Chapter 117

Elder Tom

"I am telling you, I met her at the hospital last night while looking for the King and she told me that rogue they caught is her mate and she's actually accepted him!

"Were you aware of this Aaron?"

"I was made aware the night before last by my daughter yes"

"And what are your thoughts on this matter? surely you are not going to accept this rogue into your family as your precious daughters mate are you?"

"You truly have the most opportune time in knowing that she's my precious daughter don't you Elder Tomas, when you were pushing her onto the King without my consent or a care for how I felt, suddenly she's precious"

"That is besides the point! what will you do?!"

"Nothing"

"I beg your pardon, did you say you will do nothing, I'm sorry I must have misheard you"

"You heard me correctly, I will do nothing, they are mates and she has accepted him and hopefully he has accepted her, who he was is besides the point and as far as I understand he was made rogue by his previous mate, an Alpha's daughter and banished when she rejected him because he was a warrior, so he is no criminal!"

"AHHHH! I can not accept it, I will not accept this! she has to wed the King"

"Give it up Tomas, the King never wanted her and now she does not want him, so either way you have already lost! unless one of you is willing to give up one of your own daughters for the cause hmm" everyone buries their heads, not uttering a word "that's what I thought, the God's have most certainly done me a huge favour by sending my daughter her destined mate to finally put an end to all this madness and get her to come to her senses because nothing makes you stronger than your true mate"

The bastard has the audacity to walk out on our gathering without saying anything else "Elder Tomas, I do believe Aaron is right, I mean now that Lady Astrid has found her mate, it means that there is still hope for our King and as he said, there is nothing stronger than a mate bond, a true mate bond"

"We gave him more than enough time to find his destined mate did we not? our kingdom stands on the verge of war once again it would seem and no heirs if anything is to happen to the King, what will become of us?!"

......" Mmmm well for starters, my parents do have other children apart from me Elder Tomas" the others cower, but I will admit he caught me by surprise, I did not even sense him come in "ahh not to worry, I've been here the whole time" "the entire time?" "that is correct, so it would seem you did not take my warning last night to heart huh, you must really want me to kill you and your entire family too"

"What?! the King said that Elder Tom? why didn't you say that?!"

"I did not deem it important at the time"

"Well times have changed now haven't they?!! I will take no part in anything that could get me or my family killed Elder Tomas"

"There is something I would like to say to you all as well as I have you here, I was trying to be patient but you Elder Tom seem to really want to be on the receiving end of my blade, so to avoid that I will tell you, I too have found my mate"

"Y-You have?! Fantastic! where is she? where is our Luna Queen?"

"In the hospital, which is where I need to get back to, please excuse me"

"W-Wait my King! is everything alright, why is she in the hospital?"

"We will reconvene at a later point in time Elder Brody, I must go"

"So that's why he was at the hospital last night, his mate is there, but what if he's just saying that to get us off his back"

"Elder Tom, please stop this now, to accuse the King of lying is simply preposterous and stepping way over the line, even for you as an Elder, I will take my leave now gentlemen and await for the time we can greet our Luna Queen''

I can't believe it, I was so close, so damn close to getting what I wanted and now it's all slipped through my fingers but I am curious to see who this Luna Queen will be, perhaps she will be someone I can win over and use to bend him to my will because after all as they say there is no bond like a mates bond.

I get home and wrap my arms around my mate, giving her a peck on the cheek and she giggles "you're home father" my daughter walks into the kitchen where we are "yes, my dear" I sit at the table "is everything okay?" "hmm oh yes, just had a stroke of bad luck today, Lady Astrid has found her mate so my plans are now a bit of a mess"

"Here you go love, a nice soup to cheer you up" "thank you love"

"Papa" "hmm?" "h-how about I give it a try, with the King I mean"

"You will do no such thing young lady! you will wait for your mate! I never approved of what your father was making the King do and I most certainly will not let you get dragged into it!"

"But Mama, you know I've always thought him to be so beautiful, I'm sure he will like me too"

"My silly daughter, please get your head out of the clouds! and do not give your father any ideas!"

Well I'm afraid to say it's a bit too late for that my dear, my wheels have already begun to turn.