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15
The Agony That Comes With Loss
~WILLIAM~
“William? You have a meeting in fifteen minutes.”
Bria could be the best alarm clock one could have in their subconscious, but I swore he’d been saying the same thing for the last hour.
Was it longer than that? Fuck…I need another coffee.
I should have stayed home today. It would have been a smart move, but Christmas Eve was so close and we still had so much shit to organize before the new year.
My body was still aching even after two days of bed rest. Onyx wouldn’t let me do a bloody thing which forced me to try to kick his ass when he tried to follow me whenever I needed to do my business.
We’d stayed at my penthouse since it was the most “comfortable” spot for me when I was unwell, but we were already in the process of moving my stuff. As much as I sought to remain in this penthouse that I’d claimed as my own, it was just too dangerous.
Too many people knew where I lived, and it was only a matter of time before someone invaded this sacred space or tried to hurt me and my loved ones.
Since I still felt like shit, today’s meetings would be via phone call so I wouldn’t need to interact with anyone. Dimitris had managed to do that for me since Viktor was still recovering from the ritual. I really should have just done the same and rescheduled everything to next week, but the mere idea of delaying shit would give off the image that something was wrong, and I couldn’t allow our enemies to think such a thing.
I don’t want to deal with any more ambushes right now.
While my body was feeling like shit, my mind was another tumbleweed of worries, but I didn’t want to dive into that. It would just make me an emotional mess.
As of now, the few good things were that I was moving half my stuff to our house location -like most of my weapons and other things I enjoyed hiding under the bed and in the cabinets -and the rest of my valuables such as clothes, books, and stuff I used for day to day functioning.
I was beyond excited to finally step into the place. The spark of joy that always teased my heart when we briefly saw it before taking the hidden tunnels to get to work was hyping me up. To be sharing a house with my Forbidden -my own pack -seemed so unreal to me.
This was something I’d always secretly yearned for, and now it was finally happening.
The daily dose medication administered by the medical team in my royal line was doing wonders for me. I didn’t want to say anything earlier to potentially jinx it, but despite my exhaustion from the marking ceremony and the actual ritual that further awakened my magic abilities, I felt good.
Balanced.
Dimitris mentioned the day before after I’d gotten re-examined by one of the royal medical advisors -something I honestly couldn’t remember -that they would give me a temporary patch that would help balance my magic levels because, apparently, I had “too much magic”.
I wasn’t sure what that meant because I’d always carried too much magical force since I survived the attempted murder incident. I bet the Coven still regretted helping me when I was on the verge of death fifteen years ago, but then again, they probably never expected me to take the High Court chair position.
They would never dare believe that I could be a threat…until I became one.
Loki explained that once I was sworn in, after the runway show, things would get a whole lot clearer as to what my role was. I also hoped that by then, Mother and Ruby would be done dealing with whatever emergency problems were showing up thanks to our massive list of enemies.
I had enough on my plate anyway, so again, it wasn’t a big deal, but it was cute that Ruby had sent a bouquet of flowers this morning with a box of chocolates and a pink teddy bear that encouraged me to get better.
Acknowledging that I had a half-sister was still tricky for me because it felt rather unreal. I’d been an only child for as long as I remembered, but having a sister made me want to learn more about her.
Hobbies, interests, what she liked and absolutely hated, and if she was dating anyone.
I wondered what it would be like to go shopping with her or do all sorts of things sisters would generally do. It all felt like new territory, and frankly, I was excited for what was in store for us.
As for Mother, I couldn’t wait to talk with her, to find out the many truths I’d been craving to unravel and retrieve. I knew she’d be the key to answering so many questions, and that was why whoever was on the opposite side of evil was working rather hard to keep my mother busy.
I’d asked Onyx and Jayce to go check on Roberto, and they confirmed he was still in a coma. I would have sent Viktor, but he was still recovering. Onyx would at least be allowed to enter, and I wanted Jayce to go along with him just to keep him company without getting on his nerves…like Loki would do.
Truthfully, I also wanted to ensure Jayce was busy as well. I knew these times were hard for him, and what concerned me the most was how little time we’d spent together thus far. I knew he was avoiding a lot of stuff because of the time of year, but it still didn’t sit well with me.
I’d have to ask Dimitris if I could have some time with Jayce soon. This was something I’d have to figure out, especially with Loki and potentially Milo in the picture. I could tell Milo was interested in me, and maybe I secretly was intrigued to see if we could have a relationship as well.
