A Leader Must Rise - Old Version

Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Aria's P.O.V

Alright folks, I have a new book up, it's not apart of the Royal Chronicles, it's about dragon and mainly based on the Inheritance Cycle. For those who are either are an Eragon fan, dragon lovers or just simply like my books, I encouraged you to check it out. Please. It's called Taeugro's Dragon Lords.

My brother, my twin brother is mated to a Royal!! The to Eastern Royal!!! Except, if I remember correctly, the Royal to take to the eastern throne has a bronze mark, this ones silver with a hint of bronze. She's a Beta, and she's strong. As I looked her over again, I saw she had a sword in one hand and a forty five colt in the other. She had daggers at her belt, small side arm gun at her left ankle and there was another sword at her hip. I whistled, impressed. "What?" "Drew, she's a Warrior and a Royal beyond measure." I said. "What!! My mate is a Royal!!" Andrew yelled. "The Eastern Royal to be pacific. It's no wonder why we could find her, we were going in the wrong place." I added. "What colour is her mark?" Drake asked. "Silver, with a hint of bronze." I answered. "Like mine?" Justin's said. "Almost, not as much bronze. She's a Beta." I said.

"Yeah, the Royals the take the Eastern throne have a bronze mark." Andrew said, looking relieved. "Being the Beta to the High Royal is a enough." He explained. "Ah huh." I said. "We should be heading back, it's almost midnight." Drake said, looking at the sky. I looked up and he's right, it's about an hour under midnight. "Okay, let's go." I said, getting up. The others followed suit. "Wolf or human... Or vampire?" I asked. "Human." My boys said. "And vampire." Drake added. "Don't get any ideas Mr. Two mates." I said, bolting into the forest. "Oh oh, you'll pay for that one Ari." I heard Drake before all of them sprinted after me. Soon they caught up with me and I'm dodging them through the trees and bushes, jumping over logs, fallen branches, small rivers. By the time we got back to the pack house, we were laughing our heads off.

"Shh...." I said when I opened the door. "I feel like a teenager sneaking back in after doing something our parents didn't want us to do." Andrew whispered and I had a hard time not laughing. We snuck upstairs into Chase's and I's room, then laughing like hyenas when the door was shut. "Okay, that was ridiculously funny and weird." Andrew said as our laughter died down. "I'll agree on that." Drake said. I got up and collapsed on my bed. Chase settled above my head, Justin behind me, wrapping his arms around me. Andrew in front of me, taking hold of my hand. Drake snuck between me and Justin and laid his head on my thigh, humming slightly. I heard Andrew's breathing even out first as he fell asleep, next was Justin, then Drake. I knew Drake fell asleep because his grip on my leg loosened. I looked above me to Chase to see him staring right back at me. "I love you." He said, laying his head down above mine. "And I love you." I said as Chase ran his hand over my hair before placing his hand in it. Eventually we both fell off into a dreamless sleep.

The next morning, all of us were everywhere on the bed. Drake was at my feet, Andrew's back was facing me, Justin somehow managed to get on the other side of Andrew and Chase was behind me, arms around my waist tightly. I shifted a bit and the pressure around my waist increased. "Don't move." I heard Chase mumble as he place his cheek on my back. "Wasn't going anywhere yet." I replied. "Good, cause I don't plan on getting up yet." He said slowly, drifting back off into sleep. I twisted around in his arms and moved my head under is chin, intertwining our legs. He groaned but didn't complain and fell back sleep. I laid there for I think was a few hours before Andrew started to stir. He stretched his arm above his head, arched his back and groaned. I twisted back around to face him and Chase whined in protest in his sleep. Andrew heard and faced me. "Hey." He said groggily. "Hey." I replied. "How long have you been up?" He asked, rolling onto his side to face me better.

"I think a few hours but I'm not entirely sure. I didn't look at a clock." I answered. Andrew laughed a little and quickly going serious. "What?" I asked. "How are we going to get Aditi and Drake, plus pack here without a fight?" He asked. "We tell them who we are. What we are to them, tell them we have plenty of extra beds for them to fill." I said. "Yeah, but they've been running rouge for quite a long time, their wolves might disapprove of us, what then?" Andrew asked. "Good question." I replied and Drake stirred at my feet. He growled loudly making Justin and Chase wake up in an instant. "Well, that's one way to get somebody out of bed." I joked and Andrew laughed while Chase and Justin groaned, falling back into the beds, closing their eyes again. "To early." Justin whined. "Dude! It's 11:47!" Andrew said. "Still to early." Chase whined. I just rolled my eyes and focused on Drake. His eyes are hinted red a bit. "Your hungry." I said. "A little, yeah." Drake replied. "And don't even think about it! The bonding was the only time I'll bite you!" He added. "Okay, okay." I said and he relaxed again.