Chapter 34: Criminal
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A Few Years Later
Emile
So much has happened over the years, and I was excited about how things are going, Jared and Levi mated Lissa a few years back, and they have another child. Booker loves to play football, and he is good at it, we attend all his games and my brothers never miss a practice game. I hadn't heard from Zack in a while, but I kept tabs on him, he is my only son after all, his modeling agency picked up, and I found out he had a daughter. I want to ask him about it, but I will wait until he is ready to talk to me, however long it takes. I smiled at the thought of being a grandfather, I missed out on so much because of how I reacted when Zack told me he was gay. I looked at a locket Briana sent me for my birthday a few months back, it was a picture of her, and she was around twelve/thirteen now, and although I didn't want to see her, her picture was a nice touch.
I had given her a bracelet on her last birthday so she wouldn't feel when I was intimate with someone until she felt the bond, plus, she will have her lycan soon. Eventually, we would be together, but that would be in a few more years, as I had promised Ty, I wouldn't be with her until she was twenty-five. Drax was there with Ryker, they had the plan to trap a criminal who decided to flee Faeora and hide out there thinking we wouldn't know. We learn of a plot where he had planned to take my cousin's place since he kept away from us after I executed his father years ago. I hadn't thought of my dead uncle in a long time, he killed my father and I would never forgive him for that, I left him to be buried in an unmarked grave and his name stripped from existence in Elvira. I had a long day ahead of me, but Levi kept me posted, I had Malric look into the missing Elvin women so we could get them back if we could.
Malric was cheating years ago when I found him, he begged me not to tell Lamira anything and that he would clean up his act, and he did. Ty and Sheila made progress, they had accepted each other after Esmerelda's goons almost kidnapped her, and he had her security beefed up. I don't blame him, I would protect my mate if I had a chance to, I remember I did not do enough to protect Eva and I looked at her files on my desk as I secretly looked into her death. I was missing something, I needed to connect the dots, Eva wasn't crazy, something drove her to that window, and it was more than me neglecting her. Holly knocked on the door and I looked up and told her to enter, she had lunch and I smiled, she was always looking out for me and I respected that. She told me about wanting to meet her second chance mate because she lost her mate in the civil war with Roman, she has a son who goes to University and was proud of him.
I got a link from Jared that they had the prisoner, and he would return in the morning, our cousin Brock was here in the Palace and I left Holly to wait until I returned to my quarters. I kissed her lips and left to meet him, he was standing in the portrait room looking at the family, and he said, "I haven't been here since the former King died." I stood next to him as he looked at my father's portrait and said, "We miss you around here," he smiled and said, "After killing my father, I couldn't face you, I would have preferred you banished him instead." I looked at him knowing we would never see eye to eye on this matter and said, "He killed my father, what did you expect, Brock?" He turned to me, I saw the hurt in his eyes and he said, "I don't hate you, Emile, you were placed in an impossible situation but remember, he was all I had, you have your brothers, mother, sister and soon, a mate, I live in isolation with no one but that is partially my fault."
I watched Brock leave the room, he was indeed alone as the people of the land hated him because of what his father did, I tried to keep it a secret, but someone leaked it. I head out to meet the prisoner Lucas and know that this will be a means to an end for Omri, he deserves justice for what that creep did to his family. I saw Attia walking towards me, she was here for a visit as she lives with our mother in Orca, she hugged me and said, "I saw my nephew today, he told me he is moving to Faeora for good," I felt my heart break, Zack wasn't coming back to Elvira and I knew I would have to reach out to him because he is refusing to reach out to me. Attia held my hand and said, "He loves you, remember that, he found out about Laddie so it would take time," then I walked with her to the kitchen.
*****
Drax
I was having breakfast with Emile and Levi when the others headed out with Ryker to catch a rat, we discussed how we were moving in the future. Emile had lent a few of his men to help us escort the prisoner back to the Fae Kingdom where he would be executed. Aidan was already there waiting for him with Michelle as she wanted to support Halle after enduring everything that had happened. Rosalie was innocent and never wanted to sleep with him, he was forcing her after raping her the first night, she was an orphan and working to put herself through school. Aidan has offered her free schooling, a better apartment, and therapy to deal with the trauma of it all. Halle paid her a sum of money, so she wouldn't have to struggle because of what Lucas did, but Rosalie felt more hurt for Halle than herself.
Halle hadn't spoken to anyone since finding out the truth, she isolated herself and felt ashamed that she didn't realize anything was wrong. No one blames Halle, we were all fools and let her down as well, we were so caught up in our mess and never knew Lucas was right under our noses. I got a link that they had the prisoner and was heading to the train station so he could be escorted back to Faeora, I finished up my work there and Emile invited us to stay a little longer next time before I teleported back to Faeora waiting for Ryker and the others. Cayden was in a meeting with Aidan, and Ty talked about the next steps, I walked over to Omri who was now returning from visiting, Bronx, and Freya was back at Andrew's pack. He looked at me and I told him about the progress we had made in locating Lucas, he was happy but needed to speak with Halle and went over to her quarters.
Emile and I had a long talk, he had asked me to look into Eva's death because he believed something else was going on, I would need to tap into my earth element to do this. Eva had been dead a long time and I decided to start with those who knew her well to give me a clue why she would kill herself and take Emile's child with her. I knew Ryker was escorting Lucas back, so I headed to the courthouse where everyone awaited his arrival. I also needed to handle business with my son and headed to his house to find out, what the hell was going on, and why he marked someone who wasn't his mate. Klaus stated, "Our son is a jackass, we need to learn from Rusev's mistakes and let these hard-headed boys stick to their mates unless their mates are evil.;" He was right and Vlad frowned because he knew all too well what happens when you try to mess with fate.
*****
Mathias
I kept in touch over the years with my son, he fills me in on everything about my nephews, I had to tone down my revenge when the Supremes returned. I needed to find a way to overthrow Emile that would stick in the Supreme's eyes, I was hiding in plain sight to accomplish my goal, they were too busy focusing on Roman and getting Ravena to what it was, which made it easy for me. I was brought out of my thoughts when my husband kissed my lips, he had just gotten in from his job but had to return to emergency court. I wasn't gay, but I had to play the part, so I guess I would say, bisexual, and he was the only one available in court that I could be close enough to get access to the library to do my research without suspicion. I said, "Hey baby, how was your day?" He said, "Busy, but my brother-in-law wanted me to be in court today, so I will grab a snack and return in time for dinner."
I made him a sandwich and our kids were out tonight with friends, so I promised to spend time together if he was not too tired, he kissed my lips and teleported out. I took up my key card and teleported to the library, I had at least two hours before he returned home, I would find a way to drive Emile insane and get rid of his brothers legally. I drove his former Queen mad until she took her life, but the poison didn't work on him, but this time around it will work. As long as he thinks I am dead, he won't know what hit him when the time is right. I keep a good watch on Lamira, she isn't a threat right now, but I will have to kill Zack and his daughter, I wish that things were different, but I want my inheritance. They left me broke and destitute, erased my name from history and I won't stop until I have Emile's head on a spike.
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