Chapter 113

***Chastity***

Shopping with Rowen had been a lot of fun. Yes technically we’re both adults, but it was fun to act like pups sometimes. I still couldn’t believe he bought me those dolls. I wasn’t sure where I was going to up them though. I guess i would have to figure it out later. We had just put in our drink order when Robert, and Beth arrived. After greeting each other, they sat across from us.

“What did you two do this morning?” Beth asked after putting in their drink order.

“I took Rowen to the comic book shop down the street.” I answered.

“Danny’s place?” Robert questioned.

“Yes.” I said with a smile.

“I love that place. I get a lot of my Star Wars stuff from him.” Robert said excitedly.

“He, Blake, and Darren go whenever they get a chance.” Beth said with a giggle.

“You like Star Wars?” I questioned.

“Please, please don’t get him started.” Beth pleaded, making me giggle.

“Yes I do. Very much. Have you seen any of them?” Robert asked, eyeing gleaming.

“No.” I responded.

“You really need to. They are the greatest movies. making me giggle.

“We need a shop like that is Moonlight.” I stated.

Robert started excitedly, but Beth stopped him

“Talk to Danny about it the next time you’re there.” Robert suggested.

“He wouldn’t want to move.” I stated confused.

“No he wouldn’t, but maybe he’d be interested in opening a second shop, and finding someone in your pack to run it.” Robert stated.

“That can be done?” I questioned.

“Sure. They do that in the human world. I’m sure we wolves can do something like that too. We do a lot of pack trading, and such already.” Rowen stated.

“That’s true.” I stated.

“Talk to him about it the next time you’re there Chas. If he’s interested tell him to come talk to me. Rowen, and I can look into making it work.” Robert advised, and I nodded.

When the waiter returned with our drinks, we placed our food orders.

“So I got your email this morning, Rowen.” Robert stated.

“And?” Rowen questioned.

“You know we have to run our own back grounds checks for security purposes, but as long as everything checks out, we should be good.”

“If you need a few more, just let me know.”

“There is a chance I might, but I’m not completely sure yet.”

“More responses than you expected?”

“No. That’s not it.”

“Was there some kind of threat?”

“No. Nothing like that. I got a call this morning. The King, Queen, Prince, and his mate are coming.”

My eyes widened, and I felt like my jaw hit the floor. I glanced over at Rowen to see him in pretty much the same state. Robert, and Beth were both nodding.

“I had the same reaction.” Robert admitted.

“Do you know why they’ve decided to come to this?” Rowen questioned after the shock wore off.

“From what I’m told, since it is the first mate ball held in so many years, the king wants to do his part to make sure it goes well. I think he also wants to observe how his people behave in a large group like this.”

I guess that makes sense.”

“Do….do you think they are going to attend all of them moving forward?” I asked.

“I’m not sure honestly. I guess time will tell.” Robert answered.

“Will he be bringing his own warriors as well?” Rowen questioned.

“I’m sure he will. He told me that he would send me a head count of how many people will be in his party in about a week.”

“Alright. Well let me know, and if you need more warriors for the weekend I’ll do what I can to make it happen.”

“Great. I really appreciate it.”

“Where will they be staying?” I asked.

“That’s the fun part.” Beth answered with a small giggle.

“How so?” I questioned, feeling confused.

“They’re staying at the pack house. When I told Clair this morning she got really excited, but then she completely freaked out. Suddenly the whole pack house needs a complete make over. Jeremy had a calm her down. I have never seen her like that before.” Beth explained.

“Oh dear. That doesn’t sound good.”

“Oh no. It is. She is over the moon happy to have them here, and staying in our pack house, but she’s so worried about making a good impression that she was scouring her Luna bible for how to handle royal visits.”

“Have they never been here before? I thought the Alpha meetings were rotated to a different pack every year?”

“It is, and she forgot they were just here 5 years ago.”

“So she’s worried about nothing, basically?”

“Pretty much, but that’s mom.” Robert said with a chuckle.

“I don’t know. I’d probably feel the same way in her shoes.” I admitted with a shrug.

“Why? They’re not here to see how the pack house looks. They’re here to see how the ball goes.” Rowen stated sounding confused, and I shook my head.

“You wouldn’t get it. It’s a female thing.”

“I’ll take your word for it.”

“How long are they staying?”

“They’ll get here the Friday the before, and leave Monday.” Robert answered.

“How many additional warriors do you think you’ll need?” Rowen asked.

“I’m not sure yet. The king’s assistant said they will be bringing their own contingent of warriors with them. I’m just waiting on a head count.”

“Well just let me know as soon as possible.”

“I definitely will.”

“Do you guys need any help getting the pack house ready?” I asked.

“I’m not sure yet. I know Clair plans to start going through all of the guest rooms, and everything than make some decisions. I’ll let you know as soon as I know.” Beth stated.

“Ok. I’ll do what I can to help.”

“Just don’t over extend yourself. You’re getting into the harder classes now, right?”

“Yes. I can’t promise I’ll be a lot of help, but I’ll do what I can.”

“Thank you. I’ll let Clair know.”

“Have decisions been made on where everyone will be staying for the weekend?” Rowen asked.

“After reviewing everything, and the potential head counts, we don’t have the space needed for everyone. There are several, large human hotels about an hour from here. We’ve sent all of the packs the hotel information.” Robert answered.

“How are they going to explain such large groups of people staying in those hotels, and leaving for hours. on end?” I questioned.

“The same it’s explained whenever we have Alpha meetings at smaller packs. Humans have what they call conventions, and stuff like that. I guess our gatherings can be called the same thing.” Robert answered.

“But couldn’t that draw attention to us?”

got precautions in place to minimize as much attention as we

It’s either that are people travel a lot all in one day. That’s too much of a risk.” Rowen

all goes

and not attending the ball will be required to stay on their campus for the weekend. My warriors will already be pretty busy keeping things under control with the influx

Maybe I could go home for a visit that

had considered coming here to spend the weekend with you then, but maybe going home would be the better idea.” Rowen said as

that weekend, instead of staying here. Maybe talk to the schools about taking a long weekend, closing Thursday, and reopening Tuesday?” I asked, looking back

idea. I think Denu may be the hardest one

“Why is that?”

of their training is pretty

a try

“It is.”

to shut down for that weekend, maybe some

they

“Why?” I questioned.

that don’t belong to their pack. It’s not always easy, and some times can cause big problems. The schools contend with issue between student fighting over what they perceive as theirs enough as it is. Adding more unknowns, even for a weekend could cause potentially dangerous situations. The schools don’t want

problems, nor seen any?” I questioned because I really didn’t

this the wrong way sweet girl, but you’re situation is a bit different.” Rowen said gently, as he took hold of my

“How?”

anything that was really yours. Everything belonged to others, or was taken from you before you made an attachment to it. You’ve never

top of that, we Omegas are more giving than possessive. We give, and do all we can for others. Yes we’re protective of those that mean the most to

they both said for a bit. I could see what they were saying, and I

really seen

are Omegas so again less possessive, and more giving. That’s also one of the reasons classes tend to be smaller in all of the

that makes sense. So all the schools have smaller classes, and smaller student

Some no.” Robert

“What do you mean?”

the medical school is a lot larger due to there only being 2 in the country for wolves. What

do one year of residency before they go home to finish under the doctors in their own packs. They only do that year of

school has a high

can, but it can be really difficult. If Molly, Rowen,

really handle a school like they have

We will have to build security gates like they have here, but it’s doable.

is that coming along any way?”

him for doing this,

hall in the pack house. Thankfully

It is pretty big.”

of the building will be closed off so we don’t have to worry about anyone going where they’re not supposed

What about decorations, and

We should be able to keep it pretty simple, but elegant. We’ve given the head chef who handles

“Like what?”

to accommodate a wide range of tastes he’s been contacting other packs to get ideas on

“That’s a great idea.”

“I agree.”

you all need

could always use another

I help with those over the next couple of weekends,

So what are you and Rowen doing to

thinking we could go to the concert in

kind of

We’ll probably walk around or something for a

movies at the theater

but neither of

“Most males aren’t.”

both giggled

can’t say I am either though. They always seem so

love, and relationships. I mean, how do you not know who your soulmate is as soon as you see them? Why all the crazy, win their

show is true,

much easier. Look what we have to deal with? A bunch of crazy, hard headed males,

meant to ask, how did you and Robert

now that’s a

“Can I hear it?”

months in. My mom was one of the pack house Omegas who did the cooking so

before you

was a bookkeeper for a couple

“Oh ok.”

has helped me a lot. Anyway. It was the second day of their trip. Robert, and Blake were surrounded by females hitting on them as I was approaching the house, with my cousin who’s arm was thrown over my shoulder. I hadn’t quite caught his scent yet, but I guess Robert had caught mine. I heard a growl, and looked up to see what was going on. That’s when I saw Robert. He

“He didn’t?”

“Oh he did.”

after him, but by that point I knew what he was to me. I had no idea who the hell he was, just that he was my mate. I stood right in front of him as my cousin was barreling at him, and growled. My cousin, and I had never fought a day in our lives, we grew up together. The look on his face was priceless. It was some where between pissed off, shocked, and

“Oh no.”

just said that’s my mate don’t touch

did your cousin

stood there, and blinked at me for a good minute then told Robert he packed a hell of

cool of

to know

“What’s that?”

minutes after that we still had no clue who either of us was. My Alpha was so worried about trouble starting because of Robert hitting my cousin that we didn’t even introduce ourselves to each other until

“Oh goodness.”

thought my mom was going to faint. She never thought one of her

“Your poor mom.”

it quickly. The hardest part for her was that

Do you see

away from here, but we make do. It’s a lot of video chatting, and phone calls. She says when we have our first pup

you planning to have a pup anytime

NO. Not preventing? Yes. We figure it will happen when it

you stop

wait because we both wanted to be fully ready to take over our roles, and knew a pup may not get

“That makes sense.”

Rowen discussed pups or made any decisions about

to be able to

sense. Can I ask

“Sure.”

a Luna, and talking about taking

I’m really not as uncomfortable about it as I used to be. I still worry that I won’t be any good at being a Luna. I think not really talking about it has helped. I don’t feel as pressured, but I think, when the time comes,

you don’t want to, you’ll always wonder if

need that, but what makes you say

for almost 30 years, and even now questions if she was a

learned about her, and from

was, and has been amazing to help me prepare for the role. I think it’s just one of those things that

I

“Trust your instincts.”

“Clair always says that.”

A big part of what we do

“That’s true.”

the search

thought I found someone, but some problems came up today, and well, she won’t be joining us.”

told her all about what had happened with Julie. A part of me thought I should feel guilty about the way I had talked to her, but I just didn’t. She crossed the

grief. That’s ridiculous.” Beth

really was.” I

did the right

Have you had issues

of Robert’s friendship with Lexi when I first got here. I wanted to rip her

But Lexi is

it. It took a few days of Robert calming me down before I could even look at her. When I realized who she was,

feel about Julie right

is not your friend. If she was,

you and Robert

“I have no idea.”

“Why not?”

a surprise, and that I’ll love it. I’ll tell you what though, if he

“What did he do?”

us watching some human wrestling

no. Why would

the

“What did he say?”

spending time together. That it

Goddess. Please don’t tell me that he’s one of those males that thinks sex is

“You’re kidding?”

“Nope.”

those, but he honestly believed that us spending time together was romance. Even if it

did you deal with that? Or explain it to

His mom

“How?”

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