting go of the spell that’s masking his power. All the students and teachers immediately get on their knees and bow. The only ones standing are me and the King. He looks directly at me and starts walking. I just stand there watching his every move, you never know what he’ll do, he’s the most unpredictable person I know. It’s not until he’s standing right in front of me that I start talking.

“What are you doing here?” I ask in an emotionless tone.

“Do you mind if we go and talk somewhere privately?” He asks in the same tone of voice. I look back at everyone to see only my beta, and delta standing behind me giving me questioning looks. I look at the King, a question in my gaze.

“It’s important.” King Moises says, as serious as a dead man. I look to Collin, give him a look, telling him to take care of everything through our private mind link.

“I want all of you to behave and don’t follow me or eavesdrop, capiche?" I send this to the whole pack,

"Capiche." Once all of my pack members have responded, I give the King a signal to start walking.

Now one thing you have to know about me and the King's relationship is that we are not friends. But we aren't enemies either. So I'm not sure what you'd call us, some people call us acquaintances , even though we've met hundreds of time and he's the person that I've talked to most besides my brother. I guess he's more of like an uncle-ish figure, but you know whatever.

No one knows how we actually our but me and him. So, they can look at us however they want.

Moises stops walking after we're about a half a mile in the woods. Of course, him and I aren't alone, that'd be insane and suicidal for the whole werewolf population. You see if the King died it wouldn't be the end of the world as long as I was alive. After all, I'm one of the most powerful wolves that has ever lived. So, if he ever died I would just take over. But if both of us died all of the packs and even the rogues would be in danger of extinction. Plus, if we die every single pack member of my pack and his would probably go rabid. This wouldn't be the case if the king found his mate and they had a baby. Unfortunately that hasn't happened quite yet. No worries though, he's still young, he's only twenty-three.

I look up at the King, to see him glaring at me.

"What?" I ask because the way he's looking at me is making me extremely uncomfortable.

I'm looking into his eyes when I notice something a bit peculiar for him.

He has bags under his eyes and his hair is a but messy. Yeah, yeah everyone has there bad days, but the only time I've seen the king look anything but perfect was when the Werewolves were on the verge of war with Vampires. Besides then, he's always perfectly groomed.

The more I study him the more I notice. His clothes are wrinkled instead of flawlessly ironed. His tie's also crooked instead of straight. As I notice everything I start to get worried this means that there's something seriously wrong.

"I need you to listen to me, and not interrupt me, okay?" Moises tells me, I just roll my eyes and ask,

"Are you okay? Cause you look horrible." Normally the king would laugh or roll his eyes at me, because he knows me well and how I like to be brutally honest. But today he just gives me a hard stare, so, the thing he's going to tell me must be very important.

"Okay, so before I start, you have to promise not to get mad at me." He says this in a serious tone. Why would I be mad at him? Correction, why does he assume I'll be mad at him? I raise my eyebrow at him, and give a questioning look. He rolls his eyes and gives me another glare.

"Promise me." He repeats his previous words.

"Fine. Just tell me what's so important." He can tell them I'm getting frustrated so he just starts speaking.

"So, I'm guessing you've heard of the attacks on packs and the Alpha's that have died," he pauses and continues after I give a nod, "The council held a meeting after hearing about all the attacks. In the meeting we all agreed that every year 5 Alphas between the age of 18 to 25 will go to a special school, you've probably heard of it. Paranormal Academy?" My eyes widened and I started getting a bit nervous, but I nodded once again to show I knew what school he was talking about, "There they will get special training, form alliances with other species and Alphas, get educated, but most importantly they will be kept safe and learn how to eventually keep their packs safe. We picked the five Alphas before the council brought you up. I assumed, you weren't included in this scenario, being that you're younger than the required age and we already picked out the 5 Alphas that are going. When I said this they told me it shouldn't apply to you cause you are already an Alpha at 16 and have a huge amount of power. And so, um, yeah, you're kind of," This would be hilarious if it didn't mean what I think it did, "stuck, um, because all the council voted for it. I was going to fight it, then they made some amazing points. So, please don't be mad at me." By the end of this he had backed away from me quite a bit, he was also finger combing his hair about every thirty seconds or so. Which, means he's a bit nervous. Just cause he's a king does not mean that he has to be all proper around everyone, especially ones who know him well.

Anyways back at the task at hand, "What happens if I refuse to go?" I need to avoid going at all costs. Do they honestly believe I'm going to leave my pack during a crisis, to go to that "special" school. Everyone knows it's a great school sure, but I've heard you come out of that school a different person. I heard this from my brother's friend named Lolly, who's a big gossip so probably not very reliable but still. It's a possibility. I mean, you have all types of paranormal creatures in one school. Do you think that's going to turn out well? No, I don't think so.

"If you refuse," he takes a deep breath and then stands tall, "I'll be forced to fight you." pause, way with the dramatics Moises, "To the death!" Now this, this was a surprise. If we fight there's no predicting what could happen. Who'd win. And I don't want to find out, if I win and he dies not only will I feel guilty, but I'll have to become the Queen. And let me tell you something, I have absolutely, positively no wish so become Queen. Think of all the responsibility, All of the paperwork. I've been to the King's office and it's filled to the top with full file cabinets. It's a huge office that could fit about as much as 20 cows if they were touching, but more than half of it is taken up by cabinets. Leaving hardly any room for his things. I was able to stay in there for about 10 minutes before I got a weird feeling and walked out. So, there is no way I am killing the King-I doubt I would do it if he had a heir. So what am I going to do. What will happen to my pack.

As if reading my mind the king says,

"I believe that while you're gone Collin can stay and look over the pack while you are at school, you can still do things from the school on your computer. If you are worried about your safety or your packs there's nothing to worry about. I'm sending five of guards up with you and every pack is providing the Alphas that are leaving with guards for there packs." He walks towards me and looks me in the eyes, "There's nothing to worry about. This could be your only chance to go out and live your life without a ton of things weighing you down. You might be able to realize your full potential there. I know you don't like when you don't have a say in things that affect your life, but you wouldn't have made this decision on your own." I know what he said is the truth, I wouldn't have made this decision by myself, but it doesn't mean I want to go.

He was also right about me hating when I don't have choice in matters that involve me. But I'll just have to pull up my big girl pants and do the right thing or at least I hope it is.

I look up and straight into the eyes of the king and say something that is like a signal of surrender, which saddens me. I hate losing.

"When do I leave for Paranormal Academy?"