Fated is overrated

Zane POV

I glance over to the b*tch in question. She looks at us unfazed, bored even. Which only angers me further. Who does she think she is?! As dad pulls back his aura, we are all able to regain our posture again. 'There is something wrong with her.

Did you notice she wasn't even affected by father's aura?' Zeke filters into my head. And now that Zeke points out the obvious I was too busy to miss - he is right. 'Why do you think that is? Because she is wolfless?' 'I'm not sure. I have even seem humans coward away from father when he was barely pushing out any aura at all!

Perhaps she has a death wish, after all, she did make herself a rogue' I reply. "I don't think that's it. Maybe you can speak to mother 1:1 later?

We know you are her favorite, and if you play your part right she may be inclined to give you some information'. Of course he wants me to do the digging. "Sure' I grumble, not really keen on the *ss kissing I will have to do to get into mom's good graces after the past few days.

The maids hesitantly bring in dinner - all of them are baring their necks as dad's aura is still thick in the air and the situation still feels tense. Sensing their discomfort, dad completely reigns in his aura so the maids can continue with their jobs. I hear mom asking one of the maids to bring the rogue a good full platter and I wonder what this is all about now. But I'm not really in a position to ask right now."

Eat up dear and make sure you get some rest afterward. You have a big day tomorrow" mom beams. Now I'm even more curious. What is happening tomorrow? I know Damon - the dragon prince - and his father are vising tomorrow, but that can't be what she is referring to.

I contemplate asking Zeke, but by the look on his face I can see he is equally puzzled. And furthermore, we tell each other everything, so I'm sure he would have told me already had he known."

Dear," she replies saying, "Thank you, Your Highness, I am really excited." "Xena, dear," she winks. Really, this b*tch gets to call mom by her first name?! What the hell is going on? Zeke growls through our mind link and I know he is as annoyed as I am. "Sorry, it still sounds strange to call the Queen by her first name" she smiles.

I can't contain my curiosity any longer and ask my mom "anything special going on tomorrow we would like to know about?". I almost wanted to say have to know about, but I know how to approach my mom when she is annoyed. "As a matter of fact, yes there is. Lola is going to train with the warriors tomorrow".

What now? First off, warrior training is - as the name would suggest - for our own warriors. Not some rogue we picked off the streets and will be able to use our own tactics against us one day. Secondly, she will be the only female there. We have no female warriors, as females are inferior to males in combat.

And lastly, warrior training is brutal and only meant for the best of us. It consists of 2 hours of endurance training, which includes an obstacle course where they are known to play dirty (all is fair in love and war, and well, training), followed by 1 hour of sparring in both human and wolf form and then closing it off with another hour of specialized weapons training where you can choose between various weapons such as knives and guns or other specialized training such as poison crafting. Most warriors choose the physical combat of guns and knives.

Come to think of it - this may be the perfect opportunity to scare her off! And Zeke and I don't have to do a damn thing, it was mom's doing.

Even more perfect! After the endurance training, she will be too worn out to even land a punch at another warrior. Not to mention she is only able to fight as a human and our warriors are able to fight in wolf form. Not that they will need it, most of them are Lycans, and she doesn't even have a wolf to give her added strength. She's like a sitting duck.

I have to be careful not to be too excited for this, so my mom might change her mind." Oh. But she isn't even a pack member?" I try to say not too harsh but also not too excited. "That's irrelevant, your father and I decided she is able to join them". 'Perfect opportunity to get rid of her..

And we won't even need to get our hands dirty' I mind link Zeke. 'Let's join tomorrow's training, it should be fun to watch. And if that doesn't work, we could always piece together something with Damon.

I know he'd be willing to help us out'. Dinner proceeds relatively quiet after that, only mom and the rogue are chatting a bit here and there. Dad, Zeke and I are silent

After dinner, Zeke and I retreat to our rooms. We both need some stress relief and he invited over his favorite booty call, as did I. Mona always gets the job done, and although I know she wants us to be exclusive - I am waiting for my mate to be exclusive. I would never take the pack wh*re as my Queen.noveldrama

I may be an *sshole that sleeps around and uses these women, but once I find my mate, that is all done with. The mate bond is sacred, and she will be all that I have ever needed and ever will - as the moon goddess intended for us. I just wasn't able to wait for her as - especially as a Lycan - it can take forever to find your mate, and wolves and Lycans are very s*xual beings. Mona saunters into the room seductively in a trench coat, and I am about to enjoy myself.