I Scored Myself A Mate

The next day was busy as expected and from very early in the morning Allias had to accept guests as the king. He had asked Ea and Ares if they wanted to do it since they were the ones getting married but both of the elves we're happy to drop that burden on him. So for now he had been sitting on his throne for four hours, since six in the morning when the first guests decided to to arrive for who knew what reasons and his ass was critically numb. 

He turned to the side, his eyes landing on the general who had a very polite smile stuck on his face and kept staring at him until he gained his attention.

"How many are there?" He mouthed just before the next guests came in. They were a small group of young elves, in Ares' age and two to three girls. They were probably a few of the friends he had asked to be invited and Allias greeted them with a smile.

"Welcome we hope you will enjoy the wedding. It will start this afternoon. The maids will lead you to your guest rooms. Please rest and enjoy your time before lunch. The palace gardens are wonderful this time of the year." He told them. He had said those lines around eighty times by now. He was sure he was going to have nightmares about them. The young elves bowed respectfully and walked out, their voices and cheerful laughter coming through the opened door. 

Allias wished he could be a cheerful little elf with nothing on his mind, causing mischief with Theseus like the old times. But for now he was stuck here playing host. It was his fault though, he got too invested in this wedding and now he had to do the boring stuff too.

"Not many" Theseus answered him after some time and a couple of royals came in. The man was boasting about how loyal he was to the king and Allias kept nodding waiting for them to finally get their cue and leave. In the end his wife, realizing how much of a fool he made of himself dragged him outside by the arm. 

"Poor woman, being married to that" Allias mumbled and he heard Theseus giggle from where he stood. "After I greet the guests let's go somewhere." He told him and Theseus looked at him with a questioning expression.

"Go where?" He asked. 

"I don't know somewhere. I want to spend some alone time with you." Told him and winked at the general. Theseus coughed knowing exactly what the king meant and nodded. There was no way in hell he would ever say no to that. He was already anticipating his little escape with Allias. 

Just a few more people, Allias thought every time someone left and tried to ignore the fact that he couldn't feel his butt any longer. Just a few more people and he would be free. Free and ready to finally get Theseus and get out of here. With everything that was happening once more their private time had been reduced to zero once again and he thought it would be for the best if he reignited the spark between them. The last thing he wanted was the general to get bored of him because they were too busy. No. 

The last guests entered through the door and Allias smiled. For a second he had thought they wouldn't come and actually felt a but sad but as his friends walked through the door he was relieved. 

Luke and Alexander were walking side by side their hands entwined. The small wolf had changed a lot during this time period. He was taller and his body seemed to be a bit more muscular, not anything excessive or even close to how Luke was but he didn't have that sickly feeling to him any longer. They seemed happy. Luke had lost that storm from his grey eyes and Alexander had like always that kind expression, he stared at him as if he was his everything. It was very beautiful to see. What surprised him was the fact that Mikael was here and he was not alone. He had a woman with him. A young lady, probably around their age with beautiful big black eyes and black hair that reacher her shoulders. She had been hesitant to step inside the throne room but the blonde man had grabbed gently her wrist and led her in. Well, that would be interesting, Allias thought. 

"Well, hello. Arriving fashionably late I see." He teased them, feeling more comfortable with them than any of the other guests. "Welcome"

"Thank you for inviting us." Luke said and smiled. He was a charmer, when he wasn't being a venomous snake. 

"I kind of missed your chaos." Allias told them playfully and Alexander chuckled. "Mikael it's a surprise to see you here, I thought you were going to travel." He said. Theseus stared at him, rolling his eyes. He was simply telling him to not go snooping on other people's business but Allias wouldn't forget this is the man who brutally rejected Mark. 

"I did but things did not go as planned. My research basically winked and I decided it would be best if I came back and helped this idiot rule out pack. Believe me it was for the best that I did. The place was close to being ruined." Mikael said as he looked at his best friend.

"Hey, that is not what happened just because one time Alexander lost it and maybe he brought down some walls that doesn't mean that..."

"Your personal bickering outside my throne room. I've been sitting here not feeling my ass for four hours so no fighting. I am warning you." He told them staring at all of them with a threatening stare. His green eyes stopped at the girl. She was standing a bit further back, shyly behind Mikael and Allias smiled. "Hello, I'm Allias." He told her and she blushed. 

"I'm Kate. It's an honor your majesty." She said. She had a sweet voice.

"She's my girlfriend. I met her on my traveling. She is human." 

"You brought a human, in my palace?" Allias asked, rasing an eyebrow.

"Well Mark was a human wasnt he?" Mikael asked and Allias scoffed 

"Brave of you to be referring to Mark. I am glad to inform you that many things have changed since...."

"Let's not talk about tragic ex pasts okay? You said you didn't want fighting." Luke interrupted him as he took a step closer. "Actually I wanted to talk to you about that. Mark." 

"What about him?" Allias asked, staring at him with a suspicious expression. 

"He is an exorcist right? The word has been spread and we know that exorcists are great at magic control. We want to talk to him about helping Alexander. He needs to control his powers. The last time we managed to cover it up but Dionysus knows and he was very clear that if they found out the Council was going to take him away." 

Allias sighed and met eyes with Alexander. He was such a kind little wolf. One of his favorites actually. He didn't wish to see him in pain.

"I know we should be asking this of you. You have helped us a lot and you were kind enough to invite us to the wedding but..." Alexander started saying and Allias smiled. He really was nice.

"It's fine. You know I like you so I'm not mad. We will schedule a meeting with Mark before lunch ..."

"Allias wait we said..." Theseus said.

"After that." The king told him. "Now go get settled and keep that human close. There are people here who aren't very fond of humans." He warned Mikael and Kate stepped closer to her boyfriend, slightly intimidated. 

"Thank you." Luke said 

"Thank Mark, if he accepts.." The king said.