Utter Surprise
Utter Surprise
Dallas‘ p.o.v.
I’m resting my head on Darius‘ shoulder as I look through a file. It is a file from a few weeks after Dezra returned to the Palace and from what I can tell, she never did anything with the issue stated in the report.
Daxton takes the file from my hand after I tell him where to place. It will take some time to review all these files and categorize them by year.
“What the hell did Dezra do?” Darius asks and we all shrug our shoulders. None of us has an idea of what she was doing or thinking during her time as the Royal Beta; any guess could be the right one.
A knock on the door pulls my attention from the file in my hand and I see a pissed off Joshua standing in the doorway.
“Sorry to disturb, Captain. There is someone at the gate to see you, but he refuses to give a name. From the description I have gotten, I am assuming it is your Father.” Joshua says.
Darius gets up with me still in his arms and while he walks out the door with me, Daxton follows us. I see the others getting up as well and they give each other strange looks as they follow the four of us out of the Palace.
“OPEN THE FUCKING GATE.” I hear the angry voice of my Father scream.
I don’t understand what he’s doing here, but I’m sure he’ll enlighten me when I arrive at the gate. Not that I will allow him to enter, because he made a choice years ago and now he can lie in the bed he made. I also hope that he left Lucy at home, as she is the last person I want to see.
“Dallas, tell this Moron to open the gate for me.” Walker demands the second he lays eyes on me.
“Why?” I ask. “You chose your firstborn over me at every turn, You gave her what belonged to me. I’m even beginning to believe that you maneuvered her into Nico’s bed.”
Walker looks a little taken aback by my words and I can see that I am not that far from the truth. Lucy probably complained about not being Nico’s Mate and his advice was to take whatever she wanted, just as he had done so many times in the past.
“That is no way to talk to your Father, Dallas. Show some respect.” Walker replies.
“Show respect, you say. Respect is earned and you have done nothing in my life that has earned you even the slightest bit of respect. You are not welcome here.” I say. “The only way you will ever set foot in this territory is by the King’s invitation.”
An invitation he will only get for official business and for no other reason. If Alpha Leon keeps him on as his Beta, that is. Otherwise, he will never get an invitation to the Palace.
“I want to talk to my Brother in law, right now.” Walker demands.
“You don’t have a Brother in law, Dezra rejected you and you accepted that rejection. Dallas has made it clear that you are not welcome.” Quinlan states from behind me.
I hadn’t even noticed that anyone had approached us, I was too busy with keeping an eye on Shitface and anyone he might have brought with him. Not that I have to worry about being unsafe, my Mates will protect me from harm.
“Who the fuck are you?” Walker asks. “This is family business and I suggest that you stay the fuck out of it.”
Quinlan chuckles, but isn’t backing down. He allows his Lycan to push forward and Walker’s Wolf is smart enough to force his Human to take a step back.
“I’m the Crown Prince, your future King.” Quinlan responds, his voice interlaced with that of his Lycan. “It also means that I am family and therefore it is my business.”
Walker is talking with his Wolf, but I doubt his Wolf can talk some sense into him or he would have done so years ago. It takes a minute or two before their eyes stop changing color and Walker is focusing on us once again.
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“Dallas, I am your Father and you will tell him to open the gate for me. Do you think an Alpha will appreciate it that you disrespected your Father or that an Alpha will listen to you in the future? You have not been trained to be a Beta and I will take your Mother’s position and train you in the meantime,” Walker says as he walks closer to the gate.
I snort as I try to stop myself from laughing, but I think he missed is calling.
“You should have become a comedian, Walker.” I say, while everyone around me is trying to keep a straight face.
“You will not take over my Sister’s position. Dallas will get on the job training from her Mates and I will help her where she might need it.” Uncle Vaughn says. I already knew that he was close by and could hear every word Walkre was saying.
“Your Majesty, there won’t be an Alpha that will accept that. She needs proper training and some twenty year old, half trained Beta’s Son can’t provide her with the training she will need for that position.” Walker responds to Uncle Vaughn
I press my face into Darius‘ chest because I know that one of my Mates will make a remark about the slightly positive insult. “Well, thank you. I knew we weren’t old, even though some will disagree with you.” Daxton replies and I can not only hear but also feel Darius chuckle.
“Daxton, you might be forty eight but by no means are you old.” Uncle Vaughn responds and I hear Quinlan mumble Oops.
“You should have seen his face when Uncle Vaughn mentioned my age.” Daxton informs me through the mind–link. “Should I tell him that we are both your Mates?”
Lam not going to lie, I want Walker to know that I have two Mates and that they will support me as I navigate through this new chapter in my life.
“Walker, these are my Mates: Daxton and Daroius. They were Alpha Preston’s Betas for decades.” I say after I have turned myself around in Darius‘ arms.
Oh, Man. I love the look of utter surprise on his face.
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