Chapter 113

113 Chapter One Hundred Thirteen

The two parents finally went still when they noticed the colour of eyes that had the entire lobby vacated. Yes, there was fear for the Royals and when most of the inhabitants of the hotel had realised they were going to be in the lobby for a while, they’d all found their way out to escape the pressure of the oppressing power they possessed.

“Oh, they are in the lobby,” Sandra’s mother spoke, her voice raised a couple of octaves in surprise.

“Well, you haven’t done so badly considering most humans realise there is a Royal around miles before they have actually met them,” Davin announced matter-of-factly.

“Oh, I see,” she replied. It wasn’t a secret to anyone in the room that the woman was uncomfortable in their presence. It was only a reflex for someone who grew up knowing their history would go through.

“Oh, relax a little. I had scones made for your arrival. What’s your name?” Martha said, presenting the woman with a tray filled with an assortment of confectionaries. Lina paused the show on the tablet and looked between her mother’s seat and her current location. ‘It’s like magic,’ she thought to herself.

Martha chuckled at the young girl’s reaction, never getting tired of making her do it, “My name is Martha... Martha Sirius. What’s yours?”

“Alicia... Alicia Alastair,” she replied, “That hunk of a man doing me a solid over there is Benjamin Alastair.”

“Oh my... Such beautiful names... Take a seat and relax. We probably have a long wait ahead of us before the princess feels like she’s ready to depart,” Martha said.

“Princess? Oh, you mean Katie... It’s weird to hear her being referred to as a princess. I was used to hearing her being called many things, but the latest ones are too hard to digest,” Alicia exclaimed, already forgetting about the two that she came with and drowning in the queen’s hospitality.

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“Well, I’ll just go up and check on...”

“I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Best that you let those two come on their own. I am glad that you chose to come with us. Katie will definitely need your help,” Drake said, holding his hand out for the girl to shake.

“Yeah, we are so happy that you chose to come with us,” the elevator opened to reveal two alphas dressed in casual, ready to depart as well. Jason wore his usual smirk and winked at the girl.

“Aren’t you so happy?” she laughed at the man and went to hug him.

With open arms, the alpha received her, “I thought I smelt my favourite human. Although I must as what you are wearing on your head...”

“Don’t ask, Jason. It’s courtesy of an overloving mother,” the girl groaned.

“I don’t know if I’m supposed to take that as a compliment or an insult,” Alicia yelled from her place on the sofa without sparing them a glance. At the moment, she was preoccupied with a slideshow the queen was showing her of boutiques. The two seemed to be within their element, ‘Oh, I like that one...’ one would hear from one of them.

“So this is the gentle... wolf or whatever that stole my girl’s heart,” Benjamin, Sandra’s father spoke, sizing up the boy and looking him up and down.

“Your daughter is in capable hands, sir,” Jason began.

“You too have your own agenda. Jason and I are very good friends and that’s all I want to hear from the two of you,” Sandra said, leaning against the alpha with the widest smile she could muster.

“Ouch, sweetie... That hurts my feelings,” Jason mocked hurt.

“Oh, stop goofing off... My father doesn’t know how to make a joke,” she smacked the werewolf at the back of his head.

“Ouch, okay, okay... I will promise one thing... And that is to protect her with my very soul,” Jason had suddenly taken on a serious tone.

“That’s good to hear,” Benjamin replied. He obviously had no idea what kind of relationship was going on after the display he’d just seen, but he could tell that she was in good hands.

“Ugh, more love in the air... It’s like the world breathes it these days,” Caden groaned, pushing the trio away from the elevator, “Where are the other two lovebirds?”

“They are still up in the suite. I would think you would know considering you slept in the same suite,” King Davin spoke up, narrowing his eyes at the two.

“No, we couldn’t know a thing. Cole ordered us not to go into his room or even knock today morning,” Jason said.

“Royals are forbidden from compelling werewolves to do their bidding. So why didn’t you at least knock to know if they were there? We don’t even know if they are awake,” the King complained. His impatience stuck to his face in a permanent scowl. It was like he was going through the roughest torture out there.

“He didn’t use his alpha tone on us, but we still didn’t want to disturb him. Besides, Katie is an early riser. There is no way those are still asleep right now,” Caden explained. He wasn’t fazed by the King’s tone... something that all the Royals in the room noticed but kept to themselves.

“Scones?” the queen offered, this time gesturing to the receptionist who ordered for tea to be brought to them.

“Yeah, that would be nice. Thank you,” Caden replied, taking a seat. Everyone was finally ready for the trip. Cole’s escorts, Katie’s escort and the entire Sirius Royal family... The sound of the elevator echoed in the silence announcing the arrival of a new group of people. The last ones to enter the room. Having waited for so long, the Royals didn’t want to look to find out who it was...

The gates opened, letting the scent of the one person they’d grown fond of over the course of the week after the attack on Brigadia. The whirring sound of an electric chair reached their ears, compelling everyone to turn their eyes to the new arrival. Cole strode beside his mate, holding up two large duffel bags and making them seem weightless.

“Hey, Katie,” Sandra was the first to greet the girl reaching around her to give her a heartfelt hug.

“Hey, Carrot top,” Katie replied, chucking at her friend’s glowing head.

“You’re hugging me longer for that comment,” Sandra said, prolonging the hug with the girl while slowly pulling her off the chair...

“Oh okay. Longer hugs it... Wait, no... You can let go of me now... Sandra,” Katie panicked, whilst laughing at her friend’s disastrous attempt at humour.

“What took you guys so long? You know... I want to complain, but I am going to take the high road and act like you didn’t just make the KING OF THE SIRIUS EMPIRE wait for three hours,” Davin said, yelling at the point of announcing his title.

“It’s nice to see you up, Katie,” Martha called out to her. The Queen’s melodic voice was compelling to everyone that heard it. Katie found that her voice, however, soft seemed to soothe her no matter what situation she was in. As a result, the two were getting along quite well. Katie was finally starting to feel worth something even without her hands and legs.

For as long as she was crippled, she was never going to stop feeling the sense of hopelessness that plagued her. She couldn’t defend anyone in her state and she had everything to lose. Lina was doing her best to get the girl to enjoy watching a movie. An act that Katie loathed from the moment she realised she needed to keep up her training. Drake, on the other hand, had all sorts of ideas. He took her through the different things that she was supposed to expect from the Sirius empire.

And to top off his whole speech, he was trying to get her to join his team when they were to play the Royal games against Cole. After asking Cole about the games, Katie realised the Sirius team was actually stronger than the Lycaon team. Considering Lina had gotten a lot fast.

Sandra visited a lot and moved out with Katie telling her about everything that was happening in school. After losing her ability to walk, Katie had refused to go back to school. She couldn’t meet them after the speech she’d given them about killing the rogue king. Her life was in shambles and everyone around her was doing their best to make sure she didn’t let it get to her head. And every time someone approached her, she saw it in their eyes.

“Can we go now?” Davin asked, snapping Katie out of her thoughts.

“Yeah, let’s go...” she replied to the king. King Davin, was probably among the kindest men she’d ever met. King Sirius had a weakness of flashy clothes and made sure he always looked his best, but from what Katie could tell, the man was very kind and lacked the ability to hide his emotions in front of his family. The King and Queen, Martha and Davin were possibly the first couple that Katie was seeing display this much love for each other. Tom and Marie had done the same, but being hunters, they could at least conceal their feelings when they had to be serious. Martha and Davin didn’t mind when they showed their affection for each other and the way they were always in sync simply blew Katie away...