ROSHIDA
I had never wished that I was ambidextrous until today.My hands were walking double time since I was signing and stamping and sealing all this papers by myself.Sophia had dropped all the letters on my table this evening while I was asleep. I'd been in meeting with my elders all morning and it had started as soon as the sun rose. It felt like there was a while lot to say since I had spent a lot of time away from the pack.There were deals to think about, allies to consider and things to approve. I had no idea that the people would come to me for things as little as marriage.“So what you're saying now is that you want my approval to marry your ex girlfriend's mother?”The young man in front of me nodded like he was proud of what was going on.“Let me ask, why would you want to do this? I mean, don't you think it's disrespectful?”He laughed.“Luna, that word has never been existent betROSHIDA I'd had to go give the King and Queen the invitations by myself because they were Royalty and sending a guard or sending Sophia would seem like disrespect. So i set out that morning with Liam by my side since the Queen had called last night and asked that I bring him or else, she won't accept the invitation. “You see, you're not even grown and you're already being used to threaten me. I'm sure you like that, you little angel.” In the last few days, he had become less whiny and I didn't know if that was a good or bad thing. Maybe I'll ask the Queen because it bothered me. I gave him his bottle in the car since we couldnt wait to do all the trouble at home. Liam liked to take his time with his bottle. We had to set out early so I would come back and do other things. The opening was two days away and there was still so much to be done. As i was thunking about it, I realised that the Prince hadn't given
ROSHIDA “Listen up! This is not a drill! This is not a parade! This is serious business. Which means that you have to be on your best. The King, the Queen, the Prince and Princess are all going to be in attendance of this celebration. This is just in part with all the Alphas, Lunas, Betas and Gammas that are going to be in attendance. We'll be having a lot of VIP's with us tomorrow and wr can't dispute the fact that people will try to get close. They will do stupid things or at least, try to. It is your job to make sure that they don't succeed. Keep your eyes and ears open, have you gun and sword close to you but don't be too quick to pull it on innocent citizens. In all, make sure that the people feel safe and protected. Do you understand?!” It was the last step in the preparations. Making sure that the soldiers understood the seriousness of the situation. I didn't want to hear any funny business because everyone was going to be so busy tomorrow that I won't ha
ROSHIDA I just contained my laughter until she left. As soon as the door closed, Sophia rolled her eyes and turned back to what she was doing. “Look at you bring all jealous. I never too you to be that kind of person.” “I won't be that kind of person if you didn't flirt with everyone..you almost jumped out of your seat to kiss her.” I couldnt help but laugh at what she was saying. “How can you say a thing like that? She was being nice and I was just returning the vibe. Did you expect me to be mean to her?” She scoffed and walked to the other side of the room. She looked busy with those papers that she didn't take her eyes off them for once. “No one is saying that you have to be mean but you don't have to make her think that you like her so much. It'll make her more lazy.” I knew what was going to solve all this. “What exactly do you want from me? Okay, I'll make you a
ROSHIDA Just as I'd thought, It was like a carnival. Just as I'd thought, some people started arriving even before the sun arose because of how far thier pack was. I'd been able to put Liam back to sleep after an hour and through all the struggles and everything that if down in the room, he was still asleep. Thankfully, his maid was awake too and this time around, I remember what it was that I wanted to say to her yesterday. “Maria, as you know it's a very busy day for me and I won't be able to carry Liam around. So please make surr that he’s okay, and well fed. You'll be cooking with us since the King and Queen will want to see him. I'll take him from you while we're walking around. Is that fine?” “Yes Luna.” Sophia came in and I put my hand to my lips immediately and pulled her outside. “What’s going on?” “You’re not dressed. That's what's going on. That first Alpha was not supposed to see yo
ROSHIDA “Just hear me out. You can still do every other thing you want to do. Just come spend time with me for a bit.” I removed my hand from his, not wanting to cause a scene. “Listen to me, I'm trying not to be rude so please don't push it. When I tell you that I can't, I mean it. And now, I won't. So go back to your seat and stop being a pain in my ass.” He seemed mortified at what I just said but I didn't care, all that mattered was that he eventually went back to his seat. I went around, saying hi to everyone that was there and the ones that were still coming in. Even after breakfast was over, they were all too busy greeting each lther and talking. I'd been so scared that they'd be bored after breakfast was over. Sophia hurried back into the room. She had changed her clothes and she looked really beautiful with her hair left down. Most of the time,
ROSHIDA They had all stopped outside the Fortress because the King had to be in front so that he would cut the ribbon. As we got down from the car, I followed him to the front of the line and I saw Sophia and wondered if she had super powers. How on earth did she get here before us? She handed the King the scissors. “Alphas, Lunas, Betas, Gammas and ever other dignitary that has come here today to honor this invitation, I'd like to say a very big thank you. Luna Roshida is a daughter to me, a very precious one at that. Her father was my best friend before his demise and his family was like mine which is why I told it up on myself to make sure that his daughter became just as great as he was. And she has been making me proud ever since. From going on a secret mission in the Rogue pack to going to war with the Rogues and coming back victorious, there is only so much that can be said. And I have no doubt that with the Fortress in her possession,
ROSHIDA “Okay, just stay for a few moments. You don't have to stay for long. Just enough for you to be relaxed and we'll go back downstairs.” And that's what we did. We stayed in my office and talked about different things for a while and I kept on looking at my phone as Sophia's texts kept entering. One of her texts got my attention. “I think you should come downstairs.” I looked back at the Prince.“Valfred, I'm really sorry that I have to do this but I think I need to leave. Sophia needs me downstairs.” He understood. “Its okay. Let's go. We'll continue our conversation another time.” I know that it had been a very interesting conversation but I couldn't remember what we were talking about for the life of me because I was very distracted. “I’ll meet up with you later.” As we were about to part ways, I swe the reason why Sophia was asking me to come downstairs.
ROSHIDA After the opening, we went back to the pack for dinner as planned. The house was very full and it like a ball. “You know you're going to give the speech when they all get settled in. Are you ready?” I could see that we were both very tired. “The only thing I'm ready for is to go to bed. Can't you give the speech?” She looked away from her phone.“The only time I can give a speech when you're here is if you're suddenly mute or deranged. Both of which you are not right now so no, I can't give the speech.” Jeez, standing in front of all these people to speak wasn't going to be easy. Because there were so many and I didn't remember the last time they I'd stood in front of a crowd to speak. “What on earth am I going to say? I didn't prepare a speech.” She brought out a piece of paper and gave it to me. “You are very lucky. I took the liberty to write you one. Go through i
ROSHIDAI was completely confused.“No, I do not think it's a women's party. I know it's a meeting for pack leaders-”One of the Alphas interrupted.“You mean, Alphas.”These men piss me off so bad and I'm going to bed help, a lot of help to be able to deal with these people. “No, I mean Alphas and Lunas. If you have a problem with me being here, then maybe you should not have invited me. So tell me, do you have an issue with me being here?”The guy standing laughed. I didn't even know who he was and I was sure I hadn't seen his face before. “The only reason we invited you was because the Blue Ridge Fortress is in your territory. And apparently, we can't do anything without your approval. That's why we invited you. If not, this is a meeting for men only. So do we have access to it or not?”Wow, so this was how they wanted to play it? Very well then. There was a knock on my door and I saw the guard that I had sent to get that man from earlier. Before he could speak, I held my hand
ROSHIDAThe thrill and celebration that came with being crowned Luna had washed away and what was left was the work load and the meetings and the sanctions and the judgement. It was like the people of the pack did not live before I became Luna because as soon as I started work, every little thing was brought to me. The other day, two women came to report each other to me because their kids had gotten into a fight and they both decided that they also needed to sort things out so they got into a fight as well. “What exactly were the kids fighting over?” Before that, I had barely gotten two hours of sleep in three days and I would be anywhere else but here. “Some girl in school that they liked. My son saw her first and asked her out while her stupid son went behind my son's back to snatch her away from him.”I finally looked up at them, trying to manage the headache that was raging in my head. The scene before me wasn't making sense. “So let me get this straight. You grown ups dec
ROSHIDAI gave Liam to Marie that morning and asked her if breakfast is ready. “Yes, it is. The King and Queen are at the table already.”Well, it's a good thing that they can still eat without me being there. I had had another thing to worry about. What if the King and Queen were mad at me for what happened last night? This morning, I thought about it properly and realised that it seemed like disrespect. Not even that, it was disrespect to walk out of the King and the royal family. And I didn't want anyone to them to think that it was because we had become so close that I had the guts to walk out on them. As I stood in front of the door,.I pressed my ear to see if I could hear anything but I couldn't hear any conversation or cutlery clanking. What were they doing if they weren't eating already?“Roshida?”Sophia's voice startled me so much that I hit my knee into the stood beside me and the silent scream that I had to endure made me see stars. “Are you okay?”.When the pain had
VALFREDAs she stormmed past me and walkrd to her room, I just stood in the same spot while Reggie went to take a seat.Now I knew that I had officially messed up. I should be glad if she ever looked at me again not to even speak of talking to me again.“What the hell happened out there? I mean, I heard you guys had a fight earlier..is it because of this?”At this point, I was beginning to think about all my life choices. Maybe I shouldn't have followed them to the pack. At least, I would have avoided having to have the conversation with her and letting her find out that I was her classmate.If that handt happened, this wouldn't have happened.I told my family everything that happened and Reggie just sat there like a sponge, taking everything in like he was the one that had been caught in a lie.“I told you! From the moment you told me about her, I told you to tell her the truth. She doesn't have a wolf that would tell her who her mate is so she needs you to tell her the truth. And no
ROSHIDAI didn't look back until I got home. There was nothing to look back to. All I could see were faces of liars. I stormed right into the house, not even sitting for either of them to catch up with me. Ss soon as I entered the living room, I asked where everyone was and the guards took me to where they were. Why were they locked in a room? I wanted to ask but the way the Queen ran to me and grabbed me like I was a thief, pulling me closer to her threw me off balance. “You’re okay! Oh gosh! Where were you? What happened? We were all so worried, did they take you anywhere? Are you hurt?” Without first answering, I went to pick Liam up. He was crying in the corner and I'm sure it was because of all the pandemonium. “I wasn't taken. No one kidnapped me, I'm fine.”Valfred and Reggie joined us in the room and their faces looked looked like they had just found my dead body. “What is going on? You found Roshida so what's the matter? Why do you guys look that way?” I wonder if the
VALFRED“Are you sure you even know where we're going or are we about to get kidnapped too?”I didn't bother turning around to look at him because I didn't have anything to tell him. There was no time to be wasted and we needed to hurry up so we can get to her as fast as possible.“I won't lie, I actually don't know where we're going. I've never been here before and I can't track down her scent. I am picking up another scent though but-”“Shut up and stay down.”I turned around to look at him, hoping that he had not gone mad.“What are you on? Let's keep moving-”“Shut up! I saw something move in the trees. Get down.”I finally listened to his instructions and got down, holding my breath to see what he saw.After a while, I saw the movements a few yards from us, it was slow but steady.“Who do you think it is?”The silhouette of the figure was obviously a woman but we didn't want to take our chances so we didn't make a move.“Do you think it's her? I'm blind as a bat in these woods.”
ROSHIDA“Where did you say you saw the King? I think we've walked far enough.”I turned around to look but there was nothing to see. As far as my eyes could see, there were just trees. Gosh, how did I not realise how far I was walking?The girl turned around.“Just a little bit further. It's down here.”I should have let those guards follow me, they would be looking everywhere for me. I just hope that they don't start worrying.I'd been so angry at Valfred that I stormed off to the car to cool off. How could he not have told me all this while we were friends that he'd been the one that I'd helped all those years ago?I wouldn't have been mad at him or anything, he should have just told me. I came down from the act, remembering that I still had to show my face at the party.That was when this young girl.ran up to me and told.me that the King had been seen in the woods and they sent her to call me.“Um, now that I think about it, don't worry. I'll go back now and call his guards. They w
VALFREDRoshida was.missing.I sent the guards to look for my father and tell him what was going on and bring him back to the car so we could take him back home.I didn't want to take any chances. She couldn't just disappear into thin air.My dad came into the car to meet me.“Valfred, the guards said you were looking for Roshida. Where is she?”I told him everything that happened.“I want to go into the woods to look for her. I mean, I don't know what she went in there to do and she knows better but I'm sure I'll be able to find her if I go looking for her. I just wanted to let you know before I go.”“It’s her coronation day. If the enemies made it into her pack to get her, then that means they have her. I can't let you go out there alone. They might come for you. Take all the guards with you. I'll find my way home.”I know that Roshida has been a target to many since my father gave her the Blue Ridge Fortress and at some point, I even asked my father to take it away from her becaus
VALFREDShe perked up with a frown.“Really? Military school? What class?”.It wasn't very hard for.me to remember. Those years of my life were the worst.“Sir Red's Class. To make matters worse, my father made sure to hide that I was his son so I could blend right in. That didn't work out very well. I was bullied out of school.”Thinking back now, it didn't hurt anymore but I just wish that I could tell the young me that I wouldn't die if I had just stood up for myself.“What year did you graduate?”I looked back at her.“I never did. I just left. I told you, I was bullied right out.”She had a weird look on her face and I wondered what was wrong.“Valfred, I think we were in the same class. You're the boy I saved that day…the boy that left and I never saw again.”From the first day she said that story, I could already tell that I was the boy but we were on a mission and I didn't want to disrupt that with all that. So I kept mute. I guess it's a good thing it came up now.“Took you l