Blakeâs POV~
Alexis and I have been working in the office, for the last couple hours. Boring things that need doing. Sheâs staying on top of provisions and supplies. The bills are being paid.. We have decided to have a Christmas Ball. Our people are getting restlessâ¦and everyone needs focus. Alexis has ordered Christmas trees for every pack. Huge ones. We had made sure every pack had an enormous communal tent so tbey still had together time.. and a place for pack meetings, in private. The amenities may not be five-star but everyone assures me they are comfortable.
Damon comes in.. sulking.. Alexis smiles up at him âWhy so glum, chum?â He sighs.. âJust wanting to meet my mate! Dude! This is ridiculous. Cody found his! I guess the holidays are making me feel lonelyâ ⦠She says âI get it! I do! The Christmas Ball is on the full moon⦠next Saturday. You will find her there. Itâs a feeling â And he jumped up and grabbed her.. swinging her in a circle.
Loren and Charles come in⦠handing me a phone. Okay? Loren tells them it must have occurred to Juliet she can call themâ¦and sheâs opted to try and reach Charles. We wanted to be with you when he picks up. I said âLetâs take this to the conference room.. Iâm curious to see Jeremiahâs reactionâ and Alexis chimes in â I have to be able to have visual on the area, if I want to strike lightning. Wish all my magic worked like that! I would turn him into a pig, too!â And we all laugh.
Damon already has the screen up and making sure the cameras we are going to need are running. As he sits he turns to Alexis âIâve been meaning to ask you about the lightning thing..the pig thing⦠hell, even the freeze thingâ She busted out laughing âSo, youâve been meaning to ask me aboutâ¦.magic?â And then everyone laughs as he nods. â Magic is only temporary. Like when I freeze someone.. itâs only ten minutes until it wears offâ¦if a body remains motionless for even a 24 hour period, things can go wrong. If a person had to stay in a permanently altered state of existence, like a bunny.. or a pig their own body would begin to die. That is not permitted. A witch should never try and alter a soul. The lightning? Thatâs mostly smoke and mirrors. It makes a lot of noise.. can cause static in the air.. relatively harmless, but annoying as fuck! A witch can never use her magic to kill.. or deliberately cause harm. Each time she does, a black mark appears on her soul. Itâs why there are hardly any dark witches. Virginia is on her way to being a dark witch..but she isnât powerful enough. I guess in summation, magic is fleeting..and temporary⦠but fun!â
Charles phone rings againâ¦and we laugh as he looks at Loren with such a âdo I have to?â look, we couldnât help it! He pushes speaker âJuliet! What a pleaâ¦no.. scratch that, I canât even fake it! What the fuck do you want?â We hear sputters and cursing, she comes back with âDo Not speak to me like that! I am the dowager and I can have you beheaded!â And Charles guffawed â You are not the rightful queen⦠Lorenâs true mate is.. and pleaseee tell me you Did Not allude to the queen of hearts in Alice! Now thatâs a rabbit hole you donât want to go down! Off with his head! Yeah..thatâs not going to happen. Again, what the fuck do you want!?â She spits âYou have always been disrespectful! I need to speak to Loren! Our son is lost without his guidance.. and there are some Alphas that need reprimanded. Theyâve deserted their packs and are derelict in their duty. They need to be stripped of their titles!â Charles broke out laughing and told her âYou really are stupid! You practically kill the King. Juliet! You were poisoning your husband of 22 years! And you know Loren doesnât consider Jeremiah his son. So before you go threatening the lives of his parents..and siblings, remember.. he doesnât careâ¦.theyâre actually poor bargaining chips! But, hereâs a question, why are you calling me? You donât like me. I have never pretended to care about you⦠call Loren. He had to pretend to at least like you.. hell! Everyone knows he fucked you.. probably forced it.. at least⦠once, right!?â She screams âBECAUSE HE BLOCKED ME..YOU FUCK!â and hung up the phone. Loren fell out of his chair laughing when Charles punched him. Even I had a hard time.. my sides were hurting. The King had set up his best friend and it was epic!
The door swings open and Cynthia storms in âBlake! We need to talk!â and I hear Alexis mumble âput lipstick on it..still a pig!â The room erupts in laughter.. especially when Damon put the photo Alexis had taken of her, on the screen. I looked at her and demanded she sat down âYou are right, Cynthia! Itâs past time to talk! I am not sure how you reached a point that you think it is perfectly all right to barge into any room, with a closed door.. that I am in. I am in a meeting, you useless twit! I am the Alpha! You will never address me againâ¦as anything other than my title! I have allowed your disrespect to go on too long. If you ever⦠Ever⦠enter a room like that again.. you will be lashed.. five lashes with a silver tipped whip! You are hereby banished from the pack house, unless accompanied by your parents. This is your last warning!â
And whatâs this fool do? She lunges at Alexa..who grabs her by the hair and drags her outside. âYou want to jump me? You want a fight? You think you deserve my mate.. when you shattered yours? Well, bitch! You bought yourself that fight.. best hope your mouth ainât writing checks your ass canât cash!â And she dropped into fight stance⦠holding her hand up, curling her fingers in a âcome onâ fashion. And Cynthia ran. She hauled ass towards her parents house. Alexis looks at me âWhat the fuck just happened?â And we all laughed!
Damon linked we needed to see Jeremiah, now! And we all run back to conference. Getting seated, we hear him screaming âYou have to get him back here, Mother! I know the Alphas are uniting against me! Only Father can get them back under control.. and with him being in the wind, if he finds out what we did..and where the money is going.. he is going to kill us both! Why didnât the poison work on him? It worked on Her!â Juliet tried calming him down.. telling him she will contact Prudence and Gloria..
Alexis looks at me⦠She says âI am going to that coven! Helena is too far in her pregnancy. Daddy⦠you and Blake get ready! Something is not sitting right!â