The Aftermath
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Severus, Remus, Ronan
“Severus, where’s Hadrian?” Remus breathed out as they watched Viktor appear at the entrance of the maze with the Goblet in his hand. He shrunk it down and placed it in his pocket.
The crowds went wild with cheers for the new champion, but Viktor didn’t look happy. He looked angry. Upset. Severus and Ronan pushed their way through the crowds.
“Hadrian? Where is he?” Severus demanded to know. “What happened?”
“I had him with me the entire time,” Viktor spat out. “He was perfectly fine, not a scratch on him. We reached out to grasp the Goblet and just as we did, he was yanked out of my arms. He is still in the maze. Diggory and Chang have him.”
“Diggory and Chang? That makes no sense,” Severus insisted. “I am going in.”
“We are going in,” Ronan countered.
Severus, Ronan, Remus, Viktor and the hidden Merrow headed back toward the maze. Viktor felt a heavy hand land on his shoulder.
“I don’t know what you think you are doing, but you will stay here and let them congratulate you on your win. Let the boy’s head of house retrieve him,” Igor stated angrily.
“I will not,” Viktor growled out and pulled away from him. “I will get my betrothed safely out of the maze and then I will celebrate my victory.”
“No need to worry, My Boy. Mr. Black is one of mine. I will go in after him. I have two other wayward students to retrieve as well,” Albus stated in that kind grating voice.
“You have no power over me, Headmaster Dumbledore. I will go after Hadrian. I believe you are being flagged down by Mister Bagman,” Viktor countered and then pointed to where Albus was indeed being flagged down.
When Albus turned back around, Severus and the others had already disappeared into the maze. He frowned and cursed inwardly. This had been a perfect opportunity to get the boy alone and under control. He would simply have to wait until the summer and get him back into Grimmauld Place.
Severus simply banished the hedges in his path. The magic controlling them was gone now that the tournament was over. He cut a path straight through to the center.
They found nothing there but Cedric and Cho looking exhausted. They were clearly prepared to put on a show. Severus quickly bound them.
“Professor?” Cedric asked upset. “What are you doing?”
“Holding you for questioning,” Severus answered. “Get them up.”
Ronan and Viktor picked them up from the ground and held them in place.
“Where is Hadrian?” Viktor demanded.
“I don’t know what you are talking about. If you lost your friend in the maze that has nothing to do with us,” Cho insisted.
“Don’t lie girlie,” Ronan growled out.
“I saw you take him,” Viktor added.
“What is going on here? Why do you have them bound?” Moody growled out as he stepped into the center of the maze with them.
“They did something to Mister Black,” Severus responded.
“Nonsense,” Moody answered.
“We didn’t do anything, Professor we swear. We saw Krum take the Goblet and Black lost his footing which pulled him away from Krum. Cedric just caught him before he fell. Then, Black took off back into the maze to try to find his own way out,” Cho explained.
“See there, the boy is simply wandering in the maze,” Moody responded.
“They are lying,” Viktor insisted. “Hadrian wouldn’t just take off into the maze. He would have waited here for us to get him.”
“Lying or not, we will behave like civilized adults,” Albus stated as he appeared in the clearing. “Release them Severus and we will take them to the school to be held while we search the maze for Mister Black.”
“I will escort them to the school and hold them in my office while the rest of you search the maze,” Moody offered.
“Very good Alistar,” Albus agreed. “Now, Severus let us search for your wayward snake.”
Severus rolled his eyes and then they headed into the maze to search for Hadrian. They knew he wasn’t in here but there was nothing else that they could do to find him right at the moment. He had not yet activated his portkey or smashed his pearl.
About an hour later, there were flashes of light throughout the maze and around it. Portals that had opened and whisked away eight people.
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Nevarah: Air Sections (For Hadrian)
Zenith grinned as he finally did it. He had been fighting his way through the ranks and had finally ranked up to Ace. Blood Whisper herself had been witness to his Rank change and now he was ready to celebrate.
His mother would be happy. She had been waiting very impatiently for him to achieve his goal to reach Ace. He had promised her that once he did, he would agree to Hunt for a Circle.
“Congratulations on your new Rank,” Aither said with a grin. “Took you long enough.”
Zenith put the Princess in a head lock for his cheek.
“It took me exactly as long as I wanted it to, Little Princess,” Zenith responded.
“Your mother is going to be excited. I bet she starts planning your bonding gift and your outfits for the hunt as soon as you tell her,” Aither pointed out as Zenith released him.
“She has had them planned out for years already,” Lyza countered. “Congratulations big brother.”
“Thank you, Lyza,” Zenith said with a smile and kissed her on the cheek. “Never miss a fight do you?”
“Not even one,” Lyza agreed. “Aither? What’s wrong?”
Zenith turned to see the Princess rub his chest a moment before Zenith felt something pull at him as well. He drew his weapons and laughed as he moved to stand back to back with Aither.
“Soulscream Lyza. Don’t tell mama. I wanna surprise her,” Zenith instructed as the two of them disappeared in a flash of light.
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Nevarah: Merrow Waters
“Alcandor,” the King turned to see his Ace swimming into the throne room.
“What is it, Krym?” Alcandor asked him curiously.
“Something has happened. There was a Soulscream, so far I count six that have been called from Merrow Waters,” Krym answered.
“Any one interesting called?” Alcandor asked.
“You could say that,” Krym answered with a chuckle. “Two were Crimson Tide members and one was your favorite cousin.”
“Alec was called?” Alcandor asked as he perked up. “Have you traced the scream yet?”
“Well, that’s the thing that makes this interesting. I believe there may have been two separate Soulscreams,” Krym answered.
“Two? At the same time? Where have you traced them too?” Alcandor asked.
“One of them is on a realm that I could not trace, it is protected somehow. The other is Earth. Alec was called to the one on Earth,” Krym answered.
“Then gather the rest of the Tide we are following,” Alcandor stated as he did a quick switching spell so that he was ready to go.
“As you wish,” Krym answered and headed out of the room to do as he was told.
“You think it has something to do with the Submissives that we sent Ronan and the Cunninghams after?” Killigan asked.
“Yes,” Alcandor answered. “Behave while we are gone and stay in the castle. Do not venture out when you get restless.”
“I will be here when you return,” Killigan said with a chuckle. “Go and torment Alec and his new circle a little.”
“You know I will. I was growing bored. This is a perfect distraction,” Alcandor agreed.
“We are ready, My King,” Krym stated.
“Good, let’s get going then,” Alcandor commanded.
They were gone in a swirl of water and bubbles. When they arrived at their destination, the fighting was already underway. They were in a Landwalker’s graveyard, and they were instructed to attack everyone in a black robe and white mask. None were left unharmed.
Krym took particular joy in ripping out the throat of a blonde Landwalker who had been attempting to cower behind a stone after getting wounded.
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Off Realm: Storm Gathering
“Man, I love this job,” Rion called out. He had just finished filling another canister with lightning.
“How many more do we need to fill before we’re done for the day?” Dorrin asked.
“Let me look when I drop this one off, but I think when you have that one full, we’re done,” Rion answered.
“Great, because I could use a break,” Dorrin said with a laugh. “We have been at this for a week.”
“Oh, stop complaining. You act like this job is actually hard. You have one of the best affinities for Storm gathering that I have ever seen,” Adad said with a chuckle.
“Yeah, well maybe I am just sick of being stuck out here with only the two of you for company,” Dorrin stated.
“He just wants to get back to camp with Mistral,” Adad teased.
“You love us, and you know it,” Rion countered.
“Maybe a little,” Dorrin said with a shrug.
“Rion is right, when you have that canister full, we’re done for the day,” Adad pointed out.
“Nice,” Dorrin said as he got his hands on another bolt of lightning. “And that should do it, this one is full.”
“Perfect, let’s return to camp,” Adad instructed.
The three storm types made their way back to camp where Mistral had just finished preparing dinner. The Storm Pareya was the only one with them that wasn’t a Gheyo and Dorrin never went anywhere without him.
“Hello, my Darling,” Dorrin greeted his best friend and soulbonded Pareya.
“All done for the day?” Mistral asked as they put their canisters away in the container that would hold them for transport.
“Yep, and just in time because I think your bestie was about to start full on whining,” Rion answered.
“Probably just hungry. He tends to get whiny when he wants food,” Mistral teased.
“Hey now, don’t gang up on me,” Dorrin responded. He draped his body over the Pareya to see what he was doing. “What did you make?”
“Stew,” Mistral answered.
“My favorite,” Dorrin said with a happy rumble.
“You say that every night about every meal,” Rion pointed out with a laugh.
“And it is true every time,” Dorrin responded. “Mistral is the best cook and the two of you are going to miss his cooking when we are back home.”
“That is actually very true,” Adad answered. “I might have to stop in and have dinner with the two of you sometime.”
“And you are more than welcome to,” Mistral responded as he started ladling stew into bowls.
“Damn it,” Dorrin said just as he sat down to eat. He looked up at Mistral, who was moving closer to him rubbing his chest. “I guess I am not going to get to eat after all.”
“What’s going on?” Adad asked. All three of the others were acting weird. Rion had moved over to them as well.
“Soulscream,” Mistral answered. “You might want to call in for help.”
And just like that the three of them were ported away. They were a little surprised when they realized they didn’t all end up in the same place.
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Regulus
The sound of fighting finally stopped.
Regulus nuzzled the person leaning over him and pressed a kiss to their chin.
“Let me up,” Regulus stated gently.
“When our Alpha gives the all clear I will,” came the response above him.
“I need to check on my daughter. Let me up,” Regulus repeated a little less gently.
“Let him up,”
Regulus whined, he couldn’t have held it in if he had wanted to. Merlin it had been so long since he had heard that voice. The Pareya over him moved and Regulus latched on to the hand that was held out for him.
“Severus,” he breathed out. He was trying to hold it together, but he was going to fall apart at the seams soon if his Alpha didn’t wrap him in his arms.
“Hello, my love,” Severus responded gently and looked down at the bundle in Regulus’ arms. “And who is this little one?” Severus could feel a pull toward the baby just like he had with Hadrian.
“Cassiopeia Rose Prince, our daughter. You are her third,” Regulus answered. There were tears streaming down his face.
“And the Ace is her Sire?” Severus asked as he looked down toward the Ace that was being seen to by one of their new Pareya.
“Yes, his name is…” Regulus started.
“Issac,” Narcissa said with a gasp as she stepped forward. “His name is Issac.”
“You know him?” Regulus asked surprised as Narcissa stepped closer and nuzzled him gently before pressing a kiss to his head.
“He is Draco’s third,” Narcissa answered. “I thought he was dead. He had gotten into contact with me about coming for us but then I didn’t hear anything, and he never arrived. He has been here with you?”
“Yes, for almost a year now,” Regulus answered. “Missed you Cissy.”
“Missed you too, Reggie,” Narcissa answered. “Now, let me hold that pretty girl so that you can properly greet our Alpha.”
“Thank you,” Regulus said and handed Cassie to Narcissa. As soon as she was settled, Regulus launched himself into Severus’ arms.
“Oh, my Love. I have missed you desperately,” Severus whispered in his ear as he held him close and breathed him in.
“Reggie,”
The Submissive pulled back just a little and held out his hand. Remus was pulled into them so that Regulus was cradled between his Alpha and Beta.
“I am so sorry to break this up, I truly am, but we need to go. We aren’t safe here. Scout says there are more Torvak arriving, far more than what we just fought,” Jascha spoke up.
“He cannot travel with open claims,” the Pareya that had been tending to Issac spoke up.
“Then I suggest he exchanges them quickly,” Mariana countered. “We can certainly fight the Torvak, and my circle and I do love to get our hands dirty, but if you want to avoid the chance of one of yours getting wounded, we need to go.”
“Then let’s get to it,” Regulus responded. “I want to get my daughter far away from here. Cissy you first. Give Cassie to Severus.”
Narcissa did as she was told and handed the now calm baby to their Alpha. Severus cradled her expertly as if he knew exactly what he was doing and it hadn’t been nearly seventeen years since he held an infant. Severus was a good father. Always had been.
“We need to get back to Earth as quickly as possible,” Remus spoke up.
“Why Earth?” the Pareya asked curiously. “And why quickly?”
“Our son is in danger. We need to get back to protect him,” Remus answered. “We were in the process of searching for him when we were called away.”
“Hadrian is in danger?” Regulus asked as he pulled back from Narcissa. “He is alive? Albus said..”
“He is alive, Love. And yes he is in danger. We need to get back to him,” Severus answered.
“Pareya, you next,” Remus said and indicated the man who had been tending to the Ace.
Regulus pulled him close and bit into his neck before leaning back and allowing the man to mark him. He exchanged claim marks with all of them as quickly as possible before returning to Severus and Remus.
“Prince Manor, Severus,” Kili spoke up.
“Draco?” Narcissa spoke up.
“Will be there as well,” Kili answered.
“Then let’s go,” Severus instructed as he handed the baby in his arms back to Regulus and then nudged him toward the Mage. “You will travel more safely with him.”
“The three of you already know each other,” Regulus said as the coordinates were shared with the Cunninghams.
“We do,” Remus answered. “We will explain everything when we are safe.”
“Ok,” Regulus agreed. They all gathered together as Kili reached out with his power and pushed it into the ward around the pocket realm. Regulus watched in awe as it shattered around them.
And then they were portaling away. Regulus looked around when they landed and started sobbing again. Home.
Finally, after fifteen years, he was home.
Severus took one look at how overwhelmed Regulus was and took him and Cassie to another room alone so that he could comfort and settle his very distraught Submissive.
Remus was going to start working with the Cunninghams to find their missing son.
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Hadrian
Hadrian sobbed as he felt gentle hands reach up and carefully remove him from the stone angel that had been holding him captive. He looked down into the beautiful eyes of his Beta.
“Viktor,” Hadrian breathed out. He could hear the sounds of fighting around him.
“Zdravei, Lyubov Moya,” Viktor greeted him gently.
“Get him home, Viktor,” Ronan called out. “Take the Pareya with you.”
“Do you still have your portkey, Hades?” Viktor asked.
“Yes,” Hadrian breathed out. “I want my dad, Viktor.”
“I know, Darling,” Viktor answered. “I will take you to him. Are the three of you the only Pareya?”
“We are,” a merrow answered him.
“Good, carefully touch the bracelet with the serpent on it,” Viktor instructed. “Ronan will bring the others when they are done here. Say the word, Little Seeker.”
“Serpins,” Hadrian breathed out. And they where pulled away from the sounds of battle.
“Severus!” Viktor called out as soon as they had landed. “Remus!”
He quickly made his way out of the transportation room and headed through the house. He needed to find a sitting room or something to lay Hadrian down. The Pareya followed him closely.
“Oh Merlin,” Remus breathed as he came sprinting around the corner toward them. “What happened? Who did this to him?”
“It was Voldemort,” Viktor answered.
“Bring him this way,” Remus instructed. Viktor nodded and then followed quickly.
“Who are all of these people, Remus?” Viktor paused as they stepped into a crowded room. The three Pareya behind him were instantly on alert. If the Beta didn’t know them, they needed to be wary.
“It’s a long story, Viktor. But they aren’t a danger to Hadrian. Who are these three?” Remus asked.
“Hadrian gave a Soulscream. These are our Pareya. Ronan and the Gheyo are still fighting. They will be here as soon as they are able. A bunch of Merrow showed up to help as well,” Viktor explained.
“Lay him down here,” Remus instructed. Viktor laid him down and Hadrian whimpered. There was a small wave of magic and Kili stepped up next to him.
“Hello, Starfish,” Kili said soothingly.
“Kili, it hurts,” Hadrian sobbed out. He looked around before he turned back to Remus and Haikili. “Where’s dad?”
“He will be here in just a little while,” Kili answered him. He wrapped an arm around Remus. “You will let Thomas see to you.”
A man stepped forward with dark hair and golden eyes. He smiled kindly down at Hadrian.
“My name is Thomas Kalzik, I am a Master Healer. Will you let me tend to you?” the man asked him. Hadrian looked back up at Remus, Kili, and Viktor. They all nodded to let him know that he should.
“Ok,” Hadrian agreed.
“Good boy,” Remus praised him.
“Let’s start with the nasty cut on your arm,” Thomas stated and went straight to work. Remus stood over him and played with his hair while Viktor held his other hand.
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“Mistral,” the Pareya turned to see Rion standing near him grinning. “Two Soulscreams. We were called to two separate Soulscreams. Where is Dorrin?”
“Still fighting,” Mistral answered. “Where is your new Submissive?”
“Our Alpha is grounding him in the next room over. He had a panic attack after we arrived. Plus, there is an infant that needed tending to,” Rion revealed.
“So, a circle and a child all at the same time?” Mistral responded as he kept his eyes on his own Submissive.
“More than one child,” Rion revealed. “If I am understanding correctly, your new Submissive belongs to mine.”
“Hadrian!” someone called out as he came barreling into the room. It was a small blonde Submissive with an Earth Alpha and Fire twins following behind him. “Is he here?”
A beautiful blond Gheyo strode past them and gently patted Rion on the cheek.
“Come here, Dragon,” Narcissa called out.
“Mother! Is he here? Is he ok?” the blonde asked as he let the King pull him into her arms. “Everyone was just gone from the task and no one could tell me anything.”
“Look there, Draco,” Narcissa pointed toward Mistral’s new Submissive. “He is being tended to. You will have to wait to see him. Why don’t you introduce me to your fire twins officially?”
“More than one child indeed,” Mistral said with a chuckle. Rion grinned proudly.
There was a pulse of magic that had Mistral standing to attention and then his new Alpha was striding into the room with three men on his heels.
“Go on,” Rion prompted, and Mistral smiled at him before making his way to stand with the other Pareya near their most dominant mates.
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“Viktor,” Ronan called out gently.
“He is going to be alright,” Viktor answered. “He is pretty banged up, but he is going to be ok. Voldemort?”
“Dead,” Ronan responded proudly and lifted a severed head up for him to see.
“Good,” Viktor praised and went into Ronan’s arms. Ronan kissed him hard and then let him move on to their Rheyo. Nikolaus smiled at Viktor and let him check him over before pulling him into his arms.
“Could you maybe throw that outside?” Narcissa asked Ronan with a laugh.
“No, I will give it to my Submissive as proof that his tormentor is dead,” Ronan answered. “I will put it in another room though for the time being if it bothers you.”
“It bothers me, Ro,” Draco spoke up from next to Narcissa. He shivered and Ronan nodded.
“Then I will remove it, little Dragon,” Ronan said with a smile. Nikolaus reached out for it and Ronan gave it to him. The Rheyo took the head out of the room and did something with it before returning.
“Ok, I have done what I can for him,” Thomas spoke up. “He is healed of the wounds, but there is nothing I can do about the twitching. His nerves have been severely affected by something. I don’t have what I need to fix it here.”
“His dad can fix it,” Remus responded. “He created a potion specifically to counter the effects of the Cruciatus.”
“Where is dad?” Hadrian asked again as Ronan pulled him up and into his arms. “Why isn’t he here? Is he ok?”
“He is fine, Hades. Just be patient. He will be in here as soon as he can. Then we are all going to need to sit down and talk about what happened tonight,” Remus answered.
“I am going to take him into the next room over. Settle all of our instincts a little after the Soulscream,” Ronan responded.
“Alright,” Remus agreed.
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Hadrian had his teeth sunk deep into Ronan’s neck before they had even made it out of the room. His instincts were too close to the surface. Now that he wasn’t in horrible pain, he needed to claim his Alpha.
When he pulled back with a happy purr, Ronan pulled his neck to the side and bit to place his claim mark high up on his neck where he couldn’t hide it.
“Viktor,” Hadrian called and then was happy to claim his Beta as well. After Viktor had placed his claim mark across from Ronan’s, he handed Hadrian to the next person. “Hi Nik.”
“Hello, Love,” Nikolaus greeted and tilted his head to the side so that Hadrian could mark him as well. Nik placed his mark just under Ronan’s mark.
Next, Hadrian claimed his Aces. His instincts were a little more settled now that he had claimed his most dominant Bonded. He claimed three more Gheyo before Severus stepped into the room.
“Dad,” Hadrian called out and launched himself into Severus’ arms.
“Hello, my Little Star,” Severus greeted him as he held him close. “Are you ok?”
“I’m ok. Just twitchy from the crucios,” Hadrian answered.
“That’s what your Papa said. Here I brought this for you,” Severus handed him a potion. “It will help.”
“Thanks, Dad,” Hadrian said with a happy chirp. He took the potion and could already feel the tremors easing.
“Now, bring your new circle and join us in the ballroom. There are a lot of explanations that need to be made as well as a few guests who came to help that need to be acknowledged,” Severus explained.
Hadrian turned and nodded to Ronan who whistled sharply for the rest of them to follow. Hadrian stayed with his dad. He had been so incredibly afraid in that graveyard and while he loved his Alpha and Beta, he needed his dad.
There were a lot of people in the ballroom. Like a lot. There was a group of people standing with Remus and Haikili and then there was a group of Merrow standing off to the side. What had actually happened tonight?
“Dad? What happened?” Hadrian asked Severus. “Why are there so many people here?”
“A lot of things, Little Star,” Severus said with a sigh. “Let’s start with the most important. We found your Dera.”
“You did?” Hadrian asked and looked over the people in the room once again. Finally, his eyes landed on the petite man standing next to Remus. “Dera?”
“Oh, my baby,” Regulus said and started crying again. “You are such a beautiful young man. Come let me hold you.”
Hadrian immediately went into Regulus’ arms. Merlin, it felt so nice to be held by his Dera. It settled something inside of him that he hadn’t even realized was unsettled.
Regulus pulled back and looked Hadrian over. He looked so proud, and Hadrian blushed just a little. He gently touched Hadrian’s cheeks.
“What happened to your beautiful blue skin and Merrow features?” Regulus asked him with a frown. “Albus didn’t do anything permanent did he?”
“Oh,” Hadrian said with a laugh, and he pulled a ring off his finger.
Then he had beautiful deep blue hair with lilac highlights, pretty grey eyes ringed in blue, and pretty purple/blue skin. Then he pulled out his wings and preened when his Dera told him how beautiful he was. There were also a lot of appreciative rumbles from his new circle. That just caused him to blush deeper.
“How did they finally find you?” Hadrian asked.
“Soulscream,” Regulus answered with a chuckle. “Apparently, like father like son.”
“Nice,” Hadrian said with a laugh. “So, does this mean we get to leave Earth now?”
“Not yet,” Severus answered and ruffled Hadrian’s hair. “I still have a score to settle with Albus. Now, it’s rude to keep Royalty waiting.”
Severus wrapped an arm around Regulus as Ronan stepped up and wrapped an arm around Hadrian. There was another Merrow with him.
“Hadrian, my lovely little Submissive, this is my cousin. King Alcandor of the Aqua’kine,” Ronan said with a flourish and a grin. “Good to see you cousin.”
“It took you an awfully long time get things together here,” Alcandor accused. “Any particular reason why? Or perhaps it is just that I overestimated your skill.”
“It isn’t his fault. He has done his job perfectly. He was sent here to keep me safe,” Hadrian defended. “We had to stay here until we found my Dera. That was someone else’s job. That’s not Ro’s fault.”
“Hadrian,” Severus said with a sigh. “Child, you cannot….”
“He is fine,” Alcandor said with a chuckle. “I appreciate a young man with a sharp tongue. He will need it when dealing with the Merrow courts.”
“Yeah right,” the merrow next to Ronan said with a snort. “When I have a sharp tongue, you punish me.”
“That is because yours is pure willfulness. A sharp tongue simply to shred, not for purpose,” Alcandor responded and flicked the Merrow on the head.
“Your son?” Regulus asked curiously. All three Merrow snorted.
“No, my cousin on my Sire’s side,” Alcandor answered.
“So, I am bonded to two of your cousins? How does that work? Wouldn’t that make the two of you cousins as well?” Hadrian asked Ronan and Alec.
“No, we are cousin to Alcandor but not related to each other,” Ronan answered. Hadrian imagined that was easy to do when you have large circles.
“Also, why am I going to be dealing with the Merrow courts?” Hadrian asked curiously.
“Aqua’kine do not inherit our throne the way that the other royals do. Because of his current position and his relation to his bearer, Ronan is currently second in line to the throne,” Alcandor answered.
“Oh,” Hadrian said and gave Ronan a pointed stare. Then he punched him in the arm. “You didn’t say anything about being second in line to the throne, Ro.”
“You sure?” Ronan asked him with a chuckle. “I am sure that it was mentioned at least once.”
“No, it wasn’t,” Hadrian insisted.
“Would it have changed your mind about courting me?” Ronan asked him curiously.
“No,” Hadrian said. “You know it wouldn’t.”
“Because you love me,” Ronan said with a pleased rumble.
“Desperately,” Hadrian agreed and kissed him on the cheek.
“Alright, you two,” Severus said with a chuckle.
“Leave them alone, Sev. I think they are adorable,” Regulus said happily.
“I believe there needs to be introductions and claimings if you are planning to leave Earth for Nevarah soon,” Alcandor spoke up.
“Good idea,” Hadrian said with a smile. “I am eager to meet my new bonded.”
Ronan gave a sharp whistle and Hadrian watched as his bonded responded. Ronan directed them to sit or stand in the chairs that were around the room. Severus did the same for theirs.
“You go first dad,” Hadrian insisted. He crawled into Ronan’s lap when he sat down. He didn’t want to be too far away from his Alpha right now. Viktor sat next to them on one side and Blaise claimed the other side.
“I am Severus Prince. I am an Air Alpha,” Severus started.
“Regulus Prince, Merrow Submissive. I am under a very deep rooted suppression that has completely blocked it however. The Goblins didn’t want to attempt to remove it because they were afraid of what would happen,” Regulus explained.
“We will look into it and get it removed,” Alcandor spoke up. “We need to figure out what families you were born to anyway so that we know where our new little prince comes from.”
“Thank you,” Regulus said with bow. “You next Remi.”
“I am Remus Prince, Beta. Earth and Born Were,” Remus stated. He was sitting as close to Regulus as he could get without actually pulling him into his lap.
“Lelani Paolini,” Stated a very pretty Merrow woman. “Pareya.”
“Thomas Kalzik. I am a Pareya and a Master Healer. I am also an Earth type,” the man who had healed Hadrian went next.
“Issac Clayton, Air Ace. I was also held captive with our Submissive for over a year with the Torvak. I am also acquainted with our beautiful King. Her son is mine as well,” the next man introduced himself.
“You are Draco’s Third?” Hadrian spoke up. “And now you and Cissy are both part of my dad’s circle. That means we really are more like brothers now. Awesome, I can’t wait to tell him.”
“He is,” Narcissa answered with a fond smile. “I am Narcissa Black. I am an Air King. I also have a small affinity for Shadows.”
“Kisten,” the next man stated. “I am part Merrow/part Storm and a Gheyo Queen.”
“Sage, I am a Gheyo Prince. And like our Gorgeous Beta I am an Earth Dragel and a were,” Sage went next.
“Rion, Storm Princess. So happy to be here,” went the last Gheyo. That only left Kili.
“And you?” Regulus prompted when he didn’t say anything.
“Haikili, he is a Storm Mage, Seer, and Realmwalker. He doesn’t talk a lot but when he does he tells the best stories. Also, really good for cuddles,” Hadrian answered. Kili’s eyes were glazed over like they were when he was seeing other things. “He is Seeing.”
“Thank you, Hades,” Regulus said with a smile. “That’s all of us. Now why don’t you start yours off?”
“Alright, I am Hadrian Prince, Submissive and Merrow,” Hadrian introduced himself. “And I am Severus, Regulus, and Remus’ son.”
“Ronan Aegaeon, Gheyic Alpha, I am Storm and Merrow,” Ronan went next.
“Air Beta, Viktor Krum,”
“Nikolaus, Storm Rheyo,”
Hadrian’s Pareya went next. There was a beautiful Air type named Caden, a gorgeous Storm type with grey hair and flashing eyes named Mistral, and then there was Alec. All three of them were lovely.
“Malakia Narelle, Merrow Ace. My Suite is Aolani Thatcher Storm King, Zaliel Crassus Merrow and Shadow Queen, Marin Anahita Merrow Prince, and Tempest Chaser Storm Princess,” Malakia introduced his entire Suite.
He pointed out each of them in turn Hadrian liked that they seemed organized already. It probably helped that Malakia had already been working with Aolani and Tempest.
“Zenith Torres, Air Ace. I am incredibly happy to be here. My mother is going to love you,” his second Ace said with a grin and a wink. “This lovely little Air Princess is Aither.”
“I could have done that myself,” Aither said with a blush.
“I know, but I wanted to do it for you. Aren’t you happy to be bonded to the same circle?” Zenith teased him.
“Hush it, you know I am,” Aither answered with a laugh.
“I am Doyle, Shadow King,” the man next to them went next.
“Dorrin Thandie. I am a Storm Queen and already bonded to our gorgeous Pareya, Mistral. He and I have shared a Soulbond since we were kids,” Dorrin introduced himself. “He is also an amazing cook. You lot are lucky to have him.”
Mistral blushed brightly and the Storm Princess bonded to his dad started laughing and nodded his agreement. They obviously knew each other. That was good.
“My name is Enlil, and I am an Air Prince. I am also very happy to be here. It looks like it is going to be a very fun circle to be part of,” the last man in his second Suite introduced himself.
“It’s definitely going to be fun. Our Hadrian is wonderful. I am Blaise Zabini. Storm Joker. I am Hadrian’s,” Blaise stated. Hadrian laughed. He was basically letting them all know that Hadrian was the only one he would be bonding to.
“Varon Palakiko, Joker,” his last Joker introduced himself. He was the second biggest Merrow in the room aside from the one that was with the Merrow King, and had a few scars where all of the others didn’t seem to have any at all. Hadrian liked how wild he felt.
His last bonded to introduce himself was a Shadow Mage named Kane. He was just as gorgeous as the rest of them. All of Hadrian’s bonded were gorgeous. He couldn’t wait to start getting to know all of them.
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“Hadrian!” Draco called out as he came into the room.
They had finished introductions and were just mingling together talking. Hadrian had completed three more bonds with his Pareya. He had been wondering where Draco was. Theo was close behind him as always.
“J’avais tellement peur quand tu n’es pas revenue avec Viktor.” (I was so scared when you didn’t come back with Viktor.)
Draco nudged Ronan out of the way and wrapped Hadrian in his arms. Hadrian held him back just as tightly.
“Je vais bien, Drake. Je suis desole que tu aies eu peur,” Hadrian responded. (I’m ok, Drake. I’m sorry you were scared.)
“He speaks French? You taught him to speak French?” Regulus asked Severus.
“No, my Love. I am afraid I am just as horrible at French as I have always been. Draco taught him. He also speaks Italian and Bulgarian,” Severus answered and there was no denying the pride in his voice. “He is very good with languages.”
“You swear you’re ok?” Draco asked him in English.
“I swear,” Hadrian answered.
“We have a little sister, Hades,” Draco said with a grin.
“We have a what now?” Hadrian asked him and looked up at Regulus and Severus.
“A little sister. She looks like both of us. Pretty blue skin like yours and bright blonde hair like me, grey eyes like your Dera. She is so pretty and tiny,” Draco told him.
“You had a baby while you were captive?” Hadrian asked Regulus.
“I did. Albus forced Issac and I to conceive. He needed a new Dragel to take your place when you went missing,” Regulus revealed.
“I hate that man so much,” Hadrian said with growl. “Can I see her?”
“Of course you can,” Regulus said with a smile. “Kreacher has been looking after her while we talked.”
Hadrian was in love with his little sister the moment Regulus placed her in his arms. She was so small and beautiful, and Hadrian would never let anyone hurt her the way he had been hurt. Cassie would grow up surrounded by love. She would be raised by the best dads in the world.
If the look on Draco’s face was anything to go by, the blonde felt the same way Hadrian did. Their little sister was going to be so incredibly spoiled and loved.