
“Let’s go! We can move now”
Alpha Adrian ordered all of the guards to return to the car and we all immediately followed suit. My grandmother and I were still in the same car as before, but the situation was different this time because my father stayed with us.
We drove away from the Eden Spring gate area, our next destination Ascot River, my heart racing as if it was about to burst out of my chest and I was terrified to see Alpha Drax once we arrived.
A bad habit that should have died long ago haunted me once more; I rubbed my knuckles together and began to shake my feet anxiously. My gaze was drawn to the outside of the window, not to take in the scenery, but to consider what was on my mind.
My strange behavior drew the queen’s attention, and when she saw her granddaughter acting that way, she cleared her throat to stop me from doing the strange thing. I didn’t notice when she did that, so I didn’t show any change and I continued doing my old bad habit without realizing the reality.
“You seemed worried, what’s the matter?” The queen finally breaks the silence.
After the queen’s words gets into my ears, the freeze that was dominating all over my body now disappeared. I quickly ran my gaze to the queen at that time but not paying attention to her question.
“I apologize, I didn’t hear what you say, grandmother” I flashed a tense tooth smile the moment I look at her and my father then turned his head back to the passenger seat to see what is going on.
“I assumed you had something that bother you, I just want to know about it if you don’t mind” My grandmother stated.
With a huge smile on my face, I told both my grandmother and father there is nothing to worry about, but they don’t believe me.
“Your grandmother was right! Something bothers you and made you not focus” My father said from the front seat. “You can tell us because your behavior could harm our plan! The La Luna could take advantage of it” He declared and the two of them gave me a look, they were waiting for me to explain.
I lied over and over again, telling them that I was fine when the reality every part of me was not ready to start all of this. Moreover, no one will understand what I felt so what’s the point of telling them about it?
My father may punish me if he discovers that I have something that I do not even understand for Luna Mira’s son, and my grandmother may depose me from the throne if I return the old wounds that have left an impression on her, making my father married another woman afterward, and alienated me.
They might be kind to me but it is because I am part of the family and advantaging their political works. And if I made a mistake that harm their position, they will not hesitate to do bad things to me, even though Alpha Adrian is my father, I still don’t trust him.
The only person in this world that I trust with all my heart is just Omega Athena and no one could replace her spot.
My father then pressed his words and said that I need to focus on what we built, and never dare to disappoint our family with stupid things. He was so sure that the La Luna family will not wreck the empire that had been in our hands.
After thirty minutes of driving, our car finally stopped at the destination so does all the cars that were there with us. Ascot River looked lovely, there are so many trees surrounding the edge of the road, making the road mild.
This place is so different from places in the state of Eden Spring. As it has never been touched by living things, the air in this place feels fresher than the air in other places in Eden Spring and it makes me want to stay here any longer, no wonder the rogues always find a way to live in this place quietly even if it cost their lives.
A senior guard came up to us who at that moment just gotten out of the car, his body is even bigger than my father, he has strong muscles and a jawline as sharp as a knife, his eyes are brown and at the same age as my father, this male guard looks quite attractive.
“My queen…” He bowed as he reached us, paying respect to the queen before he started his word. “I came here to inform you that we had cleaned the place!” He said.
My father then replied, “Are you positive there are no rogues living free in this place again?” He inquired.
“Yes, Alpha Adrian, we haven’t seen them again! And I assumed they had been left Ascot River months ago after the slaughter” The senior guard declared. “The last rogues we killed was two months ago, after that my men and I had never once seen them step into the property again” He explained.
In the middle of the conversation, Lord Harry La Luna and his son came and interrupted the conversation. After noticing their arrival, my father immediately signals the senior guard to get back to do his job, and he then leaves the place.
Lord Harry La Luna smirked at my father before he started his word. He was bothered by the presence of my father who is the queen’s favorite nephew. “I didn’t expect you will be here this morning, Adrian! The charity has never been your thing” Lord Harry La Luna said.
Alpha Adrian gets upset after hearing his words, he was about to step ahead so that he can punch his cousin and mute him immediately, but before he could do what’s on his mind, my grandmother stops him by shaking her head.
It’s not good for our business if my father shows his true face in front of the new temporary citizens. The cruelness can’t put us on top. It could drive us to extinction, instead. My grandmother does a brilliant move by stopping him.
“Well, it’s good to see you Lord Harry” My grandmother declared with a fake huge smile on her face before my father opened his mouth and ruin everything.
“Good to see you too, my queen. I am so glad that you give these people chance to start a new beginning here” Lord Harry La Luna said. “Thanks to the Moon Goddess for giving me strength to help” He proudly declared; his face in the cloud.
My father growled in silence the moment after he heard Lord Harry La Luna’s declaration, his hands formed into clench at that time; he can’t wait to put his face in the place it belongs, the ground.
“Good for you, Lord Harry!” The queen responded and she continued. “I think we wasted so much time by standing and talking about an unimportant thing here! Lawrence, Eliot, please take me to see those people, they are waiting for us” Queen Hermione demanded her two trusted guards.
All of us then leave the spot. Lord Harry seemed to notice that the queen does not want to hear more words that came out of his mouth, he sighed the moment we pulled away from the road and we walked together afterward to see the new citizens.
By that time all people had already gotten out of their cars, and the Red-Blood guards instructed all of them to gather at the green field near the road. Luna Mira and Mr. Connor, each from the state assembly, are in charge of keeping their people in order. When we arrived at the field, the two of them immediately come to us.
The two of them then informed my grandmother that they are ready to relocate their people to the place they will live. Queen Hermione then told them that the housing area is not far from here, only two hundred feet on a walk.
Then Luna Mira asked my grandmother why we parked the car here instead of driving to the housing area, it left my grandmother to chuckle.
“The housing area is next to the river! Do you see a river, there?” Queen Hermione required, she started to run her finger and point to the river with it.
Luna Mira then nodded and said “Yes, I see it, Queen Hermione” Her face was pointed at the river the moment she spoke.
“Our car doesn’t fit the two meters bridge, so we have to walk to get there! Now you can order your people to take their belonging so that we can continue our way sooner” My grandmother commanded.
Both Luna Mira and Mr. Connor nodded. They then got back to the crowd, telling their people about the new home which is located next to the river. After listening to their explanation, all of them then took their belongings which were in the car at that time.


