Page 84 of Vibing Unity

I hadn’t even gotten a chance to talk to Julian, but the kiss we shared made it clear we were fine and could talk later.

“Mr. Moore isn’t able to join us?” Headmaster Edelman asked as he joined with Anya White.

“He has something big with his studies and it’s very visible,” Adrian Geiger said as he sat down with Claudia. “We will be sitting in as his parents and also update him late. He was unaware of the situation as well—he has too many eyes on him with wrapping up law school and the process.”

“Plus, he’s beating all those snobby shits big time who wrote him off for all the wrong reasons,” Claudia added. “So he has to be extra careful.”

Darby would also default to whatever I wanted and we all knew it. I didn’t mean it in a bad way, and he certainly wasn’t a pushover or doormat. No, he made it clear that if I carried a child for nine months and had to go through labor then I had the ultimate vote on most things.

Smart man.

Also, we both knew I was less forgiving and deadly.

We all froze when Ronald Von Thann arrived, glancing around and frowning before locking in on his mate. “I knew you were up to something. I knew it. What is—”

“And I knew you wouldn’t listen,” she whispered, giving him a defeated look. “How horrible is that? You go to meetings all of the time and never bother explaining where or who they’re with and I accept that. I trust you’re not having an affair or doing anything bad when you actually have. I haven’t, and yet you have to be so in control to—”

“I’m Alpha,” he interjected.

She slapped the table hard enough that it had to hurt her hand. “Not of our godsdamn mating! By the gods we are equals, and that is why I won’t return to you. You act like this is a tantrum I’m throwing, but I am to the point that I would rather risk goingferalthan continue this way, Ronald. You placate me. You put in the minimum effort and I am always an afterthought!”

“It’s not a bad idea that he’s here for the meeting, but he won’t have anything useful to interject,” Iolas hedged. “I would suggest you put a barrier over him and let him see it all. Let him understand how many are of the same opinion or our reactions to whatever happened now.”

“I agree,” Neldor and Taeral said.

“So be it,” I sighed, doing it and trapping Von Thann.

Which he didn’t like and shot me a look that I would regret what I’d done.

I simply shook my head. Every time I thought we made some progress with the fool or he understood his position, it was wiped away once he was left alone again to bathe in his own narcissism.

“You’re a fool,” King Xavier warned, moving into Ronald’s view. “She is about to become the Queen of Fairie and you’re looking down on her? I’d smack you into place if you dared to look at my mate with any sort of retribution. You cannot move past her being the unknown you thought you had some sort of leverage or control over.”

“No, he really cannot,” I agreed with a tired sigh. I glanced around. “And we’re at a boiling point with this, and we don’t know how to handle the situation without killing him when he won’t see us as anything but kids. So thank you for coming to help.”

Izzy waved in people with food and they started setting it all up. She demanded to come as my moral support and advocate even if Iolas was there as my godparent.

We couldn’t have Lageos there. If he learned there was even a possibility of an issue with Von Thann still, he’d kill him.

Taeral and Stefanie were there with Neldor.

Anya and Edelman supporting Julian.

Claudia and Geiger were sitting in and for Darby.

And of course, Hudson’s parents.

“Okay, let’s start at the beginning,” I sighed… But then didn’t really know where that actually was. Then I glanced at Sasha.

She nodded. “After you learned you could have children, I butted in and made it clear that you needed to make certain statements and lines clear before others did.” She told everyone the quick conversation.

“From there, we had a discussion,” Julian added, pointing to the five of us in turn. “Plus, Darby.”

“Just assume Darby is included in everything we’re discussing because he was,” I clarified. “And we were all on the same page.”

“Mostly,” Neldor argued, sighing when I gave him a look to shut it. “No, this is the time to lay it all out and settle this once and for all.”

I shot Lucca a guilty look and nodded. “So be it.

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