Warrior Princess
Chapter 40

Kasens POV

“Well like I said I was assigned to be the ‘Omega’ For the councilman. To do as the wished within reason and attempt to gather intel from them. Well, Jenson has been making a lot of phone calls and texting a lot today. Normally that wouldn’t be cause from concern but it’s been happening more frequently since the ceremony tonight. Well, he and the 3 other council members got drunk and passed out in their quarters. I decided to take his phone and download everything to the pack’s tablet. There are a lot of messages to one person in particular. But the message are complete details about you, our queen, the layout of the land, the amount of people we have here as pack members, and the amount of people we have on the lands at this very moment.”

s**t. This isn’t good at all.

“Do we know who it is he was talking to?” I ask although we all know damn good and well who it is.

“Yes, sir.” Josh says.

“But that’s not all.” Julia says. There’s more? I nod for her to continue.

“My king, they’re not planning to attack in the spring. They’re going to attack within the next week… The last message from the phone said to prepare the armies. He wanted all of his ‘Loyal Subjects’ ready for battle in 3 to 5 days.” My stomach drops. I look to josh and Marcus and they both nod. Grim looks on their face.

“Thank you, Julia. You’re dismissed. You did well.” she bows to me and leaves.

“Do you have the tablet with the downloaded information?” I ask and Marcus hands it to me. I scroll through it to confirm everything she said. Jenson sent pictures of our castle layout, our borders, even videos of the training fights today. Sent pictures of both mine and Sam’s wolves along with details about us.

‘Duke, you and Theo need to get to my apartment immediately.’ I command in my alpha tone to ensure they wake up if they’re asleep and get here asap.

“I linked duke to get him and Theo here. I want to see what Theo has to say about this.” My Beta and Gamma nod. We continue to talk strategies for about 20 minutes until there is another knock at my door. Marcus goes to let them in. Theo and Duke look like they just rolled out of bed.

“Do you not know the meaning of sleep?” he asks me. I let the comment slide.

“The war has been moved up. We have at maximum a week until the battle.” I say and that perks them both up.

“How do you know?” They ask in unison. I say nothing but show them the tablet. Theo’s eyes widen at everything he sees.

“This is my father’s phone number.” He says.

“Theo, I need you to try to get in contact with Jason. See if he can confirm everything.” He nods and steps out to the kitchen on his phone.

“Duke I would like you, Theo, and Rosie to stay in the castle just to keep you guys close and safe. Mom and Lucy are going to be taking care of all the kids, women, elders, and those who can’t shift.” I say and he nods.

“Kasen, what’s going on?” I hear my mate’s voice. I turn to see her standing in the doorway wearing my tee-shirt. It is long on her and comes down mid-thigh.

“Love, we don’t have until spring. The bear king is planning on attacking this coming week. I need you and Gemma to prepare. I want you to make sure you both are prepared.” She twiddles her thumbs and looks down. Almost as if she’s hiding something.

“About that…” she trails off.

“What is it?” she looks at me then looks down again.

“I promised I wouldn’t say until they said.”

I grit my teeth. “Sam, now is not the time for secrets. You need to tell me what’s going on.” I say. I will command her if I have to.

“Gemma cannot fight in the war…” she says lowly.

“Come again? Why can’t she? She is more than capable. I’ve seen her fight. You’ve trained her yourself.”

She lowers her head. “She’s pregnant, Kasen.” I freeze. My baby sister is pregnant. In the middle of a war. Wait Jake knocked up my sister!?

‘Well, he is her mate douchbag.’ Atlas mentions to me. He’s been awfully silent about all of this going on.

‘I’m processing. Just the same as you. Your thoughts are mine, and mine are yours. What you feel is what I feel.’ He says.

“Baby Gemma is going to have a baby?” I and Duke say at the same time. Sam nods.

“She was going to tell everyone after the ceremony. So far me, jake, and Gemma know. She swore me to secrecy.” She said and sounded disappointed in herself.

“Don’t be upset, love. I forced you to tell me. I’m glad you did. Now we can make sure she’s safe.” I say and she comes up to me and hugs me. Theo walks back into the room.

“I got ahold of Jason. He confirmed they’re preparing to set out. He said they are moving out in 7 days. He wants to know if you want him to stay or if you want him to get the bears who are loyal to the goddess out and to us?” I don’t want to keep him in the lion’s den any longer, so to speak.

“I want him out of there. If he’s made they’ll kill him. Get him and those loyal to our cause out. This ends soon.” He nods and relays the information and hangs up the phone.

“Everyone go get as much sleep as you can. I want to have a pack meeting with all of the visting alphas, Gammas, and other supernaturals in attendance. It is Mandatory. Make sure that gets set up in the morning. The meeting should take place at 11AM.” I command out. Leaking authority.

Everyone bows their heads accept my mate. She clings to me for support. She’s nervous. Heck, I’m nervous. We thought we had months to prepare. Now we have 7 days. 1 week to defend the supernatural realm from total destruction.

We had just climbed back into bed. “The council should be leaving by 10 this morning. That gives us an hour to sort through all information after they leave for the meeting. I will leave a few omegas out of the mandatory list that have mates attending so we can have childcare available.” Samantha tells me. I smile. She has taken to her role wonderfully. I think it was in her all along.

“Get some sleep, love. It’s only 4AM.” I k**s her forehead and bring her back to my chest. Using my fingertips to draw on her back, lulling her to sleep.

‘We must protect our mate at all costs.’ Atlas says sternly.

‘We will always protect our mate.’ I reassure him. He settles down in the back of my mind. I wrap my arms around her slender waist and shut my eyes. Willing my body to get just a bit more rest before the chaos.

I open my eyes to warmth on my face and rays of sunshine blinding me. I look towards my mate to see she’s gone. Her side of the bed made and cold. I look at my watch and see it’s 8:00AM. There’s a note on her pillow.

“You looked so peaceful. I know it’s hard for you to rest at times. I’ve handled everything so far this morning. The council would like to meet with us at 9:00. Josh, and Marcus have discreetly informed the pack and all of our allies visiting us that we are holding a meeting after they leave. We will be meeting in the throne room. I’ve checked in with the Schools, checked on the farmlands and workers, and I’ve organized all the notes on your desk. I’ve gone over the finance reports and marked some notes for you to look at. I’ve also met with the lead omegas for the weekly check in. Everything is in good standing with the pack. No requests or grievances are other than the school requesting permission to hire an extra teacher. Which that isn’t as dire at the moment and can be handled after the chaos of the world. I love you, my king. See you when you wake. Yours eternally – Samantha.”

I smile while reading her note. I’ve never been able to share my duties before with anyone. Its nice having part of the load taken off of my shoulders.

I get out of the bed and get in the shower. I scrub the sleep from my eyes and decide to shave my stubble. Getting out and dried off I walk to the closet with a towel tied around my waist. With so many meetings and intel briefings going on today I have to actually look the part of ‘being in charge’ so to speak. I open the door and replace that Sam has laid out everything for me. A dark charcoal grey suit with a white button up shirt, black tie and shoes to match.

How long has she been awake for?

Im in the process of adjusting my tie when I feel hands snake around my waist and a k**s placed between my shoulder blades. The sparks and the scent of Christmas flooding me ensures that it’s my mate.

“I knew you’d look handsome in that.” She says and I can hear the smile in her voice.

“What’s got you all happy this morning?” I ask. I spin around in her arms and look at her.

“Nothing, I’m just happy. Everyone in the pack, despite what’s going on, seems happy. Even when I was handling pack business everyone was attentive, and listened without question. It was nice for a change to not have my authority questioned. Everyone in this pack is genuinely great. I couldn’t have asked for a better family because that’s what a pack is. It’s family. And it’s not just our pack. We rule over all. The visiting alphas and their packs have been wonderful, the other allies we have been great. Everyone seems to be working in unison tomorrow.” She says with a smile so big it lights up her whole face. I k**s her nose and she scrunches it up.

“Oh, the council hasn’t left their room yet. According to Julia’s texts they’ve been holed up in there talking on the phone off and on all morning.” That’s not surprising actually. Probably communicating with the bear kingdom.

“Have you heard from Jason this morning? Has he arrived with the allied bears?” I ask her and she shakes her head.

“Im worried. Theo hasn’t heard any communications from him or any of his spies he had in place in the kingdom.” I stroke her hair and calm her down.

“It will all be okay. Everything happens for a reason.” I tell her and she sighs.

“Come, let’s go eat and then we can do some rounds to check on our warriors, borders, and the childcare facility. We need something to occupy our time before we meet up with the Council. Since they’re holing up until they leave we may not be meeting with them.” I tell her and she lights up again.

“I would love to. This would be the first thing we do together as official King and Queen. I love being with you, and I love being able to do all of this with you by my side.” I k**s her cheek and spin her around and dip her for a k**s.

She blushes and we start walking out. I look at her from the corner of my eye. Her hair is down and falling in waves down her back. Her makeup is done light today. Showing off her natural features. She’s wearing a Navy-blue pant suit with a white blouse. She looks so well put together and sexy at the same time.

We get to the dining room and see my parents, Gemma, Jake, David and Lucy, Duke and Theo, And we can’t forget Rosie, and Alpha Carson, his Luna, and his father Alpha Aaron.

“Thank you for gracing us with your presence, son.” My mom says with a smirk.

“Hmmmm.” I say with a smile. I sit down and Sam sits beside me before I can pull her in my lap. I pout and poke my bottom l*p out.

“What are you 5?” she asks with a slight laugh. I’d do anything to make her laugh all of the time.

We begin eating and making small talk. Sam is talking to Alpha Carsons Luna about her pregnancy. They’re gushing over baby names, ultrasound pictures, the pros, and cons of pregnancy. Carson looks at his mate in wonder and I can’t help but think of when it will be our turn.

Gemma clears her throat and I think this when she wants to tell everyone her secret. I and duke promised sam we would act surprised since we forced it out of her. Jake grips her hand and nods at her.

“Everyone we have an announcement.” She says with a shaky breath.

Sam grabs my hand and looks at Gemma with a smile. Encouraging her on. Without saying another word Jake puts an ultrasound picture infront of our parents. They must have gone this morning. My mom squeals jumps up and hugs her baby girl. My dad puts his hand on jakes shoulder. Knowing damn good and well he is giving him his best scary parent talk.

“You know this means you cannot fight.”

I tell her quietly in case any prying ears are listening. “I know. As much as I hate it I understand.” I nod at her and bring her into my arms and k**s her forehead. “You’re going to be a great mother” I whisper in her ear. I shake Jake’s hand and congratulate him.

“What’s all this celebration for?” a sleezy voice asks. Jenson.