Grey Wolf in the White House: The Trilogy (Paranormal BBW Erotic Romance) (11 page)

“Why?”

“I just thought Remy might have told
you more about us. Winters is one of the most common pack surnames
in the English-speaking world, you know. The name came from
northern Europe, where our pack first became powerful.”

“Oh my god. The last few weeks have
just been so… unbelievable. I can’t believe that you’re one of them
too, and that you knew about Remy and I the whole time. Why didn’t
you say anything?”

Beth’s face hardened
slightly.

“It wasn’t my business. Ari, with the
way the media is these days, your affair is bound to come out
sooner or later. You’re going to have to deal with people possibly
trying to paint you as some gold-digging intern, desperate for
attention and money.”

Her face softened again as she
continued.

“But, I’ve worked with you, and I know
what you’re really like. I’ve also seen how happy you two make each
other. I’m just glad that you are back here and safe now. I’m happy
for the both of you, and you made the right choice in getting away
from that vampire.”

“Thanks, Beth,” Ari murmured. “That
means a lot.”

Beth smiled.

“Do you want to know some more common
pack surnames so that you can easily spot more
werewolves?”

“Sure.”

“Anyone whose last name is Grey,
Cruickshank or Claude is almost definitely a werewolf.”

“Well, that explains a few things about
some of the kids that I went to school with,” Ari replied, giggling
softly.

Beth grinned back at her and looked
around.

“It’s strange. This place has a lot
more people in it than usual. And half of them look like press.
It’s almost as if Remy is staging a giant press conference, right
here at the dinner,” she said.

“Maybe that’s exactly what he’s doing.
He wouldn’t tell me anything,” Ari replied.

They chatted for a while longer as
tables filled up around them, and finally, the Chief of Staff’s
voice boomed out into the crowd.

“Welcome, friends and guests of the
White House. President Armstrong has decided to take tonight as an
opportunity to discuss a few very important issues. And here he is
now.”

Ari watched in admiration as she saw
her gorgeous man smile and wave as he walked over to the podium
that had been set up at the front of the room. The hairs on the
back of her neck suddenly began to stand up, and she turned her
head sideways. Damien Xavier was sitting across the room, staring
at her with a contemptuous look.

Ari decided to ignore him, and turned
her head back to Remy, who cleared his throat and called for quiet
before speaking.

“Tonight, I wish to let the public know
a few very important details about myself, and the state of world
politics. This speech is being televised on every channel in the
world right now, so I would like to begin by saying hello to the
world, and thank you for watching. I… I have deceived the American
public for a long time, and I’d like to come clean.”

Oh no, what is he
doing?
Ari wondered, suddenly afraid.
Another wave of nausea washed over her, and she thought for a
moment that she might actually be sick everywhere.

“My fellow countrymen… I am a
werewolf.”

Ari could see all the senators that she
knew to be vampires and werewolves gasping in shock. The rest of
the human attendees sat in silence for a moment, and a small ripple
of laughter eventually broke out amongst them. Remy shushed them,
and continued to speak.

“This is not a joke. I assure you that
my kind are very real.”

With that, his eyes began to
glow amber, and Ari’s hand flew to her mouth.
What the hell is he doing?

Remy suddenly transformed into a wolf
right in front of everyone, proudly displaying his silky grey fur
and sharp fangs before returning to his usual human state. The
crowd was dead silent, and no one moved.

“I know that you are all deeply shocked
and probably disturbed by this, so while you are digesting what you
just saw, I’d like to explain why I have chosen to finally reveal
the existence of werewolves to the general human
public.”

He began to outline the general history
of humans, vampires, and werewolves, before moving on to the
problems that they had faced at the hands of the vampires, and
still faced today. The crowd sat in shock, staring up at him as he
spoke, unable to believe what was unfolding in front of their
eyes.

“I know that we are not doing enough to
fix the problems in the world. It is a very long, hard task, and
beginning to fix all of our problems is guaranteed to take a very
long time. It might not even happen in my lifetime, though I am
trying my damned best to help the situation. I realize that you may
not be happy with a werewolf as President, so if need be, I will
resign.”

A few people gasped, and Remy
continued.

“However, I would beg you to realize
how dangerous our world is becoming with all the vampires that are
in power now. They want to enslave us, and I will not allow that to
happen. I love this country, and the rest of the world. We deserve
freedom and equality. With vampires in power, this will never
happen.”

He paused for several
minutes, allowing the enormous amount of new information to sink
in. Ari closed her eyes, knowing that the crowd would soon
erupt.
What if they hurt him?
She was right; seconds later, the crowd began to
roar, and she opened her eyes, expecting to see utter pandemonium
breaking out around her.

Instead, she realized that the roaring
sound was almost every single person in the room standing, clapping
and cheering wildly as Remy stood at the podium. The only people
still sitting down were all of the vampires, and Ari herself.
Damien Xavier’s lips pressed into a defeated grimace as his eyes
glowed an angry deep red, and he stalked out of the room, along
with the rest of the vampires.

Once the crowd had settled down, Remy
smiled and spoke again.

“Thank you for your support. This is
not something that I had ever thought would happen. With all the
ignorance and intolerance in our world today, I was half-expecting
to be chased out of the White House tonight.”

To Ari’s surprise everyone laughed, and
he continued.

“While I have everyone’s attention, I’d
like to make a special announcement. I have been involved with a
beautiful woman for a while now, and I would like to make our
relationship public. Ari, please come up here.”

Beth grinned and nudged Ari, and every
face in the room turned to her. She felt her face turning pink, and
her legs felt like jelly as she rose and slowly walked through the
crowd and up onto the raised platform.

“This is Ari Mills,” Remy said. “But
I’d like for her to be Ari Armstrong, unless of course, she chooses
to keep her own last name.”

What?
Ari looked down in shock and realized that Remy was on one
knee in front of her, holding out a beautiful ring.

“Will you marry me, Ari?” he asked, his
eyes flashing yellow again as he stared up at her.

Ari burst into tears. She couldn’t help
it.

“Yes!” she finally managed to choke
out.

A wide grin crept across his
face.

“For a minute, I thought she was crying
because she really didn’t want to marry me,” he said, turning and
addressing the crowd. “But that’s a yes, in case you didn’t
hear.”

The crowd erupted in wild applause
again, and Remy stood up and wrapped his arms around her. Ari felt
as if she were being carried away on a cloud of happiness, still
half-unable to believe that all of this wasn’t just a
dream.

“I love you,” he murmured. “So very
much.”

***

Two months later, everything was
finally starting to die down. The public had accepted the existence
of werewolves and vampires, and Remy remained as President of the
United States. Ari had gone back to working at the White House in
her new paid position with Ross and Beth.

Now that their relationship was public,
Ari could finally accompany Remy everywhere, and they had spent
almost every minute together that they could manage with their busy
schedules.

Worldwide, almost every single vampire
that had been involved in politics had resigned their position, so
Remy’s speech had already begun to help a great deal. The vampires
seemed to have realized that they would be in great danger if they
retained their powerful positions, now that the world knew their
real agenda.

Right now, it was nine o’clock at
night, and Ari was admiring the view of the full moon from her
kitchen window as Remy cooked dinner.

“You know, I never knew that you could
cook,” she said.

“Well, I’m the President. I don’t
normally have to. Besides, it’s a lot easier when I have my Secret
Service guys out the front. I can just get them to order any
ingredients that we’re missing and have them brought straight
here.”

“I suppose being the President does
have a few perks,” she teased, before affecting a more serious
tone.

“Remy, I need to tell you
something.”

His eyes twinkled as he stared at her,
as if he already knew what she was going to say.

“What is it?”

“Well… umm… I’m pregnant,” she said,
casting her eyes to the floor.

She was uncertain as to what his
reaction would be like, but all of her fears were swept away in an
instant as he wrapped his arms around her and scooped her
up.

“I knew it,” he murmured. “I knew that
you were going to tell me that.”

“How?” she asked.

“Look out of the window. It’s a full
moon.”

“I know. So what?”

He grinned and kissed her forehead
before pulling back slightly and staring down at her.

“Do you not remember what I told you?
Nothing bad ever happens on a full moon.”

The End