Beyond Beta's Rejection Chapter 87: Book 2 - Chapter 2b

(Harper POV)

It wasn’t much longer before we were pulling up to the security house of the Council headquarters. Tommy handed over some papers to the guard who was on duty. He looked through the papers and then looked up quickly. He looked at me with a big grin.

“Oh hey Harper,” he said cheerfully. I smiled politely but couldn’t place the guy.

“Hey… Erm,” I said with an apologetic smile. His grin grew.

“It’s okay,” he said “It’s Sam. We were in training together. And we hooked up one or twice.” He winked at me, and Elias growled. Sam, who was now starting to look a little familiar, gave Elias an uncertain look before carefully handing back the papers to an amused Tommy. I placed my hand on Elias’ shoulder and smiled at Sam again.

“Nice to see you again,” I said. Elias growled again, and I rolled my eyes.

“Maybe I’ll see you around on your visit,” Sam said.

“No,” Elias growled and pressed the window button to wind it up. Poor Sam got the hint and opened the barrier. I sent another apologetic smile as Elias drove through.

“That was rude,” I said, and he glared at me.

“He wanted to fuck you,” he snapped. “I could smell it on him.”

“By the sounds of it, he already did,” Tommy said from the back, and I tried to hide the chuckle, which earned me another glare from Elias.

“Oh get over it,” I sighed, “I have a past. You know I only have eyes for you now.” I grinned at him and he sighed.

“I’m gonna fucking hate this visit,” he mumbled, but let the matter drop.

The unfortunate truth was that we would probably bump into more of my past conquests. I was dealing with trauma, not that I knew it at the time. But my way to deal was to fuck who I wanted and when I wanted. It worked until it didn’t. But it was nothing but physical. Elias was the one who taught me it was safe to love again. That was worth every single one of the others I had been with.

Speaking of people I had slept with. I noticed a figure waiting for us as Elias pulled the car into an empty space. I took a deep breath as he shut off the engine and undid my seatbelt. I glanced over at Elias and he tried to send me an encouraging smile. But I didn’t quite buy it. I opened the door and climbed out of the car..

“Hi Drake,” I said with a forced smile.

“Harper dear,” he reached forward and pulled me into an uncomfortable embrace, “You look stunning, going rogue clearly suits you.” Elias growled again at the close contact, and Drake chuckled as I pulled away from his embrace.

Drake was the Divine Warrior for the immortal line, just as I was the Divine Warrior for the shifter line. There was also a faerie line and a magic worker line. Always one Divine Warrior at a time only, although there could be many guardians. Of course, this was potentially proving to be untrue, as according to my traitorous bitch sister, the child that Louise was carrying could also be a Divine Warrior. But we couldn’t know for sure until the baby was older, and started showing signs.

There were certain tells of a Divine Warrior, such as a shimmer around them. This wasn’t consciously seen by most people, although for us Divine Warriors, it was more apparent. I had always seen the shimmer around Drake, but never gave it much thought. I mean, at over three thousand years old, you were allowed to develop a glow, surely. Drake had suspicions I was a Divine Warrior when he first met me. Apparently my missing wolf because of trauma had made my shimmer less, well, shimmery. But Drake had coerced me into his company to confirm his suspicions. This had ended up with me spending three months at the Castle, Drake’s personal mansion just off Council land, that would give most sex clubs a run for their money.

At the time, Aaron had been convinced by Nathaniel that Drake was trying to turn me into one of his blood groupies, when, in fact, he was trying to keep me away from Nathaniel, who Drake was suspicious of. The rescue attempt that Aaron had been manipulated into pulling had only further put me into the pit of snakes. I felt grateful and indebted to Nathaniel for it. Drake had spent the next eight years trying to get me back out from under Nathaniel, but the damage was done, and I had done my best to avoid him.

Now I avoided him for a different reason. He had been on at me to go to the Divine Order headquarters so he could teach me all about my heritage or something. I was still coming to terms with the whole angel and demon thing. I didn’t need more to blow my mind just yet.

Drake shook Elias’ and Tommy’s hands and then grinned at Tommy.

“Thank you for getting her here,” he said, and Tommy nodded as I glared at them both. Drake chuckled in response and then clapped his hands.

“I would love to allow you to settle in from your journey, but I am afraid that I must call you straight into the meeting,” he said, and I sighed.

“What’s this about Drake?” I asked as he turned and began walking towards the main building. I rushed to keep up with his long, determined strides.

“You can ask all the questions you want once we are with the Sovereign,” he replied.

“What?” I asked, my eyes widening. The Sovereign was the head of the whole Council. He had never been seen by anyone other than the high councilmen. The story was that he created the Council and picked the best of the different supernatural lines to create order in the supernatural world. The council itself was only around thirty years old, but it had made a difference in governing the supernaturals. But for us to actually have a meeting with the Sovereign was a big thing. Suddenly, I was feeling very nervous. I glanced at Tommy and Elias, who both looked as shocked as I felt.

“That’s right,” Drake said as he knocked on a door. “He requested the meeting himself.”

A voice from inside called for us to come in and Drake opened the door and allowed me to walk through. Sitting behind the large, heavy wooden desk was an older man. I could tell immediately that he was a werewolf from his scent. His hair was grey and his eyes were a steel blue grey, not unlike my own, and there was something very familiar about him. He smiled at me as I walked through the door and waved for me to sit down. I glanced over at Elias as he followed me in, and then Tommy. Tommy looked up, and his eyes widened in disbelief. I glanced quickly to see the Sovereign watching Tommy carefully. Tommy looked like he was struggling to find words. He finally managed one word.

“Dad?”