From Princess To Queen
Chapter 43

The Alpha’s

Rayland and his mate went to the office, where he found Xavior and Clara were attending to some more pack matters. Clara was sitting behind her father’s desk, reviewing and responding to emails. She was getting aggravated at his lack of organizational skills as his office was in disarray.

“I thought we went through all this crap. We get one thing straightened out; it multiplies tenfold.

“Darling, you’re stressing, and you don’t need to. You and I will go through all this; it will take some time, but with all of us, we will get it done quickly.”

“Who is going to help with all this crap? It would be such a disaster if he only let me in here to help take care of this shit.”

The three stood there and laughed at her when she looked up with raised brow. She started handing out stacks of papers to Rayland, his mate, and Xavior until Dunken sauntered in. He looked at the mess before him, looking at Xavior with a questionable look. Xavior just giggled and shrugged his shoulders. Before he knew it, there were stacks of papers thronging into his hands with Clara pointing to the table, and off he went.

“You are alpha, beta, and gamma...organize now!”

Clara did not give way to how frustrated she was, so she dug into her pile of papers and sorted them into piles, ranking them from the most important to the least important. New pack members accordingly to regions where they lived, those that needed help, etc... By eleven am, they had twenty piles combined. They were expected to meet in the main room where more people could congregate and sit comfortably. They had an hour to go but decided to take a break and get the meeting room set up for lunch and the arrival of their guests.

Xavior sat back and watched his mate work her magic as she took the helm in her true queen fashion. His chest filled with pride at the woman she was becoming. He knew of the visit with her father yesterday and how she was trying to handle the situation he had caused. She did not want to fight her father, but she was going to fight him, and he was the referee. He will start and end the fight as he sees fit, but he has to ask her if she wants to fight him till death, which is normal, or till he submits. He will have a talk with her about this after the meeting.

“Hello, Princess Clara and Xavior; how are you both doing?” the fathers asked in unison.

“We are good, thank you. Louka, please set these pitchers in the center of the table for everyone?” She asked.

“Is there anything we can help with? Hi, fathers’ how are the both of you?” Felix comes in with his mate and in-laws.

“Just have a seat where you like. The food will be here in a few moments; then, we can grab what we want to drink and eat before the meeting starts.” Xavior advised the guests.

Everyone took their seats and made idle talk introductions for those who did not know yet. Felix looked at Rayland and his mate. His eyes flew wide open.

“Gabby, what are you doing with Rayland?” He bellowed out.

She did not like her brother and did not like being in his presence at this time either. She did not know what to say or how to proceed because she did not want either to be executed by him. She did not hear what had happened. Nobody did in that pack. The others witnessed this interaction between the two siblings and decided to take it into their own hands and let her know why they were there for the meeting. Rayland did not know what exactly happened but knew it was awful.

“Gabby, Felix, this is not the time to have a sibling rivalry just before the meeting starts. Would you stop, please?” Clara asked.

“Yes, princess, sorry for the outburst against my beta and sister; it will not happen again.”

She nodded and finished eating lunch with the others. She was very good at reading people. Clara was assessing the situation in the room because she knew if she could not control the meeting with all these males, then why should she become a queen? She had to prove to everyone that she could do this and was fit to be queen. Xavior does not take control of anything unless he is asked by his mate, which is what he loves about her.

“Now that we are all done eating, let’s start this meeting. Some of you have yet to know the trial’s outcome and what has happened with Libby. She openly admitted to all her doings that ended her life in death after several beatings and my beheading her. Then Felix took it upon himself to take fifty lashings for doing her bidding for her. He has a mate, Shelby, and is staying here briefly to get to know her and his in-laws.

“With that being said, Felix, Rayland is not technically your Beta, but he is Xavier’s actual gamma and will be leaving for his normal duties the day after tomorrow. As for your pack Felix, we want to know if you want to continue running it or resolve it. We keep in mind that you did renounce being an alpha, but we know you may want to be reinstated at some point, and we will reconvene later with that.” Clara told him and everyone in the room.

“Where will they go if I decide to dissolve the pack?”

“Either of your fathers’ can absorb them, or we can. It just depends on what you want to do. Keep in mind that there are families, and most do not have mates, so we want to be able to help them flourish at replaceing their mates.”

“How many people are left in your pack Felix?” Louka asked.

“There are three hundred left now.” Rayland offered the information.

“What do you mean only three hundred left? What happened to the eight hundred members I had?”

“Either you killed them, or they left for other packs that would take them in, and yes, I let them go where they felt safe and away from you,” Rayland stated.

Felix did not like what he was being told, but he is starting to remember what had happened in his past and was willing to make things right, starting today with dissolving his pack and integrating them into other packs. He would have to own up to this, but he still did not know where he would go. He knew Rayland helped with his pack by adding businesses and investing what they had to increase his monies for his pack. He knew he was not fit to be an alpha and was okay with that for now. Even though he is young and not truly ready for retirement, he and Shelby could have kids, and they would get the proper training of being an alpha and possibly take over a good pack.

“Felix? Are you lost in your thoughts?” His father questioned.

“I want to make everything right after all I have done to my pack members. I am so sorry for everything I have done to them, to all of you....”

He could not continue to speak as he was so broken he was crying, and the only thing that calmed him was Shelby, who picked her up and placed her on his lap. She put her arms around his neck and hugged him, letting him know it was okay to have these feelings. All the others had to turn their heads as tears streamed down their cheeks. They knew he would be all right, as all wounds heal in time, right?

“I will take on your pack unless they want to be split up and go to different areas, Felix,” Xavior told him.

“I can take your members too or somewhat ever they want,” Blake stated.

All the alphas accepted taking Felix’s pack members, but he wanted to allow his members to decide what they wanted. Everyone respected his wishes, and they decided to meet in his pack in two days so he could have a pack meeting. He wanted to have a mandatory meeting with them and let them know what has transpired and what would happen next. Rayland and Gabby left to return to the pack and make the necessary arrangements for those there.

The meeting ended, and Felix talked with his fathers about what to expect. Blake was willing to take Felix on his pack since his father was the Beta and soon to be retired. Felix has yet to get a beta, and I thought maybe Felix would like to become a beta and he can be taught by his father about his responsibilities. It was something that Felix was willing to consider, and they would let him know when they were present.

“Shelby, I want to talk to you about what has been presented to me by Blake.”

“Is he the alpha of your father?”

“Yes, Dad is going to step down as Beta but Blake does not have a beta, and he wants me to take that position. What is your opinion about it?”

“It is up to you, darling; as long as you are comfortable with this, I am all for it and will support you in whatever you do.”

“Thank you, my love. I do not know how I feel about it.”

“You have some time to think about it. Tell you what, why don’t you talk to your dad about it? He can give you some insight into what to expect.

“I will go do that now. Will you be okay by yourself for a little while?”

She rolls her eyes at him and tells him to go and hang with both of his fathers. He did just that and learned more about Louka and his pack and what they did. He wanted to learn from both of his fathers’ so that he could be the best son there was and not the tyrant killer he was known for. He knew he was starting to change, but it would take some time, and he was willing to take the time to get to know his family.

They told him that since he endured so much trauma from his mother and his past, it may be wise to see a therapist, and he agreed. He told his father that he wanted to return to his pack and learn his role as a possible beta, and he agreed to have his son and daughter-in-law return to his pack. With that, it was settled, and he called his alpha and told him that Felix and his mate were coming back and to make preparations for them as they would be leaving.

His alpha was curious if they would return to watch the princess and her father fight the following week. He told them he did not want to watch it but hoped the princess would win. He told his alpha that this was between her and her father, not the entire world to watch. They all knew what had transpired and did not feel an audience was appropriate for all to see.

Two days later, Felix, Rayland, his fathers’ and Xavior showed up in Felix’s pack, and what was left of his pack members were gathering around where announcements would be made. Felix entered his house, looked around, went to his bedroom, and packed his wanted clothes. He did not take everything as it was a reminder of what his past was like living there when it was happier times when his father was the alpha.

He walked out, and Shelby took his suitcase, put it in the car, and walked where he stood on the makeshift stage. His members were unhappy to see him and no longer wanted to be around him as they saw what had happened all these years. The younger ones were too little to understand what had occurred, but their parents and grandparents knew too well what he had done to them.

“Thank you all for coming. Libby was imprisoned and confessed to all her misdoings throughout her life and ours. This led to her public display of death. I will not give you the details but rest assured she is no longer a hindrance to me, my fathers’ or this pack, let alone the Royal Pack. I also took it upon myself to be punished and resigned as alpha which is why I am here to tell you this. We have agreed that this pack will no longer be and will be absorbed into another pack or packs. It is your choice, but I am going with my father to his pack to possibly take on the role of Beta, for which he will retire.”

They all gasped, and some clapped and cheered for him doing what he was doing. Some of the members were chatting amongst themselves when Xavior approached the microphone. He let them have their say until they saw him waiting for their silence.

“As Felix stated, you can choose to go where you want. That said, it will increase your chances of replaceing a mate for those who have yet to replace your destined or second-chance mate. You can join the Royal pack, my pack, or Loukas pack; we will accept any or all of you. Let us know what pack you want to move into. You will not be considered a rogue at all.”

“What if we wish to stay here and have Rayland become alpha?” One of the members asked.

“I can tell you that he does not want to become alpha as he is the Beta to my pack. If you wish to stay here and think one of you can be an alpha, step up and fight for it.”

“I want to run this pack; I was helping Rayland run it when Felix was not around. I am of alpha blood, which is strong; my father is Sedrick Kingston of the Kingston Night Pack.”

“I do know him personally, and he is a good alpha. Tell me, why did you not take his pack over?”

“He is still alpha. I left to replace my mate, stumbled upon this one, and decided to stick around to help Rayland, Alpha Xavior.”

“What is your name?”

“Syderick, sir, just spelled differently.” He chuckles.

“It will have to take to a vote if you want to stay or move them back to your pack.”

“We have one of the biggest packs in the central region. We have over twenty thousand people. I can always have some move here to help increase the size of this pack and help replace mates for these folks.”

“Well, that would have to take up with the rest of the people here and your father.”

“I will call and let him know.”

Some members were unhappy that another stepped up; some wanted to leave and start a new life. Another member spoke up, letting them know several wanted to move away from there because of bad memories. Some went with the original alpha, went with Xavior to his pack, and the others split between Loukas and Syderick’s packs. They were given a month to pack and move into their new packs, and all were happy with how things were left. Promises were made they would keep in touch, and others were stoked to go and replace their mates. Felix was relaxed and happy for his members with what they decided to do.