Her Royal Right

The Beginning of Lilly’s Rebellion

Six years later. It is the day before my 18th birthday. As I am looking in the full-length mirror, I am overcome with sadness and fear. How much I have changed, I am now 5’9. I have long auburn hair, which is currently mid-back, and deep green eyes, which I share with my wolf Aster. “I know that  I am expected to take over the wolf kingdom after I find my mate. I do not want to find him. I am not ready to do this,” I tell Aster. “I wish my brothers would understand my point of view on this. I want freedom. Is that too much to ask for?” The genital voice of Aster tells me, “There is more to us than just that. I know that you do not want to find your mate, but we could be at full power if we do. I want to be me and not the hidden me.” “I know, but this is too much pressure; why do they want to go back to the old ways? Why do they want to go back to Russia? We don’t even remember living there.” I tell her. “It is what it is. We will go for a run later; you know that Dominic will not let any man come near us, so how will we ever find our mate? Just because we turn, 18 does not mean they will change.” She says, “True, but they let Bryce hang out with us.” “correction, they allow him to protect us. He is not a friend. He is not allowed to talk with us. s**t, the only person we ever talk with is Abigail and Jr., and even then, is it minimal.” I cut off the conversation as I finished getting dressed for graduation, which I wanted to attend like the rest of the pack, but am not allowed to. But today, I am going to talk with Alpha about going to my high school graduation. I walked up to his door and knocked. 

“Come in,” Alpha said. I opened the door and walked in. “Good morning Alpha Maxwell,” I said as he looked up at me. “Good morning Lilly, What brings you to my office so early?” he asked me. “Well, I wanted to ask you if I could go to my graduation, like the rest of the pack is. I do not understand why I can not—no one but you and the others knows. The young pack members do not. I want to graduate with my classmates, even if I have not met any of them before, and be around others my own age. I do not think that it is fair that I can not,” I explain to him. He looks at me with sadness in his eyes. “I know, and if it were up to me, I would have sent you to school from the beginning. I wanted you to go. It will help you, but you will have to talk with your brothers and guardians about that. I have tried to tell them,” Alpha tells me. “What do you mean they did not want me to go to school with the pack members?” I ask him. I was getting furious at them. “When I asked them about it this year because I ask every year in hopes that they will change their minds, they gave me the same response as they do every year. They did not want you to be mixed with the general public.” Alpha Maxwell explained. 

“I will go to my graduation. I will talk to them. Thank you, Alpha, for being honest with me and trying,” I explained to him. I walk out of his office with anger radiating off of me to look for my brothers. I find them in the dining room, eating. As I walk into the room, everyone stops and looks at me, and the room falls silent. “HOW DARE YOU!” I yell at my brothers and guardians. “HOW COULD YOU GUYS DO THIS TO ME? PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF THE GODDESS, EXPLAIN?” I scream at them; like the waves of heat and anger pulsate off of me, everyone in the room whimpers and leaves. Dominic looks up at me and asks me, “Why are you yelling? It is not lady-like or fitting of a queen.” 

“EXCUSE Me, Last time I checked, you were my brothers, and you are my guardians, yes? How is not going to school or graduating with the pack better for me?” I tell them. “Why am I being denied the ability to understand the other wolves that I am ‘supposed to’ rule over. You do not care about me. All you care about is restoring the monarchy, and that is it. Well, I do not want to. I am going to my graduation.” The guardians look at me and then at my brothers with a smirk on their faces. I look into their mind as they talk to my brothers.

“See, I told you she would figure it out sooner or later. You both need to let up a little bit. She will be 18 and will do what she wants; our power will shift to her tomorrow. Do you guys understand that? She can handle herself.” Elijah linked to the others.

“Do not encourage her to be disobedient to us; she needs to be protected at all times. The graduation will be dangerous for her. It has both wolves and humans. We could not protect her at all,” Dominic said. I was tired of listening to them go back and forth. “STOP! I AM GOING TO GRADUATION. THAT IS THAT.” using my Royal tone, they all looked at me and were shocked. Dominic stood up and walked to me as Alpha Maxwell and Jr. came running in.

“Now listen to me, little girl, you will do as Ezekiel, and I tell you. And NO, YOU WILL NOT ATTEND THE GRADUATION! AND THAT IS FINAL!” Dominic yells back at me. I look at Ezekiel and him and say, “who are you to stop me from going? I will go to graduation, or I will destroy the monarchy, I will reject my mate and kill myself then what?” I said calmly and smoothly. The Alpha and Jr. gasped in shock. Dominic and the others looked shocked that I had said that. Aster was questioning me too. I comfort her by telling her no, I  would never do that, but we need to go to our graduation to be with other people. Dominic walked up to me and looked me into my eyes, and I told him, “I will go to the graduation, or I will renounce my title and the monarchy. Do not make me do that.” He looked at me and then at Ezekiel  and said, “fine.” Then he walks away with Ezekiel running after him. My two guardians looked at me, and Isaiah walked up to me and said, “ I know that hard for you, and I know you did not want to tell them that. Just remember that what they are doing they are doing out of love for you and your safety.” 

“I know that Isha, I want to be like the rest of the pack. They think that I must be someone special not to attend school and be tucked away from the pack. I want to be normal and to have friends. Is that wrong?” I ask him. 

“No, it is not, but remember you are not normal. You are the future queen, and …” Isaisha was saying as I interrupted him, “who but Alpha and us knows that. To the rest of the pack, I am no different. So they do not understand why the Alpha takes an interest in me or why I am not allowed to do anything by myself.” 

“True, I have no answer for that. Alpha Maxwell and the warriors, the Beta, and Gamma, also know, and they have been telling us less your brothers for years. I finally saw what they were talking about when we were attacked a couple of years back, and you wanted to help others. I saw how your brothers treated you, and I realized that you are not a small child anymore; you need the freedom to grow into the queen you are meant to be.” Isaiah told me. “And we trained you so you can handle yourself. I would not want to meet the people that you will have to fight. You will be fine.”

“Thanks for the vote of confidence, Isaiah. I am glad to know that you think I am going to get into a fight.” I tease him and hug him. “Thank you for understanding me. Are you guys going to come? I really do want all of you there; we should be celebrating this.” He just nodded. “ I will make sure that your brothers are there,” Isaiah tells me and kisses my head.