Sebastianâs POV~
The girls went to meet the tailor with their dress designs, so here the four men sit..brainstorming again. Cory looked up and said âAlpha, if I mayâ and I replied âof course you may..and you donât have to say if I may. If you keep being polite it just causes a light to shine on these two meatheads that proves just how impolite they are.â They both said âHey!â at the same time and I laughed..
Then I said..âYou can jump in with anything anytime. And please..call me Sebastian!â Cory beamed at me! Heâs a good kid! He said âYes Alphâ¦I mean Sebastianâ¦. My theory is Ezekiel is the planner. If your father is involved, I would bet on him being the bankrollerâ¦I am wracking my brain about Somers.. Itâs frustrating because all I keep coming up with is heâs an idiot.â We all laughed.
I asked Kaiden âWhere are we on security for the coronation? All the talk of rogues is getting me antsy. I should have gone with Somers but he didnât ask for aid⦠would have liked to get my hands on a rogue or two. Asked a few questions..â
Kaiden laughs and said âSureâ¦askâ¦because thatâs how we say torture now..I have added 22 cameras.. I have alarms on all the windows and doors. Luna and Callista are outfitting the bunkers in case of an attack. Brayden? Where are you and Cory on training?â
And Brayden takes over where Kaiden left off âWe have added two hours training a dayâ¦Have been running through worst case scenariosâ¦everything from attacks at the borderâ¦to ambush from the inside. I have arranged 200 troops to be on watch and guard in, out and around the castle. Cory has doubled sentries in the towersâ¦and tripled border patrol on rotating schedules so no one can figure set times. Kaiden and I worked and cleaned drones all night so they are ready to deploy. We believe launching them the night before sporadically the night before and makntain flight throughout the day of the coronationâ.
I sat there with such pride in my heart! These are my brothers! They always have had my back! I will damned sure have theirs!I sat up straighter.. said âI am so proud of everything you are implementing! I will rest easier with the preparation you have made. Now! Letâs discuss Coryâs news. I believe youâre right! And Ezekiel is involvedâ¦I donât know if he knows his half sister is a demigoddess. She thinks he doesnât. Not a chance Iâm willing to take.. as soon as the coronation is overâ¦I want paws on the ground! I want these rogue cells located and taken out. I donât want to start losing our people because a bunch of rabid rogues think they can take on the kingdom!â
We are heading down to dinner and I hear wild giggling coming from the kitchen. I hold my finger to my lips and we sidle close to the double doors to listen and peek at the girls.. I see Arabella holding her sides and laughing at Callista who is coveredâ¦literally, covered..but sheâs laughing too. Kaiden links me..âwhat in the fuck did they do?â I linked âI have no idea..but they are having fun! They needed a stress reliever â and Brayden links âtheyâve relieved their stress all right..if those 3 wine bottles are any indication!â I looked and said âFuck! Theyâre drunk!â And as we listened..it just got funnier
Arabella says âyou said it would work!â Callista shoots back âyou shouldnât have listened. I donât know how to bake!â Arabella says âyou couldnât have told me that?â And Callista says âI did! 5 times Bella!â And the whole time they are laughing. I decided I wanted to know what was so funny. So I stepped into the kitchen and Arabella spots me and runs at me..jumping into my arms..and says âWeâre baking cakes!â I said âYum! I canât wait to try it! What kind?â She says âfloor cakeâ
And now Iâm dumbfoundedâ¦I look at the chef and she points down..on the other side of the island. And I step around the island. And sure enough..thereâs a cake on the floor. And we hear Callista say âI think we should call it an upside down cake..because you know..itâs upside down..on the floor â and I am doing my best not to lose it..but the guys are losing their battleâ¦
I said âwell. How did it end up there? And Atabella was back to arguing with Calista so I opened the link and asked the chef to explainâ¦she starts laughing and links âI will try. They had finished outfitting the bunkers and had headed here for Queen Luna to make desserts. I offered them a glass of wineâ¦one glass, I swear! At the bottom of the second bottle, Luna decided on strawberry creamcheese cake with vanilla frosting. The mixing of the batter was done at the same time the third bottle of wine was.. Luna tossed the flour can to Callista and asked her to put it awayâ¦Callista didnât catch it.. It caught her, as it was flying past her. The cakes came out of the oven fineâ¦and they decided it was time for frosting. Luna said it was still too warm..and the frosting would meltâ¦.Callista thought it was cool enoughâ¦.they argued back and forth and Luna frosted the cake anyway. And it was still too warmâ¦and the frosting melted..and the layers slid off one another and landed where you see it. And they started laughing..and finished the fourth bottle of wine.â
And we all lost our shit! It was just too funny. And I think it was a stress reliever that we all needed! I look down at my squeaky mouse and sheâs snoring peacefully. I walked out of the kitchen to put my mate to bed! And to think this day started out so wellâ¦