Toxic Rose Thorns - Chapter 70: Chapter 70

Knightly
It does make sense. She's maybe finding her footing here. Filling in the missing pieces, but when I look at her all I see is how much I can lose. Just because she's open to the changes I've made doesn't mean there isn't a limit to how much she's going to be able to handle. I don't want her to wake up one day to regret it. There are more options for us regarding our pups. My wolf can't fucking be deciding everything for us.
"I want to open up the program again," Perry's words are a slap to the face.
"Excuse me?" Violetta growls.
"Obviously, we'd be in charge of it all. Do things differently,"
"You've really lost your fucking mind this time, Pernicious," she scoffs.
"Why would you want that?" I ask her.
"Look, what happened to us was fucked, but this changed our fate. We've made real change. We can use this to help more people. The Wolf Bait laws have been terminated. We did that,"
"You did that," I correct her.
"You had a fucking part in this, Knight. We all did. None of us are happy where we are now. You have no place. Violetta was downgraded to a fucking Luna like a some kind of sexy secretary with a fine ass. I don't give a fuck about civil affairs. These things are hobbies at best. What good is our power if we don't use it?"
"We don't know how deep this goes," Violetta sighs.
"It doesn't matter how deep it goes. What matters is that this shit fell on our laps and I don't think I can just sit on it without trying to fix some of this shit we messed up. The only good thing I ever did was fucking dying,"
"That's your bullshit ass after feral guilt. I don't see what it has to do with us," Violetta rolls her eyes.
"It doesn't have to do anything with you," Perry shrugs and Violetta takes it as a challenge. It's an unspoken rule between us. It's the five of us or none of us.
"If you two are going to fight, take it out to the beach. This is my mate's home," I growl at the two of them.
"Or you can-not fight," Phoebe suggests. I pull her closer to me when Violetta stands. Perry doesn't move an inch.
"We are free from that shit, Perry. I went home. I have people to take care of. That's more important to me than not being fucking bored. I can easily have someone fuck me up while we fuck to scratch that itch. Don't do this shit to us because you regret everything we build after Darren died,"
"I rather it be us than letting some asshole try and replace the old man. Between the five of us, we can run the underground shit so it doesn't leak out into civilian streets. We control the fighting and the drugs. No one will know it's us. I've been thinking,"
"That's your fucking problem. You never stop thinking," Vy shoves her out of the stool. I stand up and get between the two of them. "You two self destructive assholes are always on the same page. You two share one fucking braincell,"
"Calm down, Vy. None of us would be here without her. I'm not saying I'm on board with this, but we have to think outside of ourselves in this,"
Maybe she has a point, but Perry's always been the most empathetic between the five of us.
"What's going to happen when it catches up to Phoebe and the twins? Because that's what this shit does. It takes what we have as payment for freeing people who don't give two fucks about us. Are you willing to sacrifice them for her?" she tries to shove Perry again and I stop her. The last thing we need is an angry Lycan in the house.
"Of course, not,"
"It doesn't have to be like that," Perry sighs. "I'm already where I need to be. I'm the fucking Lycan Queen. We have dirt on literally every King standing. Shit they can be executed for. The title of the Rogue King is still available,"
"Except Roman isn't strong enough to take it. He's barely hanging on now," Violetta shouts at her.
"The Vivaldis are done. There is no coming back from what we did to them. Roman is a rogue and he's declining because there is no King,"
"We can't just compel an alpha to do it," she scoffs and it clicks for me. I turn around to find Perry smiling at me.
"This is the shit I'm talking about. You two are always plotting shit you shouldn't be," Violetta pushes me toward her,
"It solves all of our problems. Yours, hers," she motions my mate. "And Roman's,"
"Arnold is not going to take that lightly," I look back at Phoebe. She doesn't seem to mind what's going on as she continues with her breakfast.
It would solve our problems. As a King, I wouldn't have to join the packs. Just the hierarchy. Control the rogue population and keep them from going feral. It never occurred to me because I always figured I'd be gone by the time Arnold tried to force me back into his pack.
"Oh, shit," Vy sits back down. "Are we seriously talking about this shit right now?"
"Alone, you're still the best bet. Mated to a fucking Rizen with heirs already established. There's no reason for you not to be granted the crown. You wouldn't have to jump through all the hoops Jonas and I did.
"I know this shit eats at you too and this rockstar shit was always meant to be temporary. You have four degrees in this shit, Knight. You told me to be better. Not to throw away this second chance. Mine isn't as pretty as yours, but I'm not taking it for granted.
"There's no way we were just meant to fuck everything we touched up," she turns around to face Violetta. "Are you really okay with babysitting a bunch of alphas who are never going to stop disrespecting you for have the audacity to have a pussy?"
"That doesn't bug me, I'm not a feminist," she huffs. "You know these hands are rated E for everything,"
"I have no idea what's going on, but it's beautiful," Phoebe says from the other side of the counter. We all turn to look at her. She's eating a piece of my bacon with a smile on her face. "I have a few questions. One, how does the king's rank work regarding the alphas? Two, what would that mean for me? Three, why did you say mated to a Rizen like it means more than just a name?"
"A king outranks everyone. There are three at the moment. Lycan, Alpha, and Mage. There should be six: Alpha, Rogue, Vampire, Lycan, Mage, and Hellion. Women can't be king-ranked, but Queens play a huge role. I fucking hated it. It was never my idea. You'd obviously be the Rogue Queen.
"Rizen's are rare, much like yours truly, and you're more than alpha. Stronger mentally and more likely to be a powerful feral should that ever be an issue. You're considered royal by blood. So is dumbass," she points at me. "So the two of you will be perfect for the Royal Rogue Family position. I'm also going to school for that if you'd like a tutor. I'm available through FaceTime any time you need it,"
"Aww, that's sweet. I fucking hate school though," she rolls her eyes. "I'm more hands on,"
"Thank the moon goddess," Vy laughs and smacks Perry on the arm hard as hell. "I would kill myself if there were two of you,"
"You explain this shit to her. Let's prepare. We keep it amongst us for now. Not a word to anyone. Finish what we interrupted. You need it, shit for brains. You're driving us all crazy with your pretty Phoebe withdrawal," Perry wags her finger in my face.
"I hate you. Get the fuck out of here and put my security system back online,"
"I got you a better one, dick," she tosses a handheld on the counter and takes what's left of her breakfast from her plate. "Thanks for breakfast, Cousin. My mate is going to be jealous to find out his waffles aren't the best I've ever had anymore. Let's go short stack. It's a long run back home. Thanks for the codes,"