Chapter 31: *"Drama King"*
“Because Alora is one of the strongest wolves in our Pack.” Damien said to Xander in a serious tone. “Alora has only been hiding her power from everyone, not truly setting it free.”
Xander looked at Damien dumbfounded, halting in his steps unable to move. Damien however, kept walking. After Damien had gone a few steps, Xander came back to himself after a shake of his head. Noticing that Damien had continued without him, Xander dashed to catch up.
“You jerk, how can you just leave your Beta standing there with their mind blown?!” Xander yelled dramatically.
Damien looked at Xander with one eyebrow raised and a smirk lifting one side of his mouth. “Are you sure you didn’t major in Drama?” He asked in a wry tone.
Xander growled in indignation. “You know very well what all my majors are! You’re in them!”
Damien threw his head back and laughed then said, “Okay, okay, don’t be such a drama king.” His words only made Xander growl more in irritation.
Then with a look of wide eyed astonishment asked, “How the hell do you know that expression?”
Damien gave Xander a mild glare, with a dry tone he asked. “Is there any reason for me not to know this expression, especially with such a dramatic being as my Beta?”
“You have such a ‘studious’ manner about you, it’s hard to tell if you actually reside in this century or not.” Xander said sarcastically while using air quotes.
Damien snorted. “Just because I’m ‘studious’ as you put it, does not mean I don’t keep up with the current dialog.”
“But you always seem so ancient when you meet with the elders of different Packs.” Xander commented.
“With as long lived as most supernatural beings are, I have to know centuries worth of traditions, customs, and those older ways of speaking. Not just current traditions, customs and current ways of speaking. It is a form of respect when meeting those elders in their own territories. Just as I would expect the same respect in return if they were to come to our territory.” Damien explained.
Xander let out a sigh. “Do you have to prove over and over again what a great Alpha of Alpha’s you will make one day?” His question was meant to come out sounding sarcastic, but Xander could not help the bit of admiration that had taken over his tone.
Damien scoffed, then pointed out to Xander, “I would not have had to, if you had not made me do so.”
Xander felt his face twitch as he thought over the conversation he just had with his Alpha. Inside Xander, Darius let out a sigh, then shook his head, wondering why his humanoid had to be so foolish at times. Xander constantly bounced between annoying his Alpha and amusing him greatly.
Sticking his hands in his pockets, Xander walked shoulder to shoulder with Damien. Eyes followed the pair their entire walk to the main building of the University. They were to take the first of several final exams in this building.
Damien and Xander had both amorous and platonic admirers everywhere, from both genders and across species. Going into the town nearby the University brought on a lot of unwanted attention.
With their amorous admirers, Damien and Xander ignored their advances. Pushing those amorous admirers away with an icy politeness that somehow managed to come off as courteous and not rude.
With the platonic admirers it was different, Damien and Xander were able to relax, their politeness and courtesy coming to them naturally and with warmth. Their actions made it clear to everyone just the type of attention Damien and Xander would welcome, and what attention they would not.
The main building of the University was a behemoth of a building much like their high school back home, only with a few more floors. It was very castle-like in its structure, with a few basements with indoor training levels. The roof of the building was a botanical and arboretum garden, with both open and covered greenhouse areas.
Supernatural beings drew their very life from the elements of the world. This meant where there was a large collection or cities of Supernatural beings, there were also a lot of botanical and arboretum gardens.
In parks, on rooftops, and inside dwellings, on balconies and terraces with plant covered pergolas. Surrounding gazebos and inside business buildings and restaurants. Inside courtyards and lining public walking paths.
It made for beautiful places to live with lots of clean fresh air, a very important quality for those beings with extra sensitive olfactory senses, which were most supernatural beings.
Upon entering the main building, Damian and Xander bumped into a fellow senior Alpha and Beta pair. Alpha Nabonidus and Beta Shapur, much like Damien and Xander, were unaccompanied to the university by their Gamma and two Delta Enforcers.
This allowed Damien and Xander to form a quick friendship with the two from the land bridging the second continent to the third. They had heavy rolling accents that were exotic. Paired with their looks, and obvious power, Nabonidus and Shapur got the same amount of attention as Damien and Xander.
They had dark black hair that was nearly shaved at the sides, the top left several inches long, the tips a chestnut color. Dark bronze skin tone with chiseled features. Downward tilted almond shaped eyes with inner rings of silver green and outer rings of deep brown. They were shorter than Xander and Damien, Nabonidus at seven foot six and Shapur at seven foot five, both lean of body with lean tightly packed muscle.
“Greetings friend, how has your morning been?” Nabonidus asked Damien, with a smile stretching across his full lipped mouth.
“It has been an adventure this morning my friend.” Damien replied.
“Did Xander have to remove another beauty from your living quarters again this morning?” Nabonidus asked, amusement in his tone.
Damien nodded, letting out a sigh. “I am becoming more and more impatient for our final day at this University. If only to get away from all of these females who keep trying to force their way into my bed.”
Nabonidus nodded in understanding. “I feel your pain, it has been a constant struggle, avoiding all the beauties and their advances.”
Damien laughed. “You have not resisted quite that strongly and have had more than a few beauties accompany you to bed at night.”
Nabonidus laughed at Damien’s comment. “This is the truth you speak, but in my defense, I have not met my mate as you two have most likely done. At least that is my suspicion for your successfulness in remaining celibate while attending this University. That and someone must console all those broken hearts you leave behind when you reject those beautiful advances.”
Damien laughed deeply, amused by his friend. “When my mating is confirmed, I will send an invite to the ceremony.” He said to Nabonidus, smiling.
Nabonidus smiled brightly in return. “I will be looking forward to attending such a momentous event.” His words were filled with good humor.
Shapur leaned closer to Xander. “Which female did you have to remove this morning?” He asked with curiosity in his tone.
“First year Alpha Feronia Bernardi.” Xander told him.
Shapur’s brow furrowed for a moment, a frown on his pouty lipped mouth as he tried to place the name with a face. “I have heard of this female, but we have not made her acquaintance just yet.” He said, with a shake of his head.
Xander looked at Shapur in surprise. “Really?”
Shapur raised one dark eyebrow. “Is it truly such a surprise we have not met a first year in this massive school?” He asked Xander.
Xander thought about it for a second, when put in that way, it would be logical that Nabonidus and Shapur did not know Feronia. “Now that you say it, it is not that surprising that you and your Alpha have never met Feronia Bernardi.”
“In what state did you find the female this time?” Shapur asked him.
With a wry grin on his face Xander said, “I found her sans clothing, and while her figure was quite voluptuous, I resisted and gave her two choices.”
Shapur had amusement dancing in his eyes. “What choices did you give her?” He asked, thoroughly enjoying the story.
Damien and Nabonidus stood off to the side, both of them watching their Betas gossip. “I don’t know whether to be embarrassed to have such a gossiper for a Beta or laugh.” Nabonidus commented.
Damien smiled and said, “Laugh, because I have one as well. Although your Beta seems better composed than mine.”
Then Nabonidus laughed and continued to listen to the two gossiping Betas.
“I told her she could either be thrown off the balcony naked by Damien or get dressed and leave through the front door with me.” Xander told Shapur.
Shapur laughed. “I assume she chose to dress and follow you out the front door?”
“She did. Unfortunately for her, this is not the first time I’ve had to flush her out of Damien’s quarters.” Xander said, “So when Damien recognized her after I had flushed her out….”
Shapur grimaced. “I assume he did not take it well.”
“No, no he did not.” Xander said, shaking his head. “He gave her a warning I’m sure will haunt her nightmares for centuries to come.”
“The poor beauty, but maybe now she will set her sights on more available prey.” Shapur commented.
Xander smirked, then asked in a dry tone. “Like you?”
Shapur laughed and shook his head. “No, like my Alpha.”
Both Betas laughed, until they felt the hair on their necks start to rise. Slowly turning around, Xander and Shapur met the dark gaze of their Alphas.
“If you two are done gossiping like two centuries old ladies…we have a final exam to take. Time to enter the examination hall.” Damien said in a stern voice.
Contrite now, both Betas followed their Alphas into their first written examination of the day.
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