Free Web NovelChapter 92: Chapter 92 Pledges and Promises
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When Freya storms out of the arena, her aura is changed and I feel a stab of guilt towards her. She is an omega now, and her life, which has been selfish and easy so far, will be the exact opposite from now on. Then Galaxy reminds me that she wanted to kill our children and take our mate for herself after killing me. I growl out loud, making the still kneeling crowd flinch in fear.
Matt, sensing where my thoughts are through our matebond, squeezes my fingers. He smiles down at me and kisses my temple.
’I’m proud of you, my warrior Queen, and so damn turned on I just want to ravish you right here in front of all to see.’ I blush at his words, shaking my head. My eyes sweeps over the crowd on the ground. Everyone from the gathering seems to be there. My eyes then land on two people, not kneeling, but standing with their heads bowed. Morgan’s parents.
Walking over there, Matt intertwines our fingers. He knows what I want to do before talking to everyone else.
"King Erik, Queen Elise. Stand, please." I tell them. They both lift their heads, eyebrows raised in curiosity.
"I am sorry for the inconvenience, but it seems the fae are also my people?" I say as a question. They both laugh.
"Yes, the fae is a magic community. Though with their own rulers and laws, but still magic people. You are full of surprises, huh, my young Queen?" King Erik answers with a smile. He bows his head and Elise follows suit.
"We recognise you as our Queen and offer you our alliance as a token of our desire to work together for a better realm and understanding between our species. But I don’t understand HOW you can be our ruler, when me and my wife already rule our people as king and queen?"
Galaxy moves forward in my mind. This is her area of expertise anyway, so I let her do her thing. My eyes shine with her presence and they both bow once again in recognition.
"The reason we are the highest ruler is that of the fraction divination of the realm. Fae belongs under the Amethyst fraction, which is one of the factions where we are the Queen. So no matter how it has been divided earlier, we are the rightful ruler of all creatures and species under the fraction. However, we don’t want to disturb the current divination in rulership under our reign. You are both still the everyday rulers of your people, but We are expecting monthly updates on the faring of the people and all big decisions - life-changing, will be discussed with Us!" Galaxy says in her no nonsense voice, before retracting back to the back of my mind.
Erik and Elise look at each other, smiles and nod.
"We accept these terms, and we will always stand at the ready should it ever be necessary."
"It will one day, and I thank you. If we can do this officially, then I get on to the rest of the crowd and then the prisoners." My eyes darken as they sweep over the two shaking and sweating Alphas, also kneeling with a guard on either arm.
Erik kneels down. He takes the dagger Matt hands him, clearly already knowing what I want done and has it brought out. Erik slices his hand and I do the same. He lifts it up in a pledging way. I place my bleeding hand over his, and our blood bond is merged.
"I, Erik of the fae, pledge our everlasting allegiance with the Queen of the Amethyst and Diamond rose fractions. When called upon, I will help and rule under her as a secondhand. I promise on my bloodline that we will always be loyal to the true ruler’s bloodline, from here on and forever. In peace, in war, and in between! We are one!" A blinding purple and silver light surrounds Matt, Erik, and me. When it fades, our cuts are healed, and he is as much a part of me as my pack is. All the fae are!
In the back of my mind, I can hear unknown voices, people bustling with their life. They feel the bond with me, but they are not afraid. It is as if they have always known in some part of their soul this would happen one day. It was a matter of time.
As things settle in my head, I ask everyone else to stand. Explaining why the King of fae only pledged his loyalty to me, and not both me and my mate. It seems to make sense to almost everyone, but some still seem unsure of the situation. Then the unfamiliar Alpha speaks up.
"So, we’ll actually have to kill you and not him to get this ridiculous "royal" shit to go away? That is really a shame. I had so looked forward to finally kill that bastard and fuck his mate until she was raw, and begging for death. Then make her my slave and kill off your offspring to make my own. You are clearly powerful, so illegitimate children with you would be too, even if it would taint them with unpure genes." He spits towards me, and more than one visiting Alpha jumps in front of me in protection.
I laugh. I laugh until my lungs need air, doubled over and tears streaming down my cheeks. Everyone is looking at me as if I am crazy, except my family and pack. They know me by now, and they know I am laughing because I find this worm of an Alpha utterly ridiculous. And they know I can take his power away with a snap of my fingers. Seriously, didn’t he just witness me take away Freya’s luna title? Damn, he is more stupid than ugly, and that says it all.
"Take them to the pack house." I say to the guards when I stop laughing.
We get the knucklehead Alphas back to the pack house without more incidents. A lot of the lunas want to talk to, almost fighting over the space beside me on the walk back, until I tell them I will gladly sit and talk to all of them later. Their mates talking amicably with Matt, Jason and the others. They are curious about being with such a strong and independent luna. Matt laugh as he looks at me. A teasing glint in his eyes.
"She is more Alpha than I am, and I’m totally okay with that! I can concentrate on my business and our family. We make almost all decisions together, but Abby has the final saying. This is the way the moon goddess wanted things, and I am her and my mate’s mere servant." His eyes shine in amusement as he watches the blush creep up in my cheeks. I hate it when he says things like this and he knows it. I have never viewed myself as more than Matt, and always made it clear we are equals! Making joined decisions together over mind-link. We know what each other thinks because we are soulmates, and we can feel the other’s mood or thought process.
Alpha Godric screams and kicks the entire way back, but the other Alpha is quiet and collected. Two different approaches to the capture. I wonder the whole way back who the unfamiliar man is? He seems familiar in a kind of way, but then again I saw many Alphas in the Black Moon pack from afar. Maybe that’s where I’ve seen them before?
