“No. Not rebel. Just not respect or follow your lead.”
He snorted out a laugh. “Amy, why are you wasting my time?”
“While I can appreciate your busy schedule. I figured it was a smart move to explain the situation directly to you, so that in the future, no one could use my words against me to you.”I crouched down in front of Nina again. “Plus, I respect you enough to say my feelings to your face. Or on a call.”
He snorted, and then I could hear him clear his voice again. “Thank you, Alpha Amy, for explaining the situation. But I agree with your assessment of the situation. Any Alpha that commands or demands respect for himself or his mate is a weak ruler. If you can’t earn your respect, then you don’t get the respect. End of story.”
I heard a voice in the background. “You can’t mean that, Alpha. What if the mate we selected for you is weak?”
“Then I wish you the best of luck trying to convince my wolf to accept the girl. As I said, Gerald, I will not go against my wolf in this. Find me a mate that he agrees to, or I will stay unmated until my goddess given mate shows up, as expected for a king.”
The words seem to deflate Nina. “But you need an heir.” The words sounded if someone was scolding Rowan and Nix did not like it.
She took control faster than I could hold her. “Am I on speaker King?”
There was a pause and Rowan’s voice sounded further away. “You are now, but who are you?”
He was a smart man. “I am Amy’s wolf.” Nix pushed. “I could not sit idle when I heard the man scold you.”
I heard a snort and then a hesitant voice came from the other call. “Excuse me?”
“I do not know who you are, but I will say this once. You speak to your king with respect and the reverence he deserves or I will track you down and ensure you know the error of your ways.”
There was a quick inhale, and Rowan cleared his throat. “We just spoke of respect earned by the wolf.”
“We did.” Nix answered back. “But there is a line. I can only assume this wolf is in the council, the one that was in place by your father. And that he expects you to turn to him for hisideas and council, and he has let that get to his head.” There was another choking sound on the other end. “I will not demand respect for you, my king, but I will ensure that a wolf, no matter the rank, understands that there is a line he should not cross. He turned his back on the goddess herself when he decided he could select the next Luna Queen, instead of allowing you to wait for your mate. Not only is he putting himself above the king and the future queen, but he is trying to usurp the position of goddess.”
“What?” Rowan sounded confused.
“I wonder why the council has decided that now, they can select who you mate, and when you should have children. Is it due to actual worry? Or something more sinister? A weak queen and young impressionable pups are easily manipulated when the king is too busy overseeing the conflicts within our world. Do you not agree?”
The silence on the other end was deafening. “King, you must know that our intentions are only for the continuance of your line.” The man stammered.
But Rowan’s silence stretched on. “Amy…I have to go.” His quick dismissal was surprising but understandable. “Thank you for calling me, but I have a lot of things to discuss with my council.”
“I understand.” I clicked the end button and turned back to Nina. “Well, I guess your mating might not be as secure as you thought.” I had tucked my aura away as the phone call started and Nix, after saying her peace, receded, leaving me, staring down at Nina.
She surged to her feet. “You bitch.” I pointed at myself and she shrieked again. “You think you have won something, but the king has already agreed to finding a mate by goddess bond? He can’t get out of it.” She laughed as she turned away. “You haven’t won shit.” Then she left with her group of girls following her.
There was a silence that descended over the table while we finished our meal. We all were a little shell-shocked about everything.
Then Wendy turned to me and leaned in. “You have the king’s phone number?”
Her comment broke the silence, and we all laughed. I waved my hands in the air. “It’s nothing. All Alphas get his number.”
Toya cut a look at me from the corner of her eyes. “I don’t have his number.”
I nodded. “Your father does.” She nodded. “I got his number because during the summer there was an emergency that I needed to request permission from the council to protect my pack, and my father was out of commission. My father’s Beta gave me the number, and the King told me to keep it.” I shrugged it off. “I figured, after what I said, I would rather he heard it from myself, than Nina. There is no telling how she would’ve twisted it.”
Everyone nodded and Thora opened her mouth, but the announcement tone came over the speakers. Before she could continue her thought, Alpha Vince’s voice came over the speaker.
“Students. There is a meeting in the auditorium and attendance is mandatory. We will check everyone in. So do not skip it. If you skip it, you are automatically expelled. It starts in thirty minutes.” The click of the speaker disconnecting was like a gunshot. Everyone stood in a rush.
“There is no way they can check everyone in within thirty minutes.” Hanna’s wide eyes were scared. “I can’t get expelled. My family used their life savings to get me here.”
“Come on. We will get there. We can come back for our trays, or the staff can dump everything. Let’s go.”
We rushed through the school and joined the giant line to get into the auditorium. Ever so slowly, the line moved and I could see everyone getting anxious.
