Ethan’s POV

 

The day flew by and before I knew it, Owen had done what he had said he’d do and a time to leave had been swiftly organized. I only had two days to spend time with my son and wrap up as much things as possible.

Since I was now in trouble, as in my life was certainly at risk, Owen had stated that I should leave behind a note, just in case, but it only made me upset and sad…So no note was ever written…

Even after spending hours on my own, at my desk, thinking of Eleanor, Chance and Damien…I didn’t get any idea on what to write, I just got sadder and sadder as the seconds ticked by. It didn’t matter who did what and how they did it, when I’d be gone, so why did I have to write this…Especially when Owen would probably not abide to it anyway!

No…

 

I wanted to know why the Elementalist’s were after me! I wanted to know why I can’t just live my life to the fullest! Then, I even got as far as wondering what my death would mean to some certain Shifter’s?

As much as I wanted to write, ‘Chance cannot become King’, in a form of trying to keep him out of harm’s way, he really was the only, obvious male Sollace that could become King…Shifters would probably except Chance as he was my son, all having somewhat met him or heard of someone who has because of that celebration. If Owen brought out his son, it really would be questionable and take time for them to adjust, especially since they know about Chance, questions would be asked.

As much as I wanted to write, ‘Eleanor is to stay as Queen, until Chance has fully grown and found his mate’, I felt like I was also putting her in great danger, just as much as Chance!

Nothing felt good enough to write down as my ‘last statement’…Whatever I wrote, it would not help anyone against the Elementalist’s and against Owen!

In the end…I felt like it was just a waste of time…

 

 

Damien made plans to go with mine and his absolute determination of getting his pack to be my guardians and protectors, only made Owen unable to speak back.

As a subject, Owen should at least look like he had hope that his King is safe and secure, so how could he speak otherwise! Especially when Damien had a sure answer to Owen, who stated that Damien should just do his job as the Alpha of The Rogue and Hunter pack and go and hunt rogues…

Damien had simply answered that not only will he and his pack continue to look for rogues, but there was only one job at the moment of a single rogue being spotted and that it was already being taken care of, so in certain degree, Damien was free and since I accepted him to accompany me, Owen could only accept as well!

I couldn’t help but be worried, and at the same time be entertained by the constant war between the two!

They never agreed upon anything and even though one was the Beta of the King, the other was an Alpha, a destined mate of the King!

Neither one of them wanted to stand down and at times that I might have frowned on the outside, I was smiling on the inside…

 

…So, lucky me, I was able to be with my mate!

Not only that…I couldn’t help but remember what happened to me the last time I had left the palace, so having Damien by my side made me feel more determination to do as I should and continue to find a way to fight the Elementalist’s!

Remembering of keeping Damien safe though, I brought this up to him yet again, for him to stay a far from me, but was completely shut down!

Damien had uttered his deep and dark worry of having something happen to me and I had to coax him out of being sad…

I couldn’t blame him though, as the idea of losing him made me full of an overpowering pain and talking about it further seemed to be no option…Instead, I found myself asking him how he got his scar on his shoulder blade…I knew it had nothing to do with the previous subject but being in the bath with him at the time, it was the first thing that came to mind…

 

Slowly, we were able to forget the issue of potentially losing one another and he told me that his scar beared his first fight with a rogue, making him realize that he still had needed more training.

He told me that when he had been young, and being a son to a leading Alpha, he had gained an ego and thought highly of himself, but the fight with his first rogue and obtaining his scar, always reminding him now to never underestimate Shifters…

With this small conversation and a few touching, our last conversation, that pained us both, was completely forgotten…

Afterwards, he made loved to me in a different way. A way that had me clinging to him, as he clung to me…

It was slow and seductive, making me want more, just as he did…Tingles shot through everywhere in my body, making me tremble more and more. With each whispered word and thrust, came this heaven and between us there was no palace, no workers or Beta’s, there was no water to drink or food to eat. Everything else was not important, well at least not for those couple of hours…

I felt cherished and loved, special and sweet…It was like we were worried that the world would end tomorrow, and we were driving in our most beloved thoughts and feelings into one another…Our own personal link was completely full of how the other felt and there was no one else except us, in a place called ‘heaven’…

 

 

Like this, two days went by and we were ready to go.

I had another oxygen tank strapped to my wrist, then another heat controller thing to my ankle and then a few things that I had packed each other time that I had left.

With my mate never leaving my side, we were in the air and going towards The Watcher’s Pack, with a strangely acting Owen.

I don’t know why he was fidgeting so much but there had to be something going on with him!

Nonetheless, The Watcher’s Pack took a similar time to get there as it had the last time going from there to the palace.

Knowing of the way that this visit from the King was going to happen, the Alpha from the Watcher’s pack was already and waiting to board the plane upon landing.

Having meet Alpha Lorez in the last visit, I felt a bit more at ease upon meeting him this time. I also felt like that a huge amount of time had passed since then…

I hadn’t been attacked yet, back then, and I was also getting more and more nervous upon finding my mate. I knew then that The Rogue and Hunter pack was going to be next on the list after The History Pack and I probably didn’t pay as much attention to Alpha Lorez as I should have.

This time…Both he and I knew, just like Owen and Damien, that the Elementalist’s were after my life, quite specifically, and my destined mate was now right beside me…And it wasn’t the Queen.

 

“It’s you!”

Turning to Damien, I see him pointing at Alpha Lorez’s Beta.

“Alpha Rendall.” Beta Locky politely said to Damien.

“Yes, Locky did a great job in making us prepared for you last time, Alpha Rendall.” Alpha Lorez said.

I looked from one to another, to another and wondered what they were talking about.

“Your telling me, that kid is fast! I want him in my own pack!” Damien chuckled.

“I’m sorry, Alpha Rendall, but I am unwilling to leave The Watcher’s Pack.” Locky stated, bowing his head.

Damien laughed and looked at Alpha Lorez, “Haha, you have a good kid there!”

Alpha Lorez, who was twice the age of Locky, smiled, “Indeed, I am very lucky. Your Majesty, I will gladly take this chance to inform you of any recent topics of late but I’m afraid that there isn’t much of a change from normal.”

 

I smiled, more willing on talking about these important matters, then having Damien grow fond of some other person besides myself, “Very well, let me hear it!”

We took our seats upon the plane, and as it flew around, I found that Alpha Lorez was right.

Since already staying at The Watcher’s Pack, I already knew a lot and of what they were doing. They didn’t have too much new information and with that, the humans did not know of our secret.

The book that the humans had written about Shifter’s was still being watched, but it seemed that as the days went by, they had to move less and less books from being on display, to putting them into the bookshelves, which was a good thing to hear. The Watcher’s Pack had stopped a director of wanting to make a movie about us, by implanting the idea that the so called ‘Shifters’ might be better as something else, like that of a vampire instead. It seems the director had gone through his notes and taken up that change…Because if he hadn’t, we would still be on his case about changing the film somehow…

The Watcher’s Pack made a good impression upon me because they were sufficient in their tasks and really showed their loyalty to me…And not to Owen. They were quite down to earth too and talking to them was nice. It seems that their job of watching, seemed to open their minds up quite a lot to what happens, or what can happen, and a number of them are able to sympathize to certain types of experiences because of this. Honestly, with how polite they treated me, I wondered how much they knew about me and my life…I was sure that knowing what drink I liked the most and that I did act different when I finished my ‘Kingly’ duties, was not all that they knew…And that was a bit of a worry…

 

***

 

Upon saying farewell to Alpha Lorez and The Watcher’s Pack, I felt like the idea upon being in the air was a lot easier to handle.

I knew though…In The History Pack, I will be getting off the plane at some stage…Which brought me back to why the Elementalist’s didn’t attack the palace…

It wasn’t just a question for me because I was sure that Damien had asked that…As well as Owen. Yet, at the same time, I was also sure that none of us knew the answer.

Thinking of Owen now, I see that he had been extremely quiet and fidgety as the time went by, and now that we were finally heading to The History Pack, it dawned upon me of why he was acting this way!

It must be because he wants to get his hands upon what The History Pack has for me!

 

My thoughts became a reality when we arrived at The History Pack!

Owen stated that he will stay here, on the ground, and that I should have my time with the Alpha aboard the plane, where it was safe.

In a moment of panic, I simply called out, “You will not!”

Many looked at me and I fought to continue to act as the King, without giving too much away, “You will come with us, Beta Owen!”

With that statement, everyone quietly complied, and the plane went back in the air.

It hadn’t been what they had originally planned, so the plane could only fly around for half an hour, but I knew that even though I looked overbearing just before, I had made the right choice.

God only knows what Owen would have done without my permission!

“…Find anything.”

Hearing this, I realized that I had not paid attention! Seeing many looks at me, I cleared my throat and wondered what to say.

“Your Majesty?”

Alpha Satel, whom I had met again earlier, looked at me expectantly and Damien leaned into my ear, “Are you ok, precious?”

I nodded and turned back to Alpha Satel, “Repeat your last, Alpha.”

“…On the request of Beta Owen, we have searched most of our entire history about these Elementalist’s and could not find anything.”

 

I nodded, “Thank you for putting in so much effort, Alpha. If there is nothing to be found, I won’t hold you accountable, be assured.”

“Yes…Yes, of course, Your Majesty!”

I saw Damien roll his eyes then and I frowned. Why was it that nearly everyone irritated him!?

“Your Majesty, I had also wanted to speak to you in private before you see the pack.” Alpha Satel suddenly said.

“What is it?” I asked.

Alpha bit his lip and then said, “Rumors have gone around other packs, but I can’t help…Your Majesty…”

With Alpha Satel dancing around the subject, I spat out, “What is it, Alpha Satel?”

“Your…Majesty, it’s just that I’m finding it easier and easier to believe that you really are an Omega.”

‘You really are an Omega’ floated into my head and I just couldn’t get my head around it…

…I might have decided that I was going to tell everyone…But never did I think that it was going to come out so blunt like this!

I was shocked!

 

Silence might have followed after, but many faces where made!

Shock, disbelief, surprise…

I saw them all and had no idea on how to proceed!

I didn’t want to lie, but this…This wasn’t how I was going to tell them!

Damien was irritated, as was I, I felt it through our connection…

We had spoken of the best time to release this news, but it looked like the idea of me being an Omega had already circulated a lot more than we had originally thought!

“It is just because of finding evidence of the heat controller needle, from when you were buried, and now that you are with…Alpha Rendall…” Alpha Satel stopped speaking after that and finally understood how outspoken he had been.