Itâs been nearly two weeks and everything was going according to schedule..except Aaronâs mating⦠Her name is Evelyn..sheâs a midwife and one of the original members of the kingdom. And while she is technically over 300 years old..physically sheâs 20.. a midwife by skill and making Aaron prove himself a good man. Itâs been hilarious! For usâ¦not so much for him!
We have two days..only two..before the coronation. Renata has the palace in a frenzy⦠the dining hall..ballroom and throne room are prepared and decorated. The menu consists of all her recipes. Their cabinets of advisors and assistants will be announced..after the coronation.. and the former council will be informed they have been disbanded. All Alphas have received the invitation..allowing no room for refusal. Even Elden and his sons. Alistair is joining Orionâs team of advisors! And Alicia will be allowed to attend..Renata has decided that the greatest punishment Alicia could suffer would be to force her to return with her mate, to his home!
Renata ran into Orionâs office..looking frantic âA mouse! A mouse in my kitchen, Orion! I spoke with him but he is refusing to move out! He has a rather large family who reside under the floors..but I canât allow them to run free! Not when there will be 3500 guests underfoot for a week! What can I do? I donât want to displace them! But they can no longer freely roam the kitchens! Will you speak with him? As king..he will listen to you..right? We can build him a house? Provide food for his family! I mentioned all that..but it came across as a request.. Iâm afraid! You need to march down there and king order them to move! Come on!â
And there was no stopping the laughs. Orion tried desperately not to laugh in her face..her hormones have her all over the place and some of those places arenât pretty..and some of them are painful. Like yesterday..when she popped Brian in the ass with lightningâ¦because he stepped on a weedâ¦on the groundâ¦in the garden..where there are millions of weeds..hard to miss.. But, apparently, the weed whined! And yea..thatâs a thing. Weeds whine and queen zaps her gamma with lightning!
Orion speaks as calmly as he can.. âBaby.. I canât talk to animals like you can. I canât guarantee my command will work on a mouse! I am king of wolves⦠maybe it doesnât bring the same respect to a mouse? I mean..for you..I can try..but how would it even work?â Andâ¦so yeah.. that was the wrong thing to say..
âCome with me now! I will interpret! But you will order him out of my kitchens! What nonsense! You command legions of wolves..all willing to do your bidding! Now come! Oh no! What if thereâs a mouse king and we have to arrange a meeting to reach an agreement? Thereâs no time! Our first guests start arriving tonight! They canât see the mouse! Please fix this, Orion..please?â Aaron laughed..couldnât stop laughing..and tries saying â Little fairy..calm your mind! Too many thinking things!â
Orion stands and says âTo the kitchens, gentlemen..we have mice to evict!â And even though, everyone got up to followâ¦the laughter didnât stop! Entering the kitchen, Orion says âBring the culprit to me!â And the guys laughed even harder.. they really lost their shit when they heard Renata âHector! Get out here now! The king must speak with you!â And sure enoughâ¦a little brown mouse appeared on the counter in front of Orion.
Ever the diplomatâ¦Orion begins âHector, is it? May I call you Hector? It seems your living here..inside the palace..in the kitchens..has upset my Queen. I am offering you a once in a lifetime opportunity to relocate to a home of your own..built to accommodate the size of your family..with a neverending supply of food..but only if you accept and agree to vacate..today. What say you?â Hector is squeaking a mile a minute and Renata is arguing back.. and now..even the maids and servers are rolling.. after several minutes, Renata sighs.. and looks at Orion âHe wants to see floorplans before he makes a decision! I canât reason with him, at all, Orionâ
Orion looks at her..and sees a tear about to roll down her cheek..feeling the rain rolling in and understands he is about to lose his temper with a mouse..but No one makes his mate cry and remains unscathed. âHector! I tried to play nice but you have upset my mate and You are out of options! A house will be built for your family at the edge of the garden! You will vacate this kitchen immediately! Orâ¦and I mean this!â¦an exterminator will arrive within the hour and your entire family will perish! There will be no more negotiations..and no more debate! Come baby! You need to relax!â And they headed back to his office.
And not one person in the palace could keep a straight face! Orion sat in his chair and wrapped his little fairy into his lap and whispered..âI love you! No more arguing with the pests. Tell them what you expected..if they donât comply, come find me!â And the room erupted in laughter again. Brian says âI am writing a fucking book! This shit is best seller Gold!â Orion says âNot one word! Itâs bad enough the staff will have it all over the kingdom in minutes!â Renata was already sleeping! He knew she was exhausted! Spent her morning dueling with a mouse named Hector!
Abraham speaks up âWe will be accepting nearly a third of the guests this evening. I have two carpenters constructing Hectorâs house in the gardenâ¦and instructed them to place a good sized larder to store food. Hopefully, that eradicates the rodent issueâ Aaron remarks âI canât believe you said all that shit with a straight face!â And laughter reigned supreme..once more.
Orion asks âWhere are we on security for Elden and his seven other sons? I want eyes on them..at all times. Alistair..they are only allowed two guards each..and the guards are not to be housed in the palace. Put them in the barracks with our single warriors. No more than two each! All others are to be turned away, at the gate! We will begin as we intend to continue! Itâs going to be a helluva week! And with the Queenâs hormones so out of whack I have a feeling itâs going to be like watching comedy central!â
Alistair responds âWe have all of them in the west wing..all rooms are equipped with surveillance equipment and I have full time monitors on duty. They will be watched. And they will have zero opportunities to meet anyone alone.â Abraham pipes in âReni has sectioned off a group of rooms exclusively for the single females..including Alicia.. with guards to keep any men from that area. The volunteers we had requesting that assignment was phenomenal!â And everyone chuckled!
Renata was stirring and waking upâ¦she sat rubbing her eyes as they all watched Hector pop onto Orionâs deskâ¦she listened intently as he squeaked his foohead off..and then she sighed! She nods at him and he scampers off. She bangs her forehead on the desk a few timesâ¦and without lifting her head again she mumbles âhe wants a fucking TVâ and they lost it!