Chapter 42: The Pond

Reign

“It’s about time.” Jyden snorted. Jyd. Ryott glared at him. “Shut up.” He put his hand over his heart and gave her a fake hurt look. “You wound me baby.” He said grabbing her in a tight bear hug. “Let’s just enjoy the peace and quiet, please.” Jaz scolded. We all chatted and laughed, even Cloie was laughing. “Hey Reign.” Koltyn called, I looked over at him. “What are your thoughts about becoming the Queen of the werewolves and the other supernatural’s?” “What?!” All the girls yelled in unison. “Koltyn, you sure know how to keep your mouth shut!” Damien grumbled. “Sorry.” Koltyn mumbled. “What are you talking about?” Jaz demanded. I looked at Damien, he gave me an approving nod. “Uh...well...grandpa said that he is the lost Alpha King of werewolves and the Supernatural realms. My uncle...” “...and our, ass of a father.” Jonah interrupted. “...decided to force granpa to submit his kingship to him.” Both of them growled.

“What about you two?” Shadow asked the twins. “Why don’t you claim the throne?” “Fuck NO!” Noah snapped. Cloie smacked the back of his head. “Babe that hurt.” He whined rubbing his head. “Good! Language! Please.” She scolded him. Cloie was never one for cussing. He kissed her cheek. “Sorry sugar.” He mumbled. “There’s no way we want that kind of responsibility. We are more than ready to pledge our loyalty to Reign and Damien.” Jonah said chuckling at Noah. “Seriously, dad was never supposed to be King. He made granpa submit and he didn’t even stick around. He left a few months later and never went back.” Noah finished. “What about your mom?” Cloie asked. “She’s a vampire.” Jonah stated and kissed Cloie’s temple. “She’s a wonderful, kind, loving person, just like you.” He gazed at his mate. “She is an awesome mom. I think dad loves her in his own way, he never shows it in public, especially never around Steven.” “Jonah, what happened to her? Is she still with your dad?” Cloie asked leaning her head on his shoulder. “She’s still with dad. We wanted to bring her with us, but he wouldn’t let her go. We’re not sure why he sent us away, but it led us to Reign and led us to our beautiful mate.” He said embracing Cloie.

“So, does that mean the whole pack is moving?” Shadow asked as he turned to look at me and Damien. We looked at each other. “I guess so.” We said in union. “Maybe, what do ya'll think?” Damien asked. “Things are gonna change.” I started. “I mean our music is gonna hafta take the back burner for a while. We’re gonna have a kingdom to put back together and even then, a Queen rock star?” “Well at least we can call you the Queen of Rock and we wouldn’t be lying.” Jenny pointed out. “Unlike all those others who will remain nameless.” She snorted. “We can put our music on hold.” Ryott started. “We’ve earned some time off; we’ve been going strong for the last several years. The touring, the releases back-to-back, the awards, all without any kind of a break or vacation.” Ryott shrugged her shoulders. “I think that this maybe the end of our careers.” Jazlyn sighed. “Are ya‘ll ready if that happens? It’s gonna be a huge change. Plus...we still need to tell Mac.” I slightly cringed. “I'm not saying that it will be the end of our careers but that very could happen. What if we end up having kids before we even get back into the studio?” “Both those conversations are gonna be interesting.” Kolt chuckled. “We will work it out.” Jyden assured. “Question is, what do we tell him?” Shadow asked. “Do you think he needs to know everything? Can he be trusted with our secrets?” Jenny wondered out loud. “Is he...can he handle the weird and crazy?” “He’s been our manager for the past three years so, yes I’m sure he can.” I chuckled. “He’s gonna want answers. We can’t lie to him. I can’t lie to him; he took care of me when mom couldn’t. There’s no telling what would have happened to me without him.” I nuzzled closer to Damien. “I may have never found ya’ll.” I sighed. “Oh please, yes you would’ve.” Jenny grinned. “You would’ve come to live with us. Mom would’ve told you who are when you turned eighteen and then we would have come in search of your family.” She was very confident in what she was telling me. “Jenny is right. We would have still found each other; the Moon Goddess would have brought us together somehow.” Damien told me as he rubbed circles along my arm.

“Okay then, Cloie, you have your first assignment as my assistant.” I told her. “You’re assistant?” She squeaked. “Yup, I need someone I can trust and you’re it.” I smiled at her. “I need for you to contact our manager, McAvoy Jeffries, Mac for short and his brother, our tour manager, Duncan, and let them know we need for them to come out for a visit, that we have some things we need to discuss and it’s very important. Don’t tell them anything other than it’s important and that they need a vacay also. His contact info is on my desk. Please do that first thing.” I instructed. Cloie raised her brows and released a deep breath. “You got it.” She smiled. She let a small squeak of a yawn. “It’s late, we all need to get some rest. We have a long day tomorrow.” Damien said helping me up and out of the pond. Thinking about the coming changes and want to make sure that you are sure you want to do this. Once it’s in place, there’s no turning back. He said guiding me to our home and waving at everyone else. We cleaned up and went to bed. I cuddled next to my mate. “Are you sure you want to do this?” He asked. I sighed. “No, but it’s my birthright and my grandparents can only do this for so long. The twins don’t want to take over and Uncle Martin, well he made granpa submit to him and then walked away still leaving granpa and grama in charge of the kingdom. It makes no sense.” I propped my head on his chest. “Do you want this? This is not something that I ever imagined happening.” I let out a slight chuckle. “Hell, I never even imagined finding my soulmate.” He was caressing my back; he moved his hand to the back of my neck and pulled me up to his face. His gaze never wavered from mine. “I will follow you anywhere and I will stand by your side as your mate, your husband, your love and your King.” He cupped my face in his hands and kissed me, there are those damn wonderful sparks again. “I guess we will be starting a new life and a new chapter.” I said leaning closer to him and deepening our kiss.

The next morning seemed to come a lot quicker than usual but then again, we didn’t get much sleep last night, wink, wink. Anyway, we got dressed and made our way to the pack house for breakfast, by the time we got there everyone was seated and eating. I took my seat while Damien went and served our plate. “So, what did you two decide?” Dad asked as Damien walked back into the dining room. “I know all of you talked about last night.” He smiled. He knew that we wouldn’t be able to not talk about it. “All of you young pups sitting here are the future of this pack. You have to think about the future of us all as a whole...” “Dad...” Damien tried to interrupt. “Son, let me finish.” “Dad.” I called him getting his attention. “We decided to accept the responsibility of becoming King and Queen of the Werewolf and Supernatural Realms.” Damien chuckled at his dad. “Jyden and Ryott will be our Beta’s, Koltyn and Jazlyn will be our Gamma’s, Shadow and Jenny our Delta’s along with Moses and the wonder twins. Cloie will be Reign’s personal assistant.” He laid out the rank structure. I watched my grandparent's face’s light up with joy and pride.

“Well, I guess we need to call a pack meeting.” Mom said. “We will start preparing for the meeting tonight and we will prepare a feast.” “We have plenty of time to prepare. Sweetheart, I didn’t mean today.” Dad laughed. “Kids are you okay with tonight?” Mom asked with a huge smile. I shrugged my shoulders. “Sounds good to me.” Damien chuckled at mom's excitement. “Grampa, do we have to move, or can we stay here? We can modify the territory, there’s just too many bodies to move. We can remodel the pack house and if we need to, we will move back into the pack house.” I asked. I don't really want to move but if we have too then of course I will. “We have been in that castle and territory for centuries.” “I suppose we could use it to host special events, conferences, and the like.” Granpa said. “We should really check the territory first, make sure that security can be controlled before we even think of moving the pack. No offense granpa but Reign and Damien’s safety is of the utte most importance as the pack.” Shadow said as Damien pulled me to his lap and kissed my temple. “I understand and wouldn’t have it any other way.” Grandpa said proudly. “Moses, take a team and head out in the morning. See what needs to be done, repairs, road access, security issues, etc., get pictures and bring whatever’s in all the offices. I want details upon details.” Damien instructed. “You got it; it'll be taken care of it.” Moses nodded and bowed. “I will contact Orion, he’s my Beta and has been keeping me posted of any issues. I’ll letting him know that you are on the way. He will be able to show you around and answer your questions.” Granpa told Moses. “Thank you, your Majesty.” Moses acknowledged. “No, no, my boy. I am just granpa here, those two are your King and Queen now.” He said motioning to me and Damien. Moses nodded and a hurried out. “Safe travels fuzzball.” I yelled out behind him. He rolled his eyes, smiled and went to prepare to leave.

“Damien, I need you and your Beta, Gamma, and Delta's. We have many things to discuss, granpa would you please join us?” Dad asked. “Of course.” “Come along, Noah, Jonah, you two join us also, it’s going to be on you also to protect your cousin. Steven and Luther will not be happy with the shift in power.” “Yes sir.” The twin wonders said in unison, that was still crazy to me. Damien stood up still holding me. “See you later.” He whispered in my ear as he kissed me. A small moan escaped my lips, he chuckled. “I love the way you respond to me.” He said caressing my cheek. I so love this man.

“Luna.” Cloie called as she knocked on my office door. “C’mon in Cloie and nix the Luna stuff unless we are conducting official business or there are other Alpha or Luna's around. Remember this pack in informal with each other.” I told her as she walked in with a big smile. “Well good mornin.’” I grinned at her. “You are mighty happy this mornin’. Were you a naughty girl last night?” She blushed very hard. “Reign!!” She squeaked. “No, not like that.” She whispered. “Hey, it’s all good. We have all been there, newly mated and trying to fight the pull. It’s okay. If you ever need to talk, please know that you can come to me.” I started to say. “Wrong!” A voice said walking in. “She can come to any of us, all of us, we are all family here and we girls need to stick together.” Jenny said hugging Cloie. I heard giggling outside my door. “Alright get your asses in here. We have a lot of work to do.” In walked Jaz, who gave Cloie a huge bear hug, Jenny, and Ryott. “Good morning and thank you.” Cloie giggled handing me several files. “Here ya go. Ana made you a strawberry watermelon smoothie, it should get you through until lunch.” Jaz said handing me an insulated cup and put a pitcher in my mini fridge. Jenny plopped down on the couch. “So, what needs to be done?” She yawned and stretched out. “Well, first things first. I called Mr. Mac before I went to bed, time difference and all.” Cloie started. “Smart, I hadn’t even thought about that.” I commented. “So, he, his wife and Mr. Duncan, will be here in the next few hours at this point. I booked them on the red eye. Mr. Mac said he didn’t want to wait, he got worried when I wouldn’t give him any idea what this was about. I told him everything was fine, but he wasn’t soothed.” She said furrowing her eyebrows. “Of course, he hates not knowing what’s going on.” Jaz chuckled. I laughed. “That’s fine, Cloie. Please make sure to have a car waiting for them, send Spyder and Spencer, they know them.” I instructed. “You got it.” Cloie chirped.

Our moms and grams have the coronation ceremony and food and the like covered. Everyone has been working since very early this morning. The only thing left is for all of us to pick out our dresses. “Ugh. The coronation, where are we supposed to get dresses?” Ryott asked rubbing her head. “Come with me ladies.” Cloie said opening the door and walking out. “C’mon, they are waiting for us.” We all groaned and followed Cloie. She took us into my dressing room and there were dresses for us to choose from. Our jaws dropped; they were the most beautiful dresses I had ever seen. There was a set for me to choose from, they were more ornate and a little more extravagant than the ones for the girls. “These are gorgeous!” Ryott gasped. “Come along girls, we need to get you fitted and ready. You four choose from those dresses and Luna Queen, you choose from these.” Grams motioned. I already had my eye on one of the dresses. It was an empire waist lavender silk gown with pink and a darker color purple. White pearls lined the neck, the body of the dress was covered in light pink lace. It was elegant but nothing outlandish. So begins the road to becoming the Luna Queen of the Werewolf Kingdom and the Supernatural Realm.