I Rejected You, Alpha

ELEIA’S POV

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“What do you think?” I ask Rosie after telling her everything, but with her parted lips , she stares at me with wide eyes, confusion flickering through her orbs, “So, you’re saying that we might become apart of the royal pack?” her brows furrow more, “Yes…”, “And you might be the King’s niece.” her eyes flick across the room,making me sigh as I nod.

I told her this, why is she asking these questions.

“There’s one more thing…” I sit upright, “Aiden says the King and Queen has yet to have children, because they can’t…so I can claim the throne if he agrees.” I smile and her jaw drops .

“Well that is…” , “Straight up crazy.” I finish her sentence.

Rosie is strong, I see her as my second , my beta even if her mate holds the title, he doesn’t even know half of the things we endured, neither of them will and I know that this opportunity will be great for the pack, but the royals may also see me as a threat…

A knock on the open door makes me press my lips into a thin line as I turn my head, seeing Aiden grin as he enters.

“We have a meeting. Tomorrow sharp so we need to get moving right now if we want to make it.” He smirks and I gulp, turning to Rosie.

‘This is good Eleia.’ She encourages me through the mind link and I stand, nodding at her before smiling.

“Then we better get packing.” I smile .

We’re on the road in an hour, Felix is already sleeping in his carseat.

Aiden grins at me as we drive, he seems excited.

“This is good.” He smiles, “I didn’t think they’d accept our offer.”

“You would have if it were about your sister, wouldn’t you?”

He glances at me, his jaw tensing and sighs, “In a heartbeat.” His gaze turns back to the road.

We’ve made a few stops along the way, using the loo, eating with the humans at diners along the road and right now we’re sitting at a beautiful scenery on a deck, under a umbrella when a blonde girl comes striding towards us.

Her high ponytail swings side to side and her eyes lock on Aiden and a smile creeps up her face.

“What can I get you today?” She asks, glancing at me, her smile faltering when I make it clear that I have been watching her.

“Strawberry milkshake for our son and a chocolate for me.” I slam the menu shut, pushing it to the edge of the table and she gulps, writing it down.

“And for you, sir?” She emphasizes the sir and I try my best not to growl.

“Chocolate and we’ll take them all to go.” He doesn’t look at her .

“Is that all?” She asks , staring at him, wanting to make eye contact and he hums in response before she struts away.

I giggle as we continue to drive, drinking our shakes and Aiden grins, his one hand on the wheel and the other holding his drink.

“You’re cute when you’re jealous.”

“And you’re hot when you only have eyes for me.”

The low chuckle that vibrates from his chest makes my heart swell.

“We’re halfway there.”

“Mommy!” Felix’s voice makes my head turn and he holds out his small cup to me and I take it, putting it in my door.

“Are you enjoying yourself baby?” I smile back at him and he nods as he continues to watch a show on the tablet we gave him.

Traveling with a child is not easy, but we make it work.

We drove through the night and I fell asleep, but jolted awake in the early hours of the morning when Aiden pulled over next to the road to relieve himself.

We continued driving and we stopped at a bed and breakfast and booked ourselves a room to freshen up before we continued to make our way to the castle.

Arriving at the large golden gates, I stare in awe at the beauty of the high walls, but my body tenses when guards come running out of the bushes and our car is surrounded by them.

They’re all dressed in black with swords and guns.

Aiden rolls his window down, holding his hands up, “We have a meeting with the king.” He informs them, “Name?” The guard growls, “Aiden Moon.”

“Let him through!” A guard yells from the gates as if slowly opens.

The guards around us step away and we drive in, continuing with the paved road until we stop in front of the castle .

“Wow.” I breathe out when a guard opens my door and I thank him before grabbing Felix.

“You have to be quiet here, okay?” I whisper to him and he nods as he holds onto me.

“Give him to me.” Aiden holds out his hand and I k**s Felix’s cheek before he grabs onto Aiden.

“Follow us.” The guard demands and we follow him into the castle, through the foyer to a room and when we enter, the guards bow and my eyes lock on the King and Queen sitting on their thrones, staring at us and Aiden and I bow, staying in the position until we’re nudged on the arm to stand upright.

As I stride closer, the King’s gaze is on me, not breaking and his eyes slowly widens and he stands.

“Oh my goddess.” The queen mutters as she sots more upright, as if it were even possible with her perfect posture.

“You..you look so much like him, like them both.” He walks down the steps and I glance at Aiden, who smiles at me.

“King Roman…” I breathe out, my brain not letting me work through this information all at once.

Some part of me didn’t believe it could be true, some part thought that this was just one cruel joke, but here we are, in the castle, standing in front of our king who claims I look so much like his brother.

“Eleia…” he smiles and my heart drums against my chest, wanting to break out.

“You know my name.” I breathe out.

“I was there the day you were born child, of course I do.” He chuckles, getting closer and closer.

I inwardly snort at Regan’s parents…did they not bother to change my name?

“You have my brother’s eyes.” He stops in front of me, his eyes flicking between mine and I could see the resemblance between him and my father.

My father…I never thought I’d find out who it would be…I never thought that I would be in this position.

“Roman, we need a DNA test to be sure.” Queen Penelope stands and I don’t find it offensive because that is exactly what we came here for.

“Of course, if you don’t mind child?” King Roman smiles, unable to take his eyes off me.

“It’s what we came here for. I wouldn’t want to throw your life upside down for no reason.” I croak and he nods , his eyes clouding over as he mind links someone and within seconds, guards come in.

“Shall we go?” He gestures to the door and I turn to Aiden, “He can come too.” The King says and I nod as we all follow him.

His aura is strong, he has broad shoulders and he’s tall. There are a few grey hair between his dark ones and the bags under his eyes inform me that the King is tired.

He might be our uncle…

We walk through the ground, “Is this your son?” The king asks and I nod when looking at Felix, “Yes. His name is Felix.” I smile and King Roman chuckles, “He has your nose.”

We arrive and our b***d is drawn and King Roman takes us to eat something in a restaurant next to the hospital.

“I don’t need this DNA test to know you are my family Eleia, but unfortunately we need it.” He explains while eating.

“I need it.” I smile and he smiles right back.

There’s something about him, something that draws me to him, that makes me trust him and feel for him.

“You feel it too.” He smiles and I frown in confusion.

“The family bond…I feel it too.” He pops a fry into his mouth.

Felix is playing on the indoor playground while we talk and the King Roman’s eyes cloud over before he smiles at me, “The results are in.” He stands, “Grab Felix and let’s go.” His tone is demanding, his authority clear, but it doesn’t make me feel afraid and I don’t scramble like Aiden does.

We stand in the doctor’s office and the scrolls on her tablet, “Eleia is in fact your family, she matches your DNA and is a perfect match for Prince Rick’s DNA, she is his daughter.”

The news makes King Roman g***n in joy as he claps his hands and he hugs me to his chest, holding me tightly.

“I thought you were dead…You don’t remember this but I always came to visit my brother just to see you. I knew you would be a great alpha and look at you now…a luna.” He breathes out as he pulls away and I am still processing the information.

He is my uncle…the king is my uncle…

“Your parents would be proud, princess Eleia.” He bows his head and I freeze, my eyes wide.

This is crazy!

The king just bowed to me!

“What does this mean?” I breathe out in a whisper, feeing at a loss for words.

“It means you are royalty and you can stay here or go home, I won’t force anything on you.” He smiles.

The King that is painted as rude, cruel and mighty is my uncle and he’s actually just a big softy.

He isn’t either of those things, but he needs to be.

I feared for my life coming here, afraid that they would kill us for bothering, but it all vanished when our eyes locked.

“We would discuss it, thank you King Roman.” I smile up at him and he chuckles, “Call me uncle Roman.”