Barron: The Ruthless Bear King (The Hybrid Series) Book 7

Chapter 25: Ironside

Barron

I was at my daughter's PTA meeting with Larkina when I got a link from Rowe saying that he was taking Davina with him and I smiled. Those two were heavy and if she wasn't an Elf, he would have mated her already, we all loved Davina, she was intelligent and knew what she wanted out of life. I see her wearing a ring, so assume they are engaged until we get enough people behind us to get that stupid law change. Everyone knew Roman only did things to benefit him and punish those he didn't like, I admit, since my birthday party, he has been quiet and he didn't come after Rowe or Polly. Polly has let me know when she mates with Levi in the future, she will be going with him to Elvira and I notified Nolix that he will be my Beta when that happens. Clarke will get back his role as Gamma as he has been better at handling his life stresses along with taking his meds. I still don't like his girlfriend and I know she is hiding something, family dinner with her is a pain but we are trying to accept her for Clarke's sake. Rowe is leaving tomorrow to go to the seven-day conference in Ironside, this will also renew our treaty with King Silas as we have had a flourishing relationship over the years.

I knew he wanted Polly to mate his son but his son wouldn't do it because he had his personal matters to deal with since he was fond of the same s*x. His other son Lucas was a known alcoholic, gambler, and womanizer, so he was not going to mate my sister ever and quite frankly, I preferred Levi. The meeting ended and there was going to be a play my daughter was in and I wasn't going to miss it for anyone so I remembered to clear my schedule for that evening. I was active in Rowe's life and I will be active in my daughter's life, I love both of my kids and everyone in Bearmore knows that. Rowe was respected as the Bear King's son in other Kingdoms that we were allowed in which was every other Kingdom but Romans', however, we still did business with Kyan. We reached home after stopping to get a few things for Sapphire at the convenience store and stopped for dinner instead of going home and having something done. Sapphire was tired so we had her take her bath and Lark was tucking her in, I went to my home office to see the work on my desk, but I still had to get to it before going into my actual office in a few days. I saw a message on my phone about where Rowe will be staying with Davina and I had everything charged to my business account as it was business and he worked for me.

After the conference, he would be going to Elvira for two days because Davina wanted to visit her family, it was her sister's birthday and I had no worries about him going, our treaty was strong with Emile. Lark linked me, "When are you coming to bed, my love?" I smiled replying, "In a few minutes," and she closed the link, I was tired and I went up looking out the window at the starry sky hoping that everything was going to be okay, I still worried about Rowe, no matter how old he got. He was legally my son on paper, I was listed as his father on the birth certificate, his mother unknown, which was in the archives accessible to the public, the actual birth certificate listed Polly as his mother and father unknown but no one has access to that information. Lark lay next to me after the mind-blowing s*x we just had, she was asleep but I was thinking about Sophie, I hoped she was living her best life and one day be reunited with our daughter. I know she has three kids now with him and they are seen out together a lot, she was in love and happy, and I was genuinely happy for her.

I proposed to Lark again officially, so now we are planning a big state wedding, I couldn't wait to start a family with her and enjoy my newfound happiness. I decided to go for a run as my bear hadn't been out in a while and I left out the back door and headed to the forest behind the Palace. I notified my guards that it was me running around and I headed to the lake, my happy place. There was a little town at the edge of the border named Lubartown that was abandoned because it was always attacked by rogues as it was on neutral land, I was planning to purchase the town and make way for new low-income housing. Clarke was looking into it so we could finalize everything and begin building, speaking of Clarke, I was happy that he was doing better and living his life. I was surprised when I got there, Clarke was sitting by the embankment, I changed into my human form and sat next to him. He turned to me and smiled, he looked sad and I asked him, "What was the matter, Clarke?" He hesitated at first then asked, "What was it like to have a fated mate that loved you, even if it was for a brief moment?" I knew he always wanted a mate and I told him how it felt with Sophia, he smiled and said, "I guess it was worth it in the end, then," and I wanted to ask if he had found his mate but I changed my mind as we jumped into the lake like when we were kids having a jolly old time.

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Rowe

After we had reached Ironside, we were heading to our lavish room, I was to meet with Prince Lawrence later but I wanted to settle in first. Davina was excited to travel with me and I kissed her, she was my fiance now and we were heading to Elvira to get married, Levi assured me that it would be a secret and there would be no trace of a wedding as long as we didn't get kids or mark each other for now. Levi wanted to do the same with Polly but as Levi worked closely with Roman, they weren't willing to risk it, however, if things got complicated, I could move to Vampora as Roman was never going to oppose Elijah. I was loyal to my father and wouldn't do that but I knew he would try to talk me out of marrying Davina. My mind was made up and I wasn't waiting for the law to change in a few months, I think we could keep it secret until then and then mark each other. I had ordered some food as we were hungry and after we ate, Davina had on this very tiny bikini, I watched her excited to go to the pool area. I told her, "Have fun, love," kissing her, and she ran off with a guard following behind her. I loved her more than anything and headed out to meet with Prince Lawrence who was waiting for me in the lobby with a big smile.

Yesterday went by pretty quickly and we were finally heading down to the conference, we had a car pick us up heading to the venue. Davina wanted to visit the city and I promised her we would do it before our trip here ended, and she held my hand excitedly. We were led to our seats and I did see Axel, Roman's Beta who smiled at me and I smiled back because I wasn't scared of him. I saw Alpha Seth's Beta Kevin with a few of his men representing their pack and a few other allies and enemies were in attendance, I signed the treaty with Prince Lawrence yesterday and everything went smoothly. We broke for lunch and I was having a word with my beautiful fiance when Beta Axel pulled a chair and sat facing us. I saw Lawrence from the corner of my eye looking concerned, because they were a small group of Shifters, and wanted to keep things as simple and neutral as possible. They couldn't afford an attack by King Roman and I knew that so I kept my anger in check. He said, "Prince Rowe, it's finally nice to meet the long lost son of King Roman," and I said, "Say it a little louder as it would go in everyone's favor eventually," and he looked at Davina, who felt uneasy around him so I held her hand calming her down.

He said, "She is a beautiful little Elf, maybe she would like to have a little fun," and offered her a dance at the little ball tonight, she said, "No, thank you." I smiled saying, "Listen good, I don't like you or my sperm donor and that's okay but don't you ever hit on my girlfriend again, or I will forget that you are a Royal Beta and end you, little wolf," and my eyes flicked color because Haakon wasn't having the disrespect. He smiled and said, "See you soon," before walking back to his table of misfits, Davina was not scared but she knew how I got when anyone tried to disrespect her, and she turned my face toward her kissing me. I melted with her touch and smiled saying, "We needed to head back inside so let's finish lunch, we ate without any more problems and then headed back inside. I stopped to speak to King Pele who was surprisingly here and he wanted to get a meeting with Barron and I told him, "We can talk after the conference ends for the day." Davina was standing next to me when we started hearing shots, I pulled her as we started ducking around, the machine gun was going off and the screams were loud in the room. I knew I was hit but it would heal eventually, I waited until everything stopped and had Davina on the ground under me but she wasn't moving.