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Chapter 13

King Lucan's POV

I was in the living room, sitting there thinking. I had the door closed and my feet propped up on my white marble coffee table. I usually come in here to be by myself because if I was in my office, people would be knocking on my door. I sit in here so I can have some peace. Last night was the first night I had a good night's sleep without any rogue attacks. Everyone was safe since I added more guards and warriors. This morning, I had told every single warrior and fighter that we are going to be training longer. We need to get serious about this. My kingdom will not be harmed because they are being lazy. I won’t stand for it. I wondered if my trackers had any idea where the Blacks are located. I haven't even heard from them, and it's been three damn days. They say the Blacks are ruthless and aggressive. They don’t take any shit from anyone. People are scared of them but also love them. They take back what is theirs and show no mercy to those who deserve it. I like that. I am the same way. Don’t mess with me or my kingdom because I will knock your head right off. Picking up my drink, I took a sip. I had to put a little wolfsbane in it to actually catch a buzz. Yes, I put it in my drink. I am immune to wolfsbane since I have been putting it in my drink for so many years. I also use a little silver. My parents have done the same, so if someone tries to poison us, it won’t harm any of us. There is a poison that will kill me, but I won't say what it is just in case someone is listening to my thoughts. I know there are others out there who can do that. I have been training on how to block my thoughts off around people so that if they can link into them, they will just hit a brick wall. My phone started buzzing in my pocket. Taking it out, I looked at who was calling. Shit, my tracker is calling me. I answered the phone.

"Hey man, did you find out anything?”

“Man, are you sure you want those people in your kingdom? They're ruthless. I'm sending you a video from the other night. They didn't see me, and I'm glad they didn’t. Once you watch the video, it will be your decision going forward. I found them, followed them, and they were too busy trying to get out of the house that caught on fire to notice me. Let me send it to you now. Just watch it, call me back, and let me know what you think.”

It took about ten minutes for the video to upload, and another twenty for me watching it. My mouth dropped open when I saw a female stand up behind a couch shooting someone in the kneecaps. "What the holy shit, this woman is ruthless!" I watched the twenty-minute video, shaking my head. I had some thinking to do. I can tell they are definitely ruthless. How the hell am I going to get them here? Sighing, I couldn’t get my mind off that girl; she was beautiful. My lycan was going crazy, wanting to see the video again. He thought it was amazing how she rose from behind the couch and shot that guy's kneecaps. I actually found it funny how he went down hard. After watching the video about ten times, I made up my mind; I wanted them here. There was something about this girl that I just wanted to get to know. Something in her eyes I needed to see. Could this be the Mafia family I have heard so much about? Where was Mercury and his mate? How come this other man was doing his job? Maybe he retired and gave the title to this one. Either way, I’m inviting the whole family. The way to do it is to set up a party. I don’t want a mating ball; hell no. I just want people to come together and have a good time. I mindlinked my cousin to tell him to bring the duchess with him. I needed her ideas about a party. About an hour later, they were sitting in the living room with me, showing the video I had already watched so many times before they got there. Sasha's eyes were huge.

“Lucas, you do realize that the man right here is his son. He must have passed the title to him. How the hell are we going to get them to come here?”

“I’m not sure if it's going to be easy, but we could send them an invite to a large party and hope they come. And if they do, I will greet them and explain to them what I really need them for.” My cousin shook his head, then crossed his arms.

“How about we just invite them here and ask for their help, instead of this whole party thing? You know we don’t do that; we have get-togethers so the priest would be happy. Or the other men and women that come here with their heads held high because they think that they are better than wolves. I knew he was right. When my father died, I had to step up. I needed to change things around here. I knew someone was taking the kingdom's money; I just didn’t know who it was. Maybe they could help. Maybe they can find the people or person that is doing this to us. If they keep taking it, then my whole kingdom would be in ruin. I knew my uncle might have been involved with it, but I haven't seen him in a few years. Maybe he will show up sooner or later, and if he is involved, I'm going to have his head on a stick.

“So, any ideas on how to get them here?”

“I think I do, but it won't be a party. Let's just write to them. Plead our case, and we will write to them asking for them to help us. If that doesn’t work, we will send our toughest and strongest warriors to bring them here,” Sasha said. Well, I thought to myself, forcing them to come here won't make them happy, but we needed them here.

“Alright, let's do this. Anything is possible. Just let them know we will need them here right away to help,” Sasha stood up to go get the stationery and a pen. Let's see how this goes. It might take a few days to get there, but let's hope they will come here without force.

Sasha’s POV 

I honestly think Lucas is crazy, inviting that mafia family here. What is he thinking? I knew if we went there and took them by force, our people would die. So I have to write something down to get them to believe that we need their help. I got the paper and my pen, then started writing what I thought would be a promising letter. I had no idea what to write to a mafia family that is so powerful that no other people would even want to harm them. So I scooted a chair from the table out and sat down; I began to write.

Dear Mafia Family,

I am Duchess Sasha, speaking on behalf of Lycan King Lucas.

I am not sure how to even begin to write your family this letter. He needs your help. Rogues are coming into the kingdom, and we have people who are stealing money from us, from our government. We have tried to find out who has done this; we have one in mind but haven't seen him in several years. We have heard how powerful you might be and how you find people who owe you. We are prepared to pay you over twenty million dollars if you can come here and find out who is doing this and why rogues are coming into our kingdom.

Yours sincerely,

Duchess Sasha

Handing the letter to Lucas, I let him read it to see what he thought. He scanned over the letter and then handed it back to me.

“So, your highness, how are we going to get this to them?”

“Easy, I will give it to my tracker. He will go to their pack, hand it to them, then leave, hoping he will come out of this alive and that they will read the letter. If not, then we will have to do something to provoke them to come here. I'm sure the twenty million dollars you offered them will come out of your account, Sasha. I was willing to pay them ten million, but twenty, that’s just crazy.” Sighing, I rewrote the letter, ripping up the other one. Instead of the twenty million, I put ten million. There was no way I'm taking money out of my account for them. How do we know if they would even show up? We are going to find out sooner or later. Folding the letter, I placed it in an envelope, then handed it to Lucas.

“Alright, Mr. high and mighty king, this is your show now. What do we do next? Just sit here and wait?”

“I say we should have a party, a small get-together. Get the best whisky and brandy, have it here when they arrive. I don't want anyone else knowing they are coming. This cannot get out.” He was right; if anyone figures out we are inviting the most dangerous people here to help, they will do anything in their power to stop it. Let's just hope they will come. I know my husband is worried, but with the king, they can do this on their own. I've seen it before— they killed people that tried to hurt us. There is something more that the king is wanting. I can’t wait to see what it is. I don’t like going to these parties; the higher-ups like to downgrade people they think are lower than scum. Since I can’t have children, they do not like me. So I stay away from them. Only my mate goes to those. Now I have to be here when these other people show up. I wonder how much they know about us. Do they even know about us? Not many do, since we stay to ourselves and leave people alone until we get messed with.