A long night

"If the food is actually not poisoned, then there is no harm in tasting the food, Gamma. Right?" The Alpha King said calmly, looking innocently at his Gamma, apparently hoping that she was indeed innocent, and that it was all just a mix up.

Gamma looks up at the Alpha King with hurt in her eyes. I know that it is fake, but nobody else does. "Son X," she started by calling him by the pet name she always had for him from his childhood, just to garner his pity.

"I have bathed you, fed you, clothed you from birth. You have pissed on me, pooped on me, and even bitten my breasts at some points in your childhood." She sighed dramatically.

"With all due respect, I understand that she is to be the Luna by this time tomorrow, but you have known me for way longer. After everything, you would actually believe that I would poison you on your wedding eve after being so excited about your finally getting married?"

"Gamma, I trust you with everything in me. Which is exactly why I insist that you