The Orphaned Queen (By Brandi Ray) novel Chapter 107

Rain’s P.O.V.

When Zion opened the double doors to the Banquet Hall, I was shocked, to say the least. Everyone was talking, speculating what this gathering was all about, and then complete silence followed by gasps as everyone’s gaze met Zion and me as the doors opened.

I place my hand on my belly as Zion leads us into the crowded room. Everyone now has faces of relief and tears of joy streaming down their faces as they bow while we make our way past them and to a table set up for us. I feel an overwhelming sense of love and confusion pouring off of everyone in the room. As we reached our table, we were joined by the others in our group, including Morgan, Mia, and Nick, as well as King Arnald and Beta Mark.

Zion pulls out a chair for me and helps me lower myself into it before he addresses the crowd. He goes into detail about the reasons for my disappearance while also apologizing to everyone for keeping them in the dark about the whole situation. I could tell by the emotions I was getting from them that most understood completely, while three were jealous about the situation; why they would be jealous, I couldn’t understand. I recognize one of them as the omega she-wolf who spread rumors about me to the other omegas when I first arrived.

The she-wolf lets out a huff before glaring at me. I raise an eyebrow and look over at Mia and Annie, who give me a knowing nod, knowing how she had acted toward me and Odett in the past. I link Orian to let him know my observation, and he quickly tells me that he will place a guard to watch over her and the other two, who seem to have an issue with how things turned out.

“Everything okay?” Zion asked as He finished his speech and sat beside me while everyone went to fill their plates with the food Mia and Annie had prepared for the event.

“Everything is perfect,” I respond with a smile. I won’t let those she-wolves ruin this amazing day my friends and family planned for me.

Annie brought me a plate filled with my favorite snacks we had decided on for the shower last night, along with a strawberry milkshake. I gave her a smile and thanked her before looking at the line for the buffet to find Odett and Sam piling food onto their plates. Odett’s plate looks to be pilled as high as Sam’s, which makes me laugh.

“The girl could probably outeat most of our warriors,” Zion says with a laugh as he sees what I was laughing about.

“You’re right. She’s a growing girl.” I say, continuing to laugh. I look around, noticing that no one has touched their food yet. “Why is no one eating?”

“This is your celebration. No one will touch their food until you have started eating.” He answers.

“Please enjoy your food. There’s no need to wait for me to start eating.” I say after having Zion help me stand. As I carefully sat back down, I looked at Zion. “I will eat after you get your plate.”

“There’s no need to wait for me to start eating.” He used my words against me with a smile, making me roll my eyes at him and huff out a laugh.

“You irritate me at times,” I tell him playfully.

“That is one of my many jobs, my Queen.” He says, giving me his signature half-cocked grin, making me roll my eyes again.

Once everyone has their food we eat while laughing and cracking jokes here and there. It’s nice to be in the presence of our people again and have them know that I am still alive. I was worried that it would cause Douglas to move up his attack, but at this point, the War would come sooner or later, so there’s no point in hiding anymore.

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