The Alpha King's Rebellious Queen
The Alpha King’s Rebellious Queen Chapter 101

Jemma’s POV

I sat in luna class, doing my best not to fall asleep. We had been discussing ways to mediate with pack members over various issues. My head nodded, and I would shake myself awake. At one point, my eyes closed, and I jumped with a yelp when Tiffany poked me with a pencil. I glared at her. She just smiled and turned her attention back to the instructor. It’s not that the class was boring. It was just that I was tired.

My legs and ankles started to hurt from sitting so long, so I stood up. Sarah, the instructor, looked at me with her hands on her h**s. “I’m sorry, Sarah. I can’t sit down. It hurts too much, so I am just going to go stand in the back.”

She nodded to me and went back to her instruction. I went to the back of the room and paced while she spoke. Ten minutes later, she finally dismissed the class for the day. Sighing, I walked over to Esther and Tiffany. I looked towards Sarah.

“I’m sorry again, Sarah.”

She shook her head. “It’s alright, Queen Jemma. I understand.” She smirked.

I looked at Esther and Tiffany, “I think I am going to go up to my room and take a nap, so I’ll be energized for dinner tonight.”

Esther placed her hand on my arm. “Don’t push yourself, Jemma.”

“No, it’s alright. I planned a nice dinner for us, and I want to be there.”

We walked out of the classroom, and I saw my twin leaning against a pillar in the hall. He was dressed in a pair of jeans and a black button-up shirt. He walked over to us, but his eyes were completely on Esther. I looked at Tiffany and smiled while Iain swept Esther into his arms and kissed her. Her arms wrapped around his neck as their k**s deepened.

Tiffany and I giggled. My brother pulled back from Esther and glared at us. “Do you two mind?”

I shook my head. “No, of course not.”

He rolled his eyes and went back to kissing Esther. Tiffany and I walked a few feet from the lovebirds. We noticed Delilah had exited the classroom and ran into the arms of the male we saw her with earlier. I glanced back at Iain, and he was glaring towards Delilah. Esther had a hold of his hand, but his gaze was fixed on Delilah. It wasn’t longing. It was rage.

“Iain,” I held up my hands, trying to calm him down.

“What is she doing here?” He hissed.

I exchanged a look with Esther and Tiffany. “She is here for luna class.”

His hand balled into a fist, and he started walking towards Delilah and her male companion. I followed after him with Esther and Tiffany close behind me. “Iain!” I called to him, but he ignored me. He stopped right in front of Delilah. She looked up at him and smiled.

“Hi Iain, how are you doing?” She said in the fakest sweet voice.

“So, you are here for luna classes? Don’t have to be a future luna?”

She shrugged and wrapped her arm around her male companion. “I am the future luna of Fire Moon pack, and Dylan here will be the alpha.”

I looked at the male beside Delilah. I did not sense an alpha aura coming from him. Something like a strong warrior. He was well-muscled and appeared strong. But a non-alpha b***d trying to do an alpha’s job rarely ever worked out for a pack. They were easy to challenge and beat.

“That guy will be an alpha,” Iain scoffed. “Let me get this straight, you didn’t want to be my luna because you couldn’t produce pups, but now you are going to be luna of your pack.”

She looked at the ground. “The truth is that I can have pups. The miscarriage just happened, so I used it as an excuse to reject you. I had meant to do that for a long time.”

Iain growled. “Why were you trying to reject me?”

She shrugged nonchalantly. “I didn’t like your pack. Your parents are so uptight about money and wouldn’t listen to any of my ideas on how to upgrade the packhouse.”

I didn’t like her insulting my parents. Tiffany growled behind me. “My parents are not uptight. They just can’t justify spending lots of money on a packhouse that doesn’t need remodeling,” Tiffany explained to her. “You want silk and marble everywhere.”

“What’s wrong with not wanting to live in a hovel?”

“There is nothing wrong with the packhouse Delilah. You just want things on a grand scale.” I told her.

She scoffed. “Seriously, you live in a palace.”

“Yeah, and I have no desire to squander the kingdom’s money on renovations it doesn’t need.”

Iain sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. “So, you rejected me because my parents are uptight with money.”

“Oh, there were other things.” Delilah looked at her nails. “Now, daddy will let me do what I want to the packhouse and buy what I want. He likes making me happy.”

Iain shook his head. “Well, good luck. Fire Moon will probably be bankrupted in a year if that after you become luna. I dodged a major bullet.”

I could still sense my brother’s anger through his voice. I know he had accepted Delilah’s rejection, and the mate bond was severed, but I had heard the ex-mates still felt twinges of feeling between them. I couldn’t imagine what my brother was going through, but his eyes’ changing colors told me that Leopold was fighting for control.

Esther lightly stroked his back with one hand while holding his hand with the other. He looked at her and smiled softly.

“I can’t believe you replaced me with her, though.” Delilah snorted. “Little push over meek Esther. She will suck at being luna.”

Iain took a step towards Delilah. “She will be ten times the luna you can ever hope to be, Delilah,” He growled out and then turned to look at us. “I need to go for a run.” He then dashed down the hall.

“Should I go after him?” Esther asked me with concern.

“Give him a few minutes, Esther,” I told her.

“So, Esther. Does Iain have to rape you like Jeremy used to?” Delilah asked with a sinister smile.

Esther growled viciously, and then I watched as she punched Delilah so hard the other she-wolf flew backward and hit a wall. Tiffany and I stared at Esther with wide-eyed dropped jaw shock. “Holy s**t, Es.” Tiffany finally spoke out.

“Sorry, that was years of pent-up rage,” Esther replied. “I have wanted to do that for a long time.”

We heard a week growl and looked over at Delilah as Dylan helped her to her feet. She lunged towards Esther. Esther easily side stepped Delilah and grabbed her arm, and flipped her onto her back. She placed her foot on Delilah’s chest. “I am not the meek little push over you all thought I was. I am the daughter of a beta. My father and brother taught me well.” Esther moved her foot off of Delilah’s chest. Delilah struggled to get up again and looked at Esther with rage.

Delilah tried to lunge towards Esther but stumbled forward. Her male companion caught her. “We aren’t done here.”

I stepped towards her. “Yes, you are.”

“Are you going to do anything about her attacking me, Jemma?” Delilah pleaded with me. “I thought we were sisters.”

“We are not sisters, Delilah. Not since you broke my brother’s heart. And no, I will not do anything to Esther. She was justified.” I turned and started to walk away.

“Jemma!” Delilah called out to me again.

I turned back to my brother’s ex-mate. “By the way, Delilah, that’s Queen Jemma to you,” I smirked and walked away with Esther and Tiffany on my sides. I put my arm around Esther’s shoulder. “I so want to spar with you one of these days.”

She laughed. “I would like that, Jemma. Wait, am I allow to call you Jemma?”

“Of course. You are my sister, after all. Oh, and by the way. You are going to be an excellent luna. Everything that Zephyr Moon needs.”

“Thank you, Jemma.”

We walked through the halls until we reached the elevator. “So, I’ll see you two in the small dining room around five. I ordered the chef to make us some Italian food. Some lasagna and fettuccine alfredo and a few other things.”

Tiffany’s face lit up. “Oh, I cannot wait for lasagna.”

“Me too,” Esther squealed.

I patted my belly as I was kicked by one twin and then the other. “You guys can hang in the game room or the theater if you want,” I said as the elevator door opened up.

“Have a good nap, Jem.” Tiffany waved as the doors closed.

I sighed and leaned against the wall of the elevator. When the door opened, I started towards my room, excited for my nap. As I neared my room, I heard Nicky crying and screaming from his room. Scared that he was having one of his episodes, I rushed to the door and walked in. He was face down on the floor bawling.

She looked at me with an annoyed look on her face.

“What’s going on? Is he having one of his episodes?”

She snorted. “No, he is throwing a fit because I told him it was nap time, and I turned off his cartoon.”

I looked at my son, and he started kicking the ground. “Nicky,” I called to him. He stopped kicking his feet and looked at me. “Why are you throwing a fit?”

He rolled over onto his back and glared at Liz. “Nana is mean to me. She won’t let me watch my cartoons.” He sobbed.

“But it’s nap time, Nicky,” I explained to him. “You need to listen to Nana. She is in charge of you when Daddy and I are working.”

He sat up and folded his little arms, and glared at me. “I want to watch my cartoons.” He sobbed.

“It sounds like you need a nap.”

He growled lowly at me and sprang to his feet, and ran towards the television. “No Nap!” He shouted.

I heard Leonora growling in my head. I know she was growling at Nicky’s wolf Lasher. I sensed his wolf submitting to his mother wolf’s growl. Nicky was trying to turn the TV back on. “Nicholas Phillip Warner. Put that remote down. It is time for your nap.” I rushed over to him.

He looked at me and with a sour face. “I don’t want a nap.” He mumbled.

“Well, you are coming with me. We will take a nap together.”

He tried to fold his arms as I grabbed his little hand. I started walking while he resisted. “Nicholas!” I said to him sharply, and he started walking with me. I stopped beside Liz, who was sitting on a chair. “Apologize to Nana.”

He looked at the ground as I let his hand go. He shuffled towards his grandmother. “I’m sorry, Nana.” He said quietly.

“It’s alright, Noodle.” She leaned down to hug him.

“I’ll make him the rest of the day, Liz,” I said to her. I then grabbed Nicky’s hand, and he walked with me to my room. I set him on the bed and took off his shoes. Then I took off my shoes and lay on the bed. Nicky laid down beside me with his head on my pillow. His little eyes drooped as I reached over and stroked his cheek. “See, you are sleepy.”

“No, I’m not.” He mumbled quietly.

I laughed and then started to sing “Baby Mine” to him. In no time, he was sound asleep snuggled against my chest. It didn’t take long for me to fall asleep also.

I don’t know how long I was asleep, but I woke up suddenly upon hearing giggling coming from somewhere in my room. I was alarmed when I didn’t see Nicky in the bed. “Nicky?” I sat up and found the source of the giggling. Nicky was sitting on Cassius’s lap watching cartoons.

Cassius turned to me with a smile. “Hello, Love. Did you have a good nap?”

I looked at the clock beside the bed. It was 4:30. “s**t, I slept for a long time.”

He laughed. “You were snoring up a storm when I came in. But Nicky was awake, so we have been watching cartoons for a few hours.” He set Nicky down on the couch beside him and stood up. He walked over to the bed and sat beside me. He placed his hand on my belly. “How do you feel?”

“Better. I need to get ready for dinner,” I said as my stomach growled.”

He laughed. “My queen is hungry, isn’t she?”

“I am. I ordered Italian food to be served tonight, and I invited a few more friends to join us.”

“That sounds like a party, love.”

I shrugged. “Sorry.”

“No, it’s alright. We need a night to chill and eat lasagna.” He kissed my lips softly while stroking my belly. The twins began to kick, and I winced as it made my skin burn. Sighing, he stopped. “Sorry,” He mumbled. He stood up from the bed and walked towards the couch.

“Cassius,” I called to him, and he turned to me. “I love you,” I said sweetly to him that made him smile broadly.

“I love you too,” He said and then sat on the couch beside Nicky.

I got up from the bed and walked into the bathroom. I took a short shower and then dressed in a different dress for the night. It was my lavender summer dress with flowers. I pulled my blonde hair into a ponytail and put on some sandals. I walked into the room. “Are you guys ready?”

Cassius scooped up Nicky. “Are you hungry, Nick?”

“We are having sketti tonight,” I told him.

His face brightened up. “Yummy. With bread?”

“Of course,” I replied as I reached him and Cassius. I tickled my son’s tummy. My stomach grumbled again as I was kicked. “Well, the twins are hungry too. So let’s go before they break out.”

Cassius chuckled and grabbed my hand with his free one as we walked out of the room. It took a while to get downstairs to the small dining room. I couldn’t walk as fast I used to as my feet hurt, and the twins were lying low on my pelvis. “I can carry you?” He offered.

“No,” I grumbled.

He shrugged and set Nicky down as we neared the dining room. My siblings were all gathered outside the dining room. Nicky ran straight for his uncle, and my brother picked him up and flipped him onto his shoulder. My son giggled wildly as my brother held him upside down.

“How is my favorite nephew?” Iain said to Nicky as he put Nicky back onto the ground.

“Do that again, Uncle Iain,” Nicky jumped up and down.

Iain picked him up and flipped him over his shoulder. My son giggled and kicked his feet out. Then he set my pup down again.

I greeted Esther and Tiffany. I didn’t see Avery and Jude. “Where are Avery and Jude?”

“They had to rush back to their pack,” Iain explained.

“Is everything alright?”

He shrugged. “Jude just said it was an emergency.”

I sighed. I was a bit worried about my friends. I hoped it was nothing major. “Well, let’s get dinner started,” I said and opened the doors of the dining room. My mouth watered as I smelled the food that the omegas were putting out in buffet trays. I told them to serve it buffet style. “The food smells amazing, guys,” I said to them. They all bowed to us before scrambling out of the room again. The chef walked in.

“Everything is prepared to your specifications, your majesty.” He said while bowing.

“Thank you, chef. Like I told the omegas, it smells amazing.”

He lifted a few of the lids. “Enjoy your dinner,” He responded before leaving the room.

I looked at my siblings. “Feel free to dig in, guys.” They all smiled and began to fill up their plates. I fixed a plate with spaghetti and bread for Nicky. He eagerly dug in when I set it in front of him. I then made myself a plate with both lasagna and fettucini alfredo with chicken. “I am so going to regret this later,” I said as I sat down beside my sister.

“Why?”

“Heartburn city and Tums only do so much,” I said as I took a bite of the delectable lasagna.

“Holy s**t, this is the best lasagna I have ever had,” Iain exclaimed.

Cassius chuckled as he sat down on my other side. “Yeah, my chef is quite the master at everything.” He had his plate full of spaghetti and lasagna. “So, Esther. I heard you punched Delilah today after luna class.”

Esther’s eyes widened as she looked at my mate. “I-I didn’t think you knew about that. Unless Jemma said something.”

I shook my head. “I didn’t say anything.”

“I have eyes all over this kingdom, and they tell me everything,” Cassius explained.

Esther shuddered as Iain grabbed her hand. “Am I in trouble?”

“No, from what I heard, Delilah deserved it. I didn’t think you had it in you.”

Esther pursed her lips and looked down at her plate. “I know, everyone thinks I am this quiet mousey type. A nerd that doesn’t stand up for herself. But Jeremy took a lot from me.”

Cassius growled when she said that name. I glared at him. “Cassius, seriously.”

“It’s still a reflex, love.”

I rolled my eyes and turned my attention back to Esther. She had tears in her eyes. “You don’t have to talk about this now, Esther,” I said to her.

“No, I want to get it out.” She said to me while taking a sip of wine. “Jeremy forced his mark on me. Even though I told him I wanted to be with him, ” She said to me. “He took my virginity forcibly and it sort of broke something inside of me. My wolf Renata was heartbroken that her mate’s human betrayed me like that. Rex was a good mate, but Jeremy was always abusive. I made it seem I didn’t want s*x or to be touched to keep Jeremy off Mr. It worked for awhile then he started forcing me again.”

My heart broke for Esther. I did not know the extent of what she had gone through with Jeremy. He had only told me she never wanted s*x. I didn’t think he was abusing her.

“Your friendship helped me get through it, Jemma. When Rosalind and other pack members bullied me, you stood up for me.”

I felt tears well up in my eyes.

She sniffled. “And I genuinely care for Nicky.”

“I know you do,” I said to her.

Iain grabbed her hand and kissed it. “I’m sorry I didn’t know it was that bad, Esther.” He looked into her brown eyes. “If I had known, I would have ripped Jeremy to shreds for abusing such a beautiful flower.”

She smiled sweetly at my brother. “I’m glad the Goddess blessed me with you. Even if we aren’t second chance mates, I feel we belong together.”

Tears streamed down my face as I watched them. Cassius reached over and wiped the tears from my cheeks.

“Esther, in my opinion, you are a very strong female to have survived that and come out of it as you have.”

“She can fight too,” I said to Cassius.

She blushed and leaned into Iain. “I’m not at your level, Jemma. I just know a few things. And I have been out of practice the last two years because Jeremy wouldn’t let me train.”

“Well, when we get back home, you can train all you want,” Iain declared.

She smiled at him. “Thank you.”

“And when I eject these two, I would like to train with you when I can.”

“Jemma, you can’t beat up my mate,” Iain said to me.

I stuck my tongue out at my brother. “No, brother, I only beat you up. I want to train with Esther.”

He rolled his eyes.

“Hey, tomorrow we have luna fight training,” Tiffany chimed in.

“Oh, are you guys going?”

Esther and Tiffany both nodded. I looked at Cassius. “Can I go watch them train tomorrow?”

He lifted an eyebrow at me. He had spaghetti sauce on his cheek. I picked up a napkin and wiped it off as he contemplated. “You know you can’ train right now.”

“I’m not asking to train. I just want to watch.”

He shrugged. “Fine. You can watch.” He mumbled to me.

“It’s at ten am tomorrow.” Tiffany chimed in.

“Oh,” I said. I didn’t have an official schedule of the luna classes. “I need to work in the office tomorrow.”

Cassius squeezed my hand. “Go watch your sisters, love. I can handle it on my own.”

I smiled at him. “Are you sure?

“Yes.”

“Thank you.” He leaned over to me and kissed my cheek.

I heard Tiffany giggle beside me. “You two are so cute,” She then looked down at her plate. “I hope I replace a mate as handsome and good as Cassius.”

Cassius straightened up. “Well, there aren’t any other males that measure up to my level.”

I smacked his chest, and he chuckled while Iain rolled his eyes.

“Speaking of mates,” Tiffany looked at Cassius. “Where are your sister and her vampire? I was hoping to meet him.”

“Titus took Ainsley on a trip to Disneyland,” Cassius replied with a snicker.

“A vampire and a werewolf lost in Disneyland,” Iain laughed.

“Wait, so how does he not die being out in the daytime?” Tiffany asked with concern.

“He uses some charm he bought from a witch,” I told her.

“And he doesn’t sparkle?”

Cassius and I laughed. “No, he does not sparkle,” Cassius said in a serious tone. “And he gets irate when people ask.”

Tiffany paled as her eyes widened. She looked afraid now. I smacked my mate’s arm. “You a*s.” He just started laughing. “Tiff, don’t listen to my i***t mate. Titus won’t get mad at you for asking if he sparkles. He is quite chill. He would probably just laugh like he did when Nicky asked him.”

She laughed. “Of course Nicky asked him that.”

“Maybe because his aunt forced him to watch the Twilight movies.”

“Uh, Jemma. I did not force my nephew to watch those movies. He liked them.”

I laughed. “Really?”

“Yeah, he seemed to like the vampires more than the wolves, though.”

I looked over at my son, who was now covered in spaghetti sauce. “Nicholas Phillip Warner.” He looked up at me and grinned.

“Good sketti, Mommy.”

We all laughed. “Damn, that is going to take forever to clean off.”

The rest of the family dinner was filled with laughs and stories. It felt good to have a nice night with my mate, siblings, and son. Then after dinner and dessert, we parted. My siblings headed to the dorms while I carried my now sleepy and sauce covered pup to the elevators. I yawned as we stood in front of the elevators.

“Love, I’ll take care of Nick. You look and sound tired,” Cassius said beside me.

“I’m fine, Cass,” I said to him as I yawned again. “I took a nap earlier, remember?”

“Yes, but you sound exhausted. Now let me take care of my son and you rest and take care of those two.” He pointed at my belly.

I sighed. “Fine.” I conceded as we walked into the elevator. After we reached the door to our room, I handed Nicky over to Cassius. I kissed my pup on the cheek. “Daddy is going to get you ready for bed. Okay? Be a good pup.”

“Okay, Mommy.” He said quietly.

Cassius leaned down and kissed my cheek. “Rest well, my queen.” He smiled and then walked towards Nicky’s room.

Sighing, I went into our room and stripped out of my clothes. I opted to wear only underwear tonight. I then lay in my bed with my phone. I started watching ASMR videos, and in no time, I fell asleep. Sometime later, I felt the bed dip, and then Cassius pulled me into his arms. His hot breath against the back of my neck. Before long, he was snoring softly, and I was able to fall back into darkness.