~Alistair~

I found Ryan by his beta and third in command. I approached them and they all bowed.

"Your majesty," They muttered before they rose. I gave a small nod and started to speak.

"I have a business I would like to discuss with you three. It's of dire importance." They could tell it was me and they decided not to question me about it.

"Alpha, would you like to have Luna Amorelli and my mate join us?" I thought about it but nodded.

"Your mate can join. Amorelli already knows what's going on, so she doesn't need to be caught up. However, I do not trust the men here, so she will be accompanying us. Do you mind finding them and bringing them up to your office, while your Beta and Third take me there?" Ryan bowed his head before he spoke.

"Yes, Alpha," He then left to go find Amorelli and Lillian. His Beta and Third walked me up to the office. By the time we had gotten inside, Ryan, Amorelli, and Lillian had joined us. The Beta and Third had taken a couch, Amorelli sat on my lap on the love seat, and Ryan held Lillian in his office chair while she held Alexei. I sighed before I spoke up.

"This isn't regular business. This is Moon Goddess business." Everyone in the room went wide-eyed as I told them the news.

"What do you mean? Has she chosen a child?" I nodded once and sighed. Amorelli then spoke up.

"She was at the coronation. Her name is Serena. She put her hand on my stomach and asked again if I had three. I asked her why she thought that, and she replied with that she could see them." Lillian and Ryan were shocked.

"Where is she now?" Ryan asked.

"She is in the palace with her family. We have yet to speak with them, but they told them that they are in no trouble of any sort. They believed us after some calming down and continue to live their lives while they enjoy their stay. They currently have their Beta in charge of their pack while they are away." The people in the room nodded as I rubbed Amorelli's stomach. I breathed in her scent and sighed.

"This hasn't happened for a long time. What made her want to come back now?" Ryan's Beta Sasha asked and I sighed.

"We don't know. All we know is that we will need your warriors to train. They will be needed soon." Amorelli and I stood up and we all started to walk out of the room. When we went downstairs, Serge and Zinniah were sitting down on a love seat together. There were a lot of females eyeing Serge hungrily and it made Zinniah even more protective of him. I felt both of their anger from all the way across the room. Serge looked up and sighed. He picked up Zinniah and she squealed.

"Serge! I can walk!" She laughed and it calmed him down. We all made our way to the door quickly, as there were women who wanted to get to me and Serge. I grew irritated and roared as loud and as deep as I could. Everyone became quiet and I growled.

"Stop. Looking. At. Us. We have mates. We do not want your worthless pieces of scum. We smell your arousal and it reeks. Find your fucking mates instead of fantasizing people that you will never have." With that, I grabbed Amorelli's hand and we walked out of the packhouse. I called out to Ryan and Lillian without turning around.

"Ryan, Lillian, we will be in touch. In the meantime, get fucking control over your pack members," I paused and turned around this time.

"Because none of us will care if we have to end their lives." Amorelli sighed and grabbed my hand and kissed the tip of my pointer finger.

"Calm down, Alistair," I took in a deep breath and opened the door for her. She climbed in and I followed her. I pulled her into my lap and growled out loud. Amorelli sighed and rubbed my chest. It was calming me down, but I wanted to be in control until we got to the palace.

'Mordikai, I just want control until we get inside the palace and know there's nothing that's going to hurt her.' Mordikai sighed but nodded. I quickly thanked him before I tuned him out. I played with Amorelli's hair while we were on our way back to the palace. Diesel and Dimitri knew not to disturb me. I was much calmer now, but there was another problem. I wanted to take Amorelli to our bedroom and not let her leave for days on end. I wanted to take her until she couldn't stand, let alone walk. I growled lowly at my thoughts and held her tighter. It was at this moment where I was glad that fellow males can't smell our arousal unless it's their mate and they both are of the same gender. Amorelli could smell my arousal and gave me a smirk. She knew damn well that if I touched her, Diesel and Dimtri would smell it, and she knew that I wouldn't want them smelling her. She giggled in our mind link and continued to torture me with thoughts. I was starting to shake and she laughed out loud this time. Diesel and Dimitri knew not to laugh at my situation, as I would kill them. My trail of thought was cut off by Marcus.

'Alpha! We have a problem!' My arousal went away and was replaced with anger.

'What is it?' I made it known that it was me and not Mordikai.

'Alpha Alistair, Maverick is here. He has only come with four others, and he seems to not be hostile. We have him surrounded at the front of the palace, but he says he needs to speak to you and Queen Amorelli.' I growled from pure rage and pulled her closer to me.

'HE ISN'T GETTING HER!' I roared through the link and felt him rub his face.

'He says he doesn't want Queen Amorelli or Princess Zinniah. He says he has information in exchange for something else.' I growled and didn't bother answering him, as we were pulling up to the palace.

"Alistair, what's wrong?" Diesel and Dimitri could sense Maverick and they growled.

"Maverick is here. He says he wants to talk to both of us. I don't know why, but you aren't leaving my side. Do you understand?" I pulled her closer to me and she nodded while playing with my hair. I growled lowly as I was still on edge. As we pulled up I quickly got out of the car and put Amorelli behind me as I roared at Maverick. He sighed and bowed slightly.

"Your majesty, if I could please have the company of you and your queen, that would be most appreciated," I growled again and held Amorelli closer to me.

"What do you want? You aren't getting her. You aren't getting either of them." Maverick sighed.

"Again, I only wish to speak with you and Queen Amorelli. I do not wish to have them. I only brought four people with me. My beta, and my best fighters in case something happened to us on the way over. Besides, it did take several hours to get here, and I would hate for our trip to be wasted."

"Well, then get on with it. What do you want?" Maverick sighed and started speaking again.

"We can't go inside? Your mate doesn't have the heat as you do and is probably freezing. As are all of us." I growled and realized he was right about Amorelli. I took off the cloak that I had Dimitri bring me and draped it over her. Serge did the same with Zinniah.

"There. She'll be fine now. What is it Maverick, I'm very impatient." I pulled Amorelli flush against my chest. Amorelli wrapped herself in my cloak.

"I will give you information, in exchange for something I need." I scoffed.

"Please, what information could you possibly give us?" Maverick smirked.

"Information about the Boss," We all froze, and Amorelli started shaking.

"You're lying!" I roared at him and he laughed.

"Am I? Because I know everything about that place. Who he took, when he took them, where they are, how to properly get in, how to disarm the shield. I know everything, but if you dont want that information I guess we'll take our leave," Maverick started to gather his people and I growled.

"Wait!" Amorelli spoke up and Maverick chuckled.

"Yes, your Majesty?" Amorelli glared at him before she spoke.

"If we give you our time, what is it you want in return?" Maverick chuckled and walked toward us, taking off his cloak. He was five feet away when Diesel and Dimitri blocked his way. He put his arms in the surrender position.

"I simply want to show them something," he said and he gently made his way past the guards. That stood very close to him as he stopped in front of us. I growled but stopped as he showed us his arm. Amorelli gasped in shock. I couldn't believe it. It was intricate and held much power. No one could say he was lying when he finally said his request.

"I want my mate."