Queendom

4. Shattering

I got out of bed at around 7am so I could get ready for the meeting today. I quickly showered and changed into sometime very comfortable because I was just feeling sad and tired, sleepless nights can do that to someone. I put on a pair of black leggings and a white baggy t-shirt, I threw my hair into a half up and half down situation and put on a pair of white shoes.

I went downstairs to get some breakfast, but Braxton was in the kitchen so I asked Mary to bring me some fruit and a granola bar with some coffee. She brought it to my office and I ate in silence, I had a little cart in my office with variations of alcohol, I was feeling really sad after the events of yesterday so I decided to get a glass of bourbon.

"A little early to be drinking don't you think, Drew?" I heard Aiden say as he came into my office
"It's never to early to drown your sorrows." I said my back still to him and took a sip of the hard liquor.
"You can drown them but they don't die" he informed me
"You can try" I chuckled and poured another drink
"Just don't have too many the meeting is in a half an hour" he told me
"Okay dad" I sarcastically said and poured one more drink.
"Do you want one?" I asked him
"No thank you, I have other ways of dealing with my problems" he refused
"You don't have any problems" I chuckled and patted his shoulder
"None that are as problematic as yours" he said
"Well, your parents are alive and well, you have a wonderful, beautiful mate who is completely in love with you, you don't have to worry about queen duties all the time, your best friend isn't moving away, you can basically do anything you want where as I cannot or I look like a slut who shouldn't run a kingdom, and you're happy." I finished my spill and drank the remaining liquid in my glass.
"Your mate can still love you if you gave him a chance" he pointed out to me
"So he can cheat on me, yea no thanks" I took a sip of my new glass of drink
"What do you mean?" He asked
"I saw him kissing Emily yesterday after he asked me if he could prove himself to me" I rolled my eyes
"Did you hear his side of the story?" He asked
"No I didn't; why are you defending him?!" I asked my voice raising.
"I'm not! I just want you to be happy" he defended
"I'm happy with and without him" I shrugged
"Just try one more time" his eyes begged me
"We will see how this meeting goes and then we will see, since all the alphas are leaving after it except for him" I said
"Okay, let's go to this disaster waiting to happen" Aiden chuckled and I took the rest of my drink down and then followed him to the meeting room.

Today's meeting went very smoothly, Braxton sat at the far end of the table far away from me and I tried to avoid eye contact as much as possible. I was now escorting the Alphas to their cars and with that my best friend.
"Oh Evie" I hugged her when I saw the tears
"I'm only a few hours away, so please come visit" she said
"Oh Ev, you know I can't leave things under Aiden's control it'll be ran into the ground" I chuckled
"Very true. Now please, I'm begging you to be careful with mr. asshole and always wear protection I do not want any nieces or nephews for a couple years" she laughed
"You won't ever have to worry about that" I gave a fake smile and even though my heart was breaking with every word, I had to be strong.
"I love you Drew" she pulled me in for another hug
"I love you too Ev" I patted her back and watched her carry her bags to her car just like my parents and wave her car goodbye, letting one stray tear escape.
"Goodbye" I whispered

Hopefully that won't be the last time I see her.

The castle seemed empty now, and more quiet than before. I already missed her. A lot. I went back up to my office and poured another drink but this time I poured a whole glass of vodka. About halfway through my drink I started to reminisce on our memories

This one time, on my 16th birthday, me and Evie got drunk off of a bottle of vodka and my parents found out and were very mad to say the least. I was grounded for months after that day but on every one of our birthdays we got drunk off our asses. But I do not see that happening this year for my birthday. which was in a month, which also meant the anniversary of my parents disappearance was also very soon.