"Is Lumen a king?"

It was late evening. The hectic day had drawn to an end; the Alpha's visit had gone well. He- for reasons I couldn't even fathom- seemed to like Lumen. He had played with him and chatted away to him with an ease that most people would have lacked patience to do.

Now, bathed, fed and almost ready for bed, Lumen was enjoying his small bid of freedom before I put him down for the night. His room had been mostly finished. The rest of his bedroom furniture had come and though Jonathan had turned up late to the meeting- which I had chewed him out for-...