The Wannabe Warrior
Chapter 45

Zane POV

I followed Madison to the kitchens, and helped her bring the food to the theatre room. She placed the items on the table, and poured out the drinks, handing one to mum and one to dad and Mitch and Gerome. Ryan still had not shown up and I was getting worried, having forgotten to ask where he was. Madison then passed popcorn around and went to sit down next to me.

I pulled her to me and Madison got settled on my lap after a little persuasion from me, and dad did the same with mum getting her on his lap. Mitch sat on the sofa with Gerome.

Someone had put on some romance movie that Mum chose, and I settled down to watch the movie.

Mum grabbed one of the bowls of popcorn and fed some to dad, the two acting more like new mates than Madison and I were. Mitch and Gerome shared a bowl of popcorn and we waited for the solution mum drank to take effect. Mum poured herself some more drink and commented on how nice it tasted and asked Madison to make more in the future.

Mum started to get giggly, and Madison nodded to dad.

‘Sweetheart, what do you know about advisors’ plans.?’ He asked between k****s.

‘That is one awfully evil man, that one, you should not tangle with him.’ She giggled back at dad’s k****s on her neck, making her squirm and me staring at the screen.

While I was distracting myself from dad’s seducing mum, by placing soft feathers on Madison’s neck and my hand around her waist, I was fondling her breast, a good distraction if you ask me, I thought.

‘Why is that sweetheart?’ Dad pushed as he gave her neck some loving k****s.

‘Samantha said, he was going to kill her if her mate, the Alpha, did not support his push to be king.’ She g*****d under dad’s ministrations.

‘How do you feel about it?’ more k****s and his hand went up her blouse.

‘I can’t let my sister die, can I?’

‘What about me? How is he going to be king with me and Zane still alive?’

‘I don’t know what he is going to do with you. I am going to put you to sleep, and he will deal with you once he takes the palace.’ She said, and I am sure she had no idea what she was talking about, is my mum that dumb? How could she believe he would leave us alive, and what about Madison? No wonder she wants nothing to do with her. She thinks Madison will die in the attack. I thought shocked at that realization.

‘You don’t expect him to leave me alive, do you? Sweetheart.’ Dad kept up the k****s but his tone of voice, could be called gentle, but I heard the undertones and winced at the thought that dad was struggling with the information he was getting and how gullible mum seemed to be.

‘I was hoping he would. But I am not sure, I am torn between hoping I am wrong and not wanting to help him out. You know, each time he visits he corners me and makes sure I understand who is going to die. I am pulled between believing you will beat him and hoping if I put you to sleep, he won’t kill you, but I just don’t know.’

‘Then you are wrong, he will kill me and Zane. Surely you understand, he can’t let me live as I won’t surrender the palace to him and he can’t be king unless I do or he kills me. You won’t put me to sleep, will you? Will you give me a chance to beat him?’

Mum sobbed for a while, and then said,

‘How can we stop him having a number of packs behind him?’

‘You cannot put me to sleep, and we must get your sister here, and protect her.’ Dad pushed.

‘Yes, we have to protect her.’ Mum gave in to this idea.

‘Will you call her and get her to come here and visit you? Can you say to help with the ball preparations?’

‘Yes, I will try right now.’

Mum pulled out her phone and called her sister. They chatted for a while and, from what I could gather from the one-sided conversation, her sister will be here tomorrow.

‘Sweet heart, in the future, you must tell me these things. How can I protect you when you hide things from me?’

‘Sorry darling, I was so scared that if I said anything, he would kill her. I was so afraid, he has so many spies here in the castle.’

‘Do you know them all?’

‘Only some.’

‘Tell me.’

‘Well, of course you already know Karen, then there is Matthew and oh, Jacob and, oh, Roger and I am not sure of the rest, but one or two more.’

We looked at each other and knew that tomorrow I would replace these guys and question them and if they don’t have a good enough excuse as to why they are helping the advisor, they will join their friends in the dungeon.

The movie was almost over, the information was received. Dad will have to deal with mum. When we are not around, he won’t scold her too much in front of others and that is how it should be.