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NOBODY ELSE DOES.
Honestly if it wasn’t for her, I doubt that I would have ever found a Queen. I didn’t want someone who just wanted the title or just me. I hated being a prize to someone, making my stomachchurn into knots at the mere thought of it. I’ll keep her safe though and I will make sure that nobody touches her. They’ll have to get past me if that’s what they are going to try to do.
Chapter Six
Eleanor
I really don’t know how I feel about being introduced as the future Queen because I can see the disdain on so many faces. They are glaring at me, masking it the best that they can but there is no doubt in my mind that they wished that I wouldn’t be Queen. It’s not like I asked for this though because I kept asking Malcolm time and time again if he was sure that he wanted me to be the one that he spends the rest of his life with. It’s a little scary to think about because I don’t think so highly of myself but when I see the way he looks at me sometimes, it makes my heart flutter. It makes me crave something that I have never craved in a long time. It makes me feel like I’m somebody rather than nothing.
I know it might sound a little strange and stupid but that’s the only way I can see it at this point. Everything inside of me is just screaming to rush into his arms and never let go because I would end up regretting it. I don’t want to regret anything, that’s why I have allowed myself to become a part of his forever home.I know what I can give him and I won’t let anyone stand in my way.
Members of the Clan come up one by one to congratulate us. I shake their hands, ignoring how they don’t look happy because I won’t put up with it. I won’t stoop to their level, that much I can promise them right here and now because I have a lot more dignity towards myself than they might actually think. I’m not going to just let them look down on me and get away with it just because they think that they can. Honestly, they have another thing coming if they think that I will just put up with it and let them do whatever they want to me.
“Malcolm, can you follow us?” A man suddenly approaches us, making me think that he’s here to cause problems, “it’s nothing significant. As your advisors, we just think it would be a good idea for us to sit down and talk?”
Malcolm looks like he is about to tell them where to shove it and I honestly wouldn’t have minded so much. I don’t like being treated like dirt just because they don’t agree with something that I decided. Everything that I have decided has been thought out and processed one way or another. I understand that they might not agree with it a hundred percent but there is nothing that they are going to say or do that’s going to change our minds. I know that Malcolm is going to say that too because he has already told me what’s going to happen if somebody approaches him about me.
I totally don’t mind him defending my honor though because I don’t think it is right that I get slammed for something that isn’t me. Like I totally get that they don’t trust me and everything because I’m not ‘one of them’, but I will show them as many times as I need to that I’m not going anywhere and they can kiss my ass if they think that I am. I want to continue to stay by Malcolm’s side and nothing that they are going to say to me at this point is going to change my mind.
The only person who will be able to do that is Malcolm himself and he has already made it clear that he will choose me. But this she-lion approaches me right now and I can already tell that she’s going to be in trouble. I just gaze back at her though, letting her see that she doesn’t scare me. If I show that fear, she will attack me or something but I’m not going to.
“I don’t know why Malcolm would choose someone like you.” She growls at me, folding her arms across her chest, “Not when he could have a respectable woman like me.”
“Maybe he doesn’t like trash.” I murmur coldly, startling her because I’m sure she thought I wouldn’t say anything back, “I guess I can’t blame him though when you keep chasing after him so desperately like a cat in heat. Don’t you have any self-restraint?”
Her cheeks redden as she glares coldly at me, “Do you know who I am? I could have you slaughtered to the pigs if I wanted to!”
I just laugh, shaking my head, “Oh honey, I don’t give a flying fuck what or who you are. Don’t talk to me like that.”
“How dare you talk to me like that?” She practically spits at me, her eyes blazing and if it were up to her, I definitely would be sick feet under, “Do you know who my daddy is? He is a part of the high council who helps Malcolm make decisions. If my daddy has any say in it, he’s going to make sure that my baby realizes what a mistake he made when he decided to have YOU as his Queen. I doubt it’ll even happen because he will quickly come to his senses.”
It pisses me off that she’s talking about me like this when I have done absolutely nothing to deserve it. I’m sorry that he chose me but I’m not sorry that I want him back. If anything, I do think that we are the perfect pairing and I will continue to say that until the day that I die. If I didn’t think so, I wouldn’t be giving ANY of them the time of day, that much I can promiseeach and every one of them. I hate being treated this way because I know that I don’t deserve it. I haven’t done anything to deserve it or at least I don’t think so. I can already picture what is going through their heads and it’s not a pretty sight indeed. I do know that I’m going to have to just take it one step at a time though and if I end up losing my sanity because of her, then that is not my fault at all.
“I suggest you move along because I move you.” I tell her calmly, baring my teeth slightly as I’m not going to let her think that I am afraid, “If you know what’s good for you, I suggest you do it.”
I kind of thought that she would do the right thing and not make a scene. Of course, I had to be against the one who had some kind of bone to pick with me because she lunged at me, claws extended as she went in for the kill. It pisses me off immensely as I duck, seeing how everyone is watching on without a care in the world.
They probably want her to kill me so they don’t have to bother with me. I hate to break it to them that I’m not going to die so easily but I’m sure they are hoping for it. I really wish that I could wipe the smug looks off of their faces but I’m going to keep going for now and taking it one step at a time.
I just hope that Malcolm doesn’t get too angry with me later.
Chapter Seven
Malcolm
I already knew that the council wasn’t going to agree with my decision but it is my life and that’s the only thing that matters to me at this point. I understand that they want what is ‘best’ for the Clan but I’m going to do what makes ME happy and nobody else. I have been telling myself this for years that I needed to start backing away and doing my own thing because I would definitely end up regretting allowing them to dictate over my life.
It was a little easier said than done unfortunately, but I just took it one step at a time and did the best that I could with what I was given. It wasn’t easy one bit and there were times that I wanted to just give up and let them take everything away from me. If it made them happy then so be it, there’s nothing I would be able to do to fight it, but I kept thinking about how the young ones would react. I needed to be a great role model for them and to show them what it is like to be a strong warrior and leader.
So that’s what I became. I didn’t let anyone walk all over me, it just didn’t matter anymore at this point. I know what peoplemight think of me when I say this though because not many people can actually go and say that they did the right thing. That’s what I keep telling myself at least because there’s one thing that I know I can’t hold back on no matter what I do. I need to make sure that I am taken care of and that my family is alright.
It wouldn’t be an easy thing to deal with if I went against my own moral codes but I have been continuously telling myself that either which way, I’m going to do what makes me happy. It wouldn’t be such an easy job if I explained to them that I was doing this because of what I have been through. I just didn’t want to see someone grow up in a life that I did where I would end up regretting everything that I have ever built. I would lose the person that I have loved for so long and I doubt that I would even be able to forgive myself. That’s one thing that I won’t tolerate and I don’t care. I’m not going to lose my way for people that are only thinking about themselves.
“Malcolm,” Harry, one of the advisors murmurs cautiously because he probably already knows he is treading on thin ice, “no one is saying that you made the wrong decision but you don’t know her. You don’t know what kind of person she is. We want you to be happy and everything but we don’t want you choosing someone who is just going to use you for your title. I think that you might need to find a more suitable mate from a respectable family…”
I already saw this coming and I whip towards him, narrowing my eyes as he flinches back, “Are you really going to try that bullshit with me, Harry? I have loved Eleanor for years but she left due to her parents. She makes her own money and no, she’s not rich, and no, she doesn’t come from an influential family, but she makes me HAPPY. She gives me purpose. I can totally see us growing old together and making our own little pack of cubs. Iwant all of this with HER and nobody is just going to be able to replace her. You should know this more than anyone else.”
Harry purses his lips as I bring up the fact that his mate was someone that people didn’t approve of either, “I know, Malcolm. I think of you like a son. I know what kind of person your father was and who your grandfather was as well. They made smart decisions, even ones that would cost their lives. I know they would want you to follow your heart but also be rational about it. We don’t want to see you get hurt because of what she…”
