Dallas’ p.o.v.
I am lying in bed between my Mates, staring up at the ceiling.
Daxton and Darius did an excellent job of keeping me distracted, but the moment they fell asleep, my mind started racing again.
Charna has been quiet since we heard that our Mother wasn’t dead. She must realize that we have information in our mind that can answer a few questions. All we need to do is find the pieces and put the puzzle back together.
I shoot straight up at the memory that Charna is showing me and I am already halfway to the door when I realize that I don’t want to do this on my own.
“Daxton.” I call out as I shake his shoulder to wake him up. Darius is the first to open his eyes and without asking questions, he gets out of bed after knocking Daxton on the head.
“What?” Daxton asks as he sits up in bed and when he sees me standing next to him, he smiles. “You figured somet
Dallas’ p.o.v.“Captain, we found the evidence. Damn, sorry. I should have said Your Highness.” Joshua says in my head and I fight the urge to chuckle.“Good, go through it after lunch. We have only discussed the Guardians Ceremony; we still need to discuss my Ceremony and that might take a long time. So, you have some time to go through it and hand me the most crucial piece of evidence.” I answer him.We keep looking around the Throne room during lunch, most Elders and their families seem relaxed. A few others keep glaring at us from time to time, but I act as if I don’t notice them.Once lunch is over, Uncle Vaughn gets their attention again by asking Elder Zariah to explain the Ceremony for the royal Beta position.“The Ceremony will be held on a Full Moon and every Pack gets an invitation to the Ceremony. Usually, the Alpha brings his Luna, his children,
Guardian Quarters“Good morning.” Joshua says as he looks at his Squad and the soon-to-be former Guardians.“Guardians, you swore to protect the Royal family from any kind of harm. I assume that each of you would like a chance to prove that, even if the worst injury you can get is a paper cut.” Joshua says, earning him a few chuckles.He divides the men and women in front of him into three groups. The Guardian’s Captain gets appointed one, Jesper receives the second group and the last group is for Joshua himself.“Each team will search a different part of the Palace, while the Royal family is in a meeting with the Elders. They will try to buy us as much time as they can, but I want you to understand that your time will be limited.You will search your assigned location for anything that could expose the Elders as frauds. Take pictures of the places you find these files or documents,
Dallas’ p.o.v.“Elders, let me make one thing abundantly clear. Your Queen can handle dealing with her family and the household of the Royal wing. No one outside the Royal family will ever get to interfere with our household ever again. This is and will forever be up to the Royal family.” Quinlan speaks, barely containing his anger.My Mates are keeping an eye on the Elders and their reaction to Quinlan’s statement, my eyes are glued to Elder Dawn’s Father. I don’t trust him and I will ensure that he never sets foot in the Palace again for official business.“Prince Quinlan, at the moment, your Father is still our King. It doesn’t matter what your opinion is, we only have to listen to your Father.” Elder Dawn responds.Uncle Vaughn jumps out of his seat and Elder Dawn is lucky that my Mates reacted quickly or Ershin would have ripped her a new asshole.“I bel
Dallas' p.o.v.After one more look at Elder Dawn, I sit down at the breakfast table and start talking to Grandpa about our weekend.I can feel her eyes burning into my back, but I ignore it for now. I want to enjoy my breakfast and a little quiet time before we meet with the Elders.Daxton and Darius will communicate to me through our mind-link what I need to know during the meeting and even Uncle Vaughn will inform me if there is something I need to do.I am surprised when Elder Jensen escorts us to the Throne room, but the moment we step inside, it becomes clear why we aren't having this meeting in the King's Chamber.“Every family member of every Elder is present. Not everyone is content with Mom taking over former Elder Jeff's duties.” Quinlan explains through the mind-link. “They will try to overwhelm you and hope to get you so distracted that you won't back up Dad.”
West WingAs you can imagine, not all Elders were happy with Jeff losing his title or with Queen Eliza taking over his responsibilities.Elder Dawn reached out to her family within minutes after the Royal family walked out of the Chamber. She was furious at the disrespect the Queen showed her family by denying her younger Brother to take over Jeff’s duties.Her Father called a meeting with the Elders, who thought similarly to their family and didn’t want the Royals to have too much power.None of them knew who was responsible for the Royal family to hand over more power to the Elders or why, but they had no intention of handing it back.“How many Elders will back up the Royals if they decide to leave Queen Eliza in charge of the Servants?” Her Father had asked and Elder Dawn couldn’t give him more names than the ones in the room with them.“Princess Dallas will be our biggest
Dallas’ p.o.v.Joshua joins me and Aunt Eliza in the kitchen. I need to inform him about their task for Monday and hopefully, we can keep the Elders occupied for a long time.“I need you to split the Squad into two teams. No, make that three teams. One team to search the library here in the private wing, one to search the library downstairs and one to search the Elder wing.” I tell him as I look at the contents of the fridge.There is more than enough food in here and Aunt Eliza is pulling items from the pantry to increase the availability of food for cooking or baking.“They need to find anything that mentions the duties of the Elders, the power they hold within the Kingdom or how the Elders became a part of our Kingdom. Anything that mentions the Elders will do and they need to be ready to act on Monday morning.” I explain.“On it. Just let me know when the meeting is over.”