The Alion King(18)

ELEVEN



“We have a problem,” Alyx said, pulling Karel into his office. He stopped at the view of his chair. His queen had sat in his seat. She’d looked damn perfect in it too.

“What’s wrong?” Karel asked, looking around for the issue.

“My queen.”

Karel sighed. “You have to give Gerri time. She just got here, and the wolves are trailing her like she’s gonna pop a mate for them out of her ass.”

Alyx grinned. He now understood the wolves’ desperation. Until Bella, he didn’t know how he’d go about finally finding a mate. Now, he wanted nothing to get in his way.

“Let the wolves have their time with Gerri.”

Karel lifted a curious brow. “Why? What do you know that I don’t?”

Alyx laughed. “You sound like you did when we were kids.”

“I know you, Alyx. You don’t ever smile this much. Not unless you’ve got something up your fur coat.”

Alyx shook his head and advanced for his desk. He sat down. The lingering scent of Bella had stayed in the leather. He wouldn’t be able to work with her scent taunting him. “I have nothing up my fur.”

Karel marched over to Alyx’s desk. “Right.” He sat and sighed. Then he stopped and met Alyx’s gaze. “There was a female in here.”

Alyx watched Karel’s eyes grow wide. “Karel—”

“Who is it? The scent is unfamiliar.”

Alyx clenched his teeth, hating that he had to thank Gerri for meeting his mate. “Gerri’s assistant, Bella.”

Karel’s lips slowly widened into a full-blown smile. Then, much to Alyx’s disgust, he started laughing. “This is too good to be true.”

“I see no humor in it.” Though he was happy he finally had a mate, he wasn’t looking forward to the know-it-all matchmaker giving him the “you see, you needed me” look.

“I do. This is awesome!” Karel continued to laugh.

“Don’t hold back, brother,” Alyx muttered to his best friend. He sat back, enjoying the remnants of Bella’s scent drifting from his chair.

“Are you kidding me? Gerri’s going to take full credit for her assistant being your mate.” Karel chuckled then stopped, his lips holding a grin. “Although, you should thank me, I’m the one who told her to bring Bella along when I called her up.”

“Everyone’s a matchmaker,” Alyx grumbled.

Karel nodded. “Seems I got what it takes. Hey, while Brecc and Eros have Gerri busy, it’ll keep them from getting too worked up over the river.”

“I am hopeful they will learn to share with the Dragos.” He knew the wolf pack wasn’t the most social. They lived in the crazy, cold conditions no one else could handle to ensure they were left alone.

“So what are you doing here?” Karel asked, his smile turning into a frown. “Shouldn’t you be off mating your queen, showing her off to your people? Hell, maybe you should be making sure your line keeps going?” He winked.

“She doesn’t know I’m the king,” Alyx admitted.

“What? What do you mean? Everyone knows you’re the king,” Karel said matter-of-factly.

“No. When they arrived, she was sick and took to her bed. She was in here when I came in last night.”

Karel shook his head in confusion. “But you had to introduce yourself, no?”

“I told her my name was Trey.”

Karel gasped. “Are you out of your mind? Your childhood nickname? No one calls you that anymore. Not since you were twelve and yelled at the top of your lungs that your name was Alyx and you were the future king and if one more person called you ‘Trey’ they’d have hell to pay.”#p#分页标题#e#

Alyx winced, remembering his childhood outburst. His parents had dictated that he deserved to be treated like the king he would once be. The nickname was retired, and he’d been called Alyx ever since.

“I didn’t want her to feel strange about me being king. Besides, she doesn’t seem to be fond of the king.”

“What?” Karel looked even more confused. “She doesn’t know you.”

“Exactly. Humans have preconceived notions of royalty. I will show her the real me before I explain how things work here. This way, she’ll understand when I ask her to stay.”

Karel’s eyes widened. “Ask her? You’re going to ask her?” He rubbed a hand over his beard growth. “Something’s definitely wrong with you. Normally, you’d have said she’s going to stay here and learn to like it.”

Alyx had thought of it that way at first. She was his, therefore she needed to stay with him. Mates belonged together. His queen needed to be with him, to bear his offspring and allow him the opportunity to make her smile for as long as they lived. But from the research he’d done, human females didn’t appreciate being told what to do. They also didn’t like males making decisions for them. Alyx was an Alpha, but he wasn’t stupid. If handling his queen like her choices were her idea would get her onboard with his plans, then he was going with what promised results.