“This is…” I can’t be wrong. This eye color distinguish its beholder’s fate. My son, he…
“The King didn’t succeed.” Zynia whispered back.
I looked at Ashira who’s eyes are closed, waiting for me to give her the child. What should I do?
“We need to conceal the truth…” I don’t know how but there is a way. I know there is a way.
“I will agree, this is for the safety of the child, Alpha Aiden.”
But Ashira wanted to hold her son. Do I need to deprive this to her? I can’t let her know, the fewer who knows, the better. This is not the right time for her to know.
I can feel the pup’s strength suddenly surging, the same feeling I had when the King is around. But this is much suffocating…
‘No, baby, I need to conceal your power this instant.’
“Let’s-”
“Alpha Aiden, look.” Z showed me the baby. It has stopped crying and calmly looking at me right now.
His eyes slowly changes color as he looked at me. It turned golden-brown, just like mine.
“I think he concealed himself…” Zynia softly whispers and I can hear the fascination in her voice. “This little guy knows what’s going on.”
This is not the first time my child heard me.
“Oh, look! He is smiling!”
I smirked as I saw my child smiling at me like he is proud of himself. Huh! I got a smug kid.
Chuckling, I took him from Zynia’s arms. “Behave now and conceal yourself for a while. Your mother wants to see you…” I whispered and he giggled, the most cutest sound I ever heard in my whole life. “Thank you.” I whispered and gave him a kiss on his head.
“Oh, God!” Ashira’s eyes are pooled with tears the moment I laid our child on her arms. “Oh, my! I love him!” she looked at me with teary eyes and I know just how true her words meant.
I looked at the both of them and I never thought I could see my own world right before my eyes. This… Its enough.
“Aiden, he looked just like you…” she smiled at me. “But he got my lips. Ohhh! Quillon, you are so cute!”
The baby kept giggling and I saw pure happiness in my mate’s face. I moved up to her and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
“I love you.”
Looking up at me with a smile, “I love you, too, Aiden.” she said.
Quillon still possess the power of an Alpha King. Zynia was right. Whatever the King plans to stop, he won’t be able to break the fate given by the Moon Goddess.
The King helped me bring Ashira back to our bond, and I didn’t trade anything for it.
I don’t need to blame myself any longer. I have nothing to keep with Ashira now. Once she recovered, I will tell her the truth.
Aiden’s POV
“Is everything alright? What happened back there earlier? You scared us.” Nick said.
Ashira is now resting as well as Quillon. This is a long night and Ashira gave birth easily and faster than expected.
“Yes. Nothing was wrong. Go to Zynia and ask her to come in my office. I’ll head there and wait for her.”
Nick looked confuse and I know he have a lot of question in his head but I can’t disclose this to anyone yet. I will soon, I know.
I didn’t wait for Nick to say more and turned to go inside the office. It’s not too long and Zynia came knocking.
“Alpha Aiden.” she greeted.
“Please close the door, Z.” I asked and she did. “Take a seat.”
I grabbed a glass and wine for us, giving her the other while I sip on mine, trying to clear the thoughts swirling inside my head.
“About Quillon…” I sighed. “I guess your calculations are right, Z. He does possess the same power of the Alpha King. I’m beyond grateful that Zeron didn’t acquire what he wanted but I’m also afraid for what may come for my child.”
“I understand your concern, Alpha Aiden. Your child is still young and unable to protect himself yet. The King does not know about this, he thinks he succeeded and its better he think that way.”
“The child concealed his power himself. We saw how he hide the colors of his eyes, we felt how the surging power inside him was shroud. As if he understand the danger, as if he ain’t a newborn. Is that possible?”
“To be honest, I’m without knowledge with a child next in line to the highest throne. I’m not saying we shouldn’t trust the child for his ability but time will come that his power will come out without his desire to do so.”
She is right. And I can’t risk the chances. It’s us versus the Alpha King. Even with Quillon on our side, having him unaware of his own power, we won’t stand a chance.
And I don’t know if the King will be too generous to spare a child’s life if that child is what he feared.
“I’ve studied something about the royal’s life before. The Alpha King has a sword embedded with a gem that matches the color of his eyes. The Paraiba Tourmaline. It is use to conceal ones power, and let it out or be controlled by the owner’s free will. I will look for that kind of gem, we need to seal Quillon’s power for now.”
“And what of Luna Ashira?”
“I will tell her. I will tell this to my Beta and Gamma, as well. I’ve thought the less person who knew, the better. But its different now, I will need a hand. I will need all your help.”
“I’m honored to be trusted, Alpha Aiden.”
“I need Zeke to know about this, too. He knew a lot of rogue and those connection can be useful in finding a Paraiba Tourmaline gem. I will let you handle spreading the word to him as I know you will go back to Ravenous.”
“In a few days, I will. And I’m make sure my son will help your child, Alpha Aiden.”
Our meeting has ended and I started the plan on my own. I called for Seth and Nick, began explaining the matter at hand to them.
“You mean your pup can be the next Alpha King?” Nick burst.
“You just repeated what he said.” Seth sighed. “From how you sound, it means Quillon will be in danger.”
“Once this news spread and reached the King’s ears, I believe he will.” I answered. Its a good thing they knew about what Zeron wanted to have when he offered to help Ashira’s case. They caught up quickly with the issue. “It will be better to keep this on us. Keep this unknown from your mates, as well.”
“You can trust us on that, Aiden.” Seth said and I can see how serious he was.
“So where is this gem located?” Nick asked. “If you studied it before then it might be written there where we can find it.”
“We will conduct a thorough research about the gemstone. I also asked for Zeke’s help given his connections with the rogues. And it will be less suspicious that he is the one looking for it.”
“Okay. We will do our best for this, too.”
“One more thing I needed to ask the both of you is to look after Quillon as he grows. One needs to tend to him when I’m busy. He will grew faster than a normal pup. In just a month, I’m sure he will act like a five-year old child though I hope he will stop developing fast at that age like a normal wolf.”