5 years in-game passed and they had to retire. It was their grandfather that ordered that. It was unfortunate, but they had amazing careers. Reilly and Evan went to more of the IPTB 500 and 1000 tournaments worldwide to crawl their way into the top 10 for doubles. Their highest ever was #5 and the retired at #8. Ronan had rivalries with the other top 5 players. They were alphas and went all over the world, but they could never beat him on the court. Even when they won a tournament to edge him out of the top spot, he would just go to a tournament in a country safe for omegas and win the #1 spot back. The Grand Slams belonged to the brothers. Anna convinced a favored to win team of Reid and Rhys to yield to the beleaguered team of Evan and Reilly in the quarterfinals of their third Sparia Tourney. It was the only Grand Slam that Evan won. Reilly and Ronan were mothers, but they made it look easy. Ronan won the Career Slam 5 times in singles. Reid and Rhys won the Career Slam 4 times with 3 other slam titles. Reilly won 21 titles. 20 in mixed doubles.
For petty reasons, they had been snubbed for the International Competitions. Because they made it clear that their 5 year would be their last, they were allowed to pair up for doubles in this world's version of the Olympics. They took gold and bronze. That was because they met in the semifinals. Ronan and Reilly actually got the better of Reid and Rhys for once. Reid and Rhys rallied back to defeat the other semifinalists for the bronze medal. It was a great showing. The Burke Cup was lost. They did not have the talent in the country to compete. They managed a miracle win in round 1, but they flopped afterwards. They fell out of the World Group the year after that. It could have been avoided. Now the country was in Regional group 2. It was shameful. Anna knew that would happen from the start. Just like she had called, the members of the national sports committee were thrown out. They were replaced by every executive was an alpha supremacist. No one would stoop so low as to beg for the Iduts back. The top 5 in singles and doubles took a huge sigh of relief.
If they were not going to be on the court, they were expected to embrace their inner omegas and live a domestic life. Half were fathers and half were mothers, but they all loved their children. Having a ton of nephews was cool for them too. All 4 were the cool uncle stereotype. Ash and Cedar were the golden children of the mansion. It was a little cringe to see them get special treatment, but it made sense to Anna. They were royalty. Owen tried to put more babies in Ronan, but he would just take the day after pill. He could order servants to purchase them. Ronan was a knight of the realm. Owen was the son of bodyguard. He also wore his collar so the alpha could not mark him with a mating bite. It was clear he was not happy with the marriage. No one was going to talk to him about it. That was his burden to bear. Oswin saw this and he was not happy. He wanted his parents to get along. Ronan had a small bit of resentment towards him. Oswin was the reason he lost Mitchel. He moved on, married a beta female and continued playing his tennis. He was in the 90s.
