Their Little Fairy

Prelude to meeting the King

Cassius POV

I rolled my eyes at my fathers summons, he knew about mine and Tate's mate, Finnley. He knew about him, and I have no idea if he and my mother want to steal him from us or just meet him as the newest member of our family.

Most likely he wants to welcome him into our family and not scare the poor little bird anymore than he already is.

Let's just say Tate isn't too fond of my family, mostly because they didn't like that he's a warlock and from different lands than ours with other customs, and my father wants heirs and when he heard my mate can't have them...

He went into a rage that almost blew up an entire wing of the castle, that's how powerful my fathers magic is... and one day when he dies and I become king, that powerful magic will become mine. That prospect does scare me, that his magic could change me, but I know I'm strong enough not to let it utterly consume me.

Like hell I'll let him take our little mate away from us.

Maybe I could convince my father that when our mate is older and ready for that type of thing that he could carry the next heir?

It's a definite possibility, since he's a clairvoyant, but he's an untested one that needs more practice with his magic. Plus, I don't even know if he likes us like that! Does he see us as father figures or as his boyfriends? Does he want kisses and romance or is he not interested in that? I know we have time til he's of age, but these questions will be asked, especially at court.

It's completely okay if he isn't, but it does worry me about my position as heir. That my brother could take that claim seeing as he has a female mate, he could convince my father to let him rule in my stead. That a king without an heir is a weak king that is easily controlled and disposed of.

I balled my hands up into fists as I thought about my idiot brother being king, he has never had any responsibility in his life and he still goes out to other kingdoms and is rumored to have many mistresses and bastard children.

He is such an idiot, I couldn't never believe that my father would grant that type of request, but seeing the kingdom in this position is one that we've never been in before. I didn't want to lose my position or my mate, but I couldn't imagine myself, not being here for my kingdom, not being the king.

I need to show my people that I'm the king, that the vampire kingdom can assimilate and easily have people from other lands, especially mates easily live and create lives that they're not only proud of, but can thrive in without fear of persecution.

It isn't the same in other kingdoms, Tate had to grow up in a kingdom where they believed only men should be with women, and the fear of being exiled was too much to handle.

Many male mates have rejected their true mate for this very reason, same with females as well and we almost had a moment when we were all afraid the system would come crashing down.

But more and more kingdoms showed how they can be more inclusive in recent years and the demon king even publicly admitted that his mate and queen is a male clairvoyant.

But it still angers me how behind kingdoms like the warlocks and the werewolves are, maybe they could change but I highly doubt it.

I sighed as I watched Finnley sleeping, I know that soon our lives are going to change and I hope he or Tate won't be too stressed with the changes but I know we can figure anything out, together.

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Finnley's POV

I woke up to papa giving me kisses on my cheeks which made me whine, I wanna sleep!

I pouted up at him as he picked me up and took me to the washroom and helped me get dressed. Apparently we're meeting the king so I have to look my best!

Papa put me in a pink sweater with black stretchy pants with black shoes and socks, he gave me a pretty gold bracelet to wear as he started getting dressed in a suit. I brushed my curls and teeth as I ran into the bedroom to play with my wooden horse from yesterday, it was becoming my favorite toy.

Daddy came out of the bathroom in a fully black suit, he looked really nice! He even had on a dragon leather belt and black opal cuff links and tie pin.

And Papa was adjusting his pink silk tie muttering about how difficult they were to get right until Daddy helped him, making it perfectly straight. He added a diamond tie pin to match papas cuff links and we were ready to go.

I was nervous, I didn't look as nice as them and I didn't think my outfit was deserving of meeting a king.

It was like papa could read my thoughts and insecurities as he smoothed down my curls with his fingers and said, "You look beautiful, baby bear. Now, hold your head up and walk with confidence at court. Your a future kings mate now, we are held at a higher regard than most and more will be expected of us."

Daddy put his arms around me and papa and said, "Just be yourself, sweetie. Bow and don't raise your head until he tells you to. No direct eye contact, and try no touching, I would tell you not to bare your fangs at him but you have none." He chuckled at his poor attempt at a joke.

I sighed and we left to meet the king, I definitely wasn't looking forward to this.