Deacon - Nicholas Bella Page 0,101

location that was on the edge of their territory and mine along with Josef’s. After a meeting with the other Alphas, it would seem they, too, had received the invitation. I wondered just what in the fuck was about to go down. They promised no violence, as this was supposed to be a meeting of the rulers in peace. So, we’d see.

I got to the location, which was a restaurant, one of those fancy numbers. I noticed more luxury cars in the parking lot. I recognized Josef’s ride easily. Damn car was bigger than he was. I wondered if he needed a booster seat to drive the fucking thing? I entered the restaurant with my crew and told the hostess who I was. I wasn’t a fan of these nineties fashions and still preferred to have my suits more tailored. Nor did I care for all the bright colors, but anything was better than the powdered wigs, stockings, ruffles, and buckled shoes I had to wear in the seventeenth century.

The hostess called a waiter over and he led us to the back of the fancy restaurant to where the meeting would be held. A public place, which I figured was to put us at ease. I entered through the double doors and saw Josef, Selena, Benjamin, and two other men, whom I didn’t recognize. But holy fucking shit, they were hot. One was beyond beautiful, gorgeous. He had auburn hair, green eyes, and a come fuck me look if I ever saw one. The other had short blond hair and blue eyes that you could tell held centuries of wisdom. I could feel the power radiating off of them and I had to swallow hard to keep my composure. I sensed one was a vampire and the other was a dragon. I didn’t particularly care for dragons since my only interaction with them had resulted in me nearly dying. But this one… I would make an exception, because Jesus!

I was pleased to know that I wasn’t the last to arrive, as Akio hadn’t made it yet. “Gentlemen… Lady,” I said as I took one of the empty seats surrounding the large white-clothed table.

“Welcome,” the handsome Roman-looking vampire said.

I nodded in acknowledgment.

“We’re going to wait until Akio arrives before we begin, if you don’t mind,” he told us all.

“Fine with me,” I said.

Five minutes later, Akio did arrive and didn’t bother to apologize for being late. Then again, neither did I, but I was only one minute late. He took his seat, never taking his eyes off the dragon and vampire. If anything did kick off, it would be us versus them and I liked our odds.

“I would like to thank you all for coming,” Stated the dragon. “My name is Tylendel, and I stand as Voice of the King. I speak for him as if he were here at this meeting.”

“And my name is Nolan, Lord of District Three. I also speak for my King, Ara,” said the vampire.

“I was under the impression that this was a meeting of the rulers, not their lackies,” Josef said, and for once, I loved that smart-ass mouth of his. I had to admit, the little motherfucker was fearless.

“Be careful who you call a lacky, boy,” Tylendel snarled.

“Be careful who you call a boy, sweetheart,” Josef winked at the dragon.

Tylendel actually smirked at Josef, then sighed. “There is a reason for the absence of our Kings at this table.”

“And that is?” Selena inquired.

“The nature of this meeting is so monumental to all of our cause, that it is taking place at this very moment all over the world with other wolf communities. You see, all of the dragon Kings gathered with the vampire royals last night to discuss our future for a better world. They came to the conclusion that we are powerful enough to take over the world. To have complete dominion over the humans,” Tylendel stated.

“Well, I’m intrigued. Why did they only meet among themselves?” Akio asked.

“Honestly, there are only so many dragon Kings and twelve vampire royals. It was simply easier for them to meet on neutral ground as we are doing tonight. Once they came to an agreement, ambassadors were sent to meet with all the pack Alphas around the world. There are considerably more of you than us,” Tylendel said.

Well, that was true. Even between our three states, they had one dragon King and one vampire King to our five Alphas. After wolves gained their freedom from dragons and