"That was fantastic. I don't think it could have gone any better than that."
"I have received countless emails, texts, and calls demanding the review of all the laws on record."
"Did you see the dragon King's face. I thought his eyes would pop out."
"There is already talk of a revolution."
All the voices are just background noise at this point. So many lawyers and political strategists and PR people- I'm completely overwhelmed.
I am still seeing spots from all the camera flashes. And my ears are ringing from all the noise. As powerful as my mother's compulsion is, it took her multiple attempts to rein the crowd in. Ultimately, she was forced to end the meeting and reschedule for a private, but televised, meeting which would occur on my birthday. In 6 days. The rescheduled meeting was part of the plan. We wanted to get the masses questioning their trust in the existing regime. Get them pumped up and ready to riot. I just hoped that the meeting would be AFTER my coronation. Hopefully this does not complicate things.
But honestly, what girl wouldn't want her birthday to include the equivalent of WW3 negotiations to be surrounded by her and televised on her 21st birthday? No, not me. No, of course I wouldn't rather be enjoying my first legal alcohol. Of course I wouldn't want to enjoy my coronation party. Nope! Not me! I would much rather my already busy and overwhelming birthday party/graduation party/coronation ceremony/possible mating celebration and potential pack unification ceremony to be an episode of paranormal c-span on crack.
I don't know how my parents do this on a regular basis. While also managing to have actual careers. It's no wonder the marriage fell apart. Oh joy, I have so much to look forward to. Hopefully if I find a mate he will be fluent in sarcasm and dark humor. Because at this point it is the only thing keeping me sane.
Will I even get a mate? At this point I'm not even sure I will follow the normal rules of a wolf. I mean there has never been a female alpha in the past. And my dad said the day I was born, he knew I was the next alpha even though I was a girl. He could see my aura and smell my alpha blood. It never bothered him that he never had a son. Vampires can only have one child. So I was it for mom- and dad never remarried. Secretly I wonder if dad mated with my mom, but since she's not a wolf the bond could not snap into place. Or maybe it did and she doesn't know because she is not a wold and he is just too ashamed to admit that his mate left him. Or maybe he just hasn't found his mate?
Maybe I'll be lucky and I won't find a mate and I will never have to marry and have children. As a half vampire will I be able to have more than one kid? I don't plan to find out because I don't plan to mate or marry, much less reproduce. Can you imagine if I married a different paranormal species? I don't mean that in a prejudicial kind of way- more like a how the hell would that even work- kind of way? 1/3 vampire 1/3 werewolf 1/3 mystery meat? What seats would that child be later obligated to sit in for UPU.
What will the board even look like after next week? Will the UPU even still exist? Did I just start a war? Did I just royally mess up?
Sighing I stand and turn to walk out of the conference room, still not hearing most of the boisterous sounds surrounding me as 20+ people shout around me. It has been three hours since the end of the televised "revolution" and I am ready for a nap. I can feel my wolf itching to stretch out and lay under the sun and just sleep this chaos away.
I feel something tug at my arm. I look up to see my mother's gentle loving gaze upon me. "You did a good thing today Lily Pad."
"Then why do I feel like the world is crashing and burning because of me. Why do I destroy everything I touch? Why am I always the cause of chaos? Tears well in my eyes, but I'm not letting them fall. Not here in front of all these people. A week from now I will be the queen and I will be the most powerful alpha. That is if the next meeting goes as planned. They can't see me being weak. I need to get out of here and get my crap together before one of them smells the weakness on me.
"My darling, you may feel like the embodiment of chaos, but chaos does not mean havoc. No, my love. Chaos can also breathe creation. Creation of new and beautiful things. Don't forget that before the world was, it was chaos." Watch her next fashion line be entitled 'chaos'. If my eyes could roll any harder they would be stuck. This woman is so sentimental.
"I think I just need some space and fresh air. Clear my mind from all this havoc and creation." I said, pulling my hand out of hers with a reassuring smile and leaving the room.
Outside the streets are bustling with people, paranormals and humans alike. None seem to know what chaos I just left on that 26th floor. They seem carefree as they go about their lives like normal people. Oh, do I envy them!
"Ehh-hmmm." The sound of a throat clearing stops my mind's wanderings. "Ms. Griffin if you would be so kind as to grace us with your presence, we need your signature on about 1000 documents, thanks to the revolution you started...."