All Chapters of Rogues and Royals: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Lucy’s POV “Ladies… Please; this is all one big misunderstanding..” Rowan tried pleading again, but Suzy and I were not having any of it. Our wolves had identified the prey and were locked on to take him down. Rowan made a last ditch effort to jump over us, shifting mid air and taking off at a run back to his house. We gave chase; Suzy with her grey wolf that had white socks and a white chest, and my dark brown wolf with tips of gold. I could tell that we both had half a mind to tear him limb from limb, but we settled for nipping at his paws and driving him off. When we broke the clearing for the house, Rowan scrambled at his front door as he shifted and opened it; closing it tightly and clicking his lock home. I circled the house a few times with Suzy, sniffing for a way in but to no avail. I gave a huff at the front door and squatted right next to it, covering his welcome mat with pee. Suzy gave a bark of laughter and disappeared around the back, coming back and grinning in her

Lucy’s POV I took a breath outside of my parents’ office, steeling myself for the scolding I was sure I was going to get. Sure, I was an adult; but that didn’t mean I had no obligations since I chose my career path. One of those obligations was having security details with me; something that I evaded regularly, giving my parents headaches, I was sure. “Enter!” I could hear my dad call out as I knocked, bracing myself one last time as I opened the door. “Lucy, baby girl!” My mom ran up to me from her perch on my father’s lap, pulling me into a hug right away and planting a kiss on my forehead. “Why didn’t you tell us you were finished early?!” “And why did you ditch your security detail again?” My father grumbled as he stood up and joined us, pulling g both me and my mom into a hug. “I am both proud and pissed at you, young woman.” He scolded. “I was going to go and spend a little extra time with Rowan before everything this weekend.” I admitted, getting a tsk from my mom.

Lucy’s POV “Here! That should do it!” I put the last pair of forks down, checking out the spread of the table. I sure didn’t inherit my mom’s skill in the kitchen, but I did inherit her eye for placement and color. I had our extremely large table usually reserved for food spreads for party’s arranged for our family dinner, a place for each and every member that was coming. The only difference being Suzy taking over Rowan’s usual spot. “Lulu?!” Someone shouted behind me, making me turn. “Felix!” My brother pulled me into a hug, twirling me around and then setting me down. “I thought you were not going to be home until Sunday?” He grinned, giving me a kiss on my forehead and stepping back. “Man, you’ve gotten taller since I saw you last too. I’m gonna have to start wearing heals or something or else people might start thinking you are the older one.” He teased. “Nah, it’s all in the hair, really.” I had inherited my dad’s thick black curly hair, the tight curls being the bane

Lucy’s POV “Excuse me, I gotta take this.” Uncle Chester got up from the dining table and left the room, everyone going silent again at the tense atmosphere. “Hun, you need to go too.” Aunt Jude finally said as she patted Uncle Axel’s arm. “You’re bringing down the mood.” “Am not.” He growled at her, making her raise an eyebrow at him. “… fine.” He sighed and left as well, everyone letting out a collective sigh. “Damn… Are all family dinners this dramatic?” Suzy asked as she leaned closer to me. “Nah, most of the time it’s just catching up and light teasing with dirty jokes.” “Aha.” She shook her head and smiled. “I lucked out then.” “How long have you known?” Grace leaned closer to me too as her other sisters were conversing, all of them stopping and staring at me when she asked. “He told me before I went to college four years ago. But to be honest, I think he’s known since he was sixteen.” I confided, making her cover her mouth with her hand and gasp. “Goddess! We’

Suzy’s POVI brought my foot down hard on my assailants foot, causing them to cuss and let me go. “Dammit! You didn’t have to kick so hard.” He wined.“Serves you right, Jon. You shouldn’t have made contact.” I scolded him, going to the door of the small room and putting my ear to it. “It’s a miracle you didn’t alert anyone else to us!”“Cool down.” He smiled at me, stepping closer and pulling me to him again. “This is a blind spot, and I’m supposed to be doing rounds here. If anyone asks, you’re my fated mate!”“Hmm… I could work with that.” I stepped into Jon’s arms, liking the feel of his muscles under my hands. “Should we make it more… Convincing?” I purred to him.Jon and I had gone to the same training camp, both of us being selected out of an elite group for this task years ago, assuming our rolls and eliminating targets all leading up to this looming deadline. We only had one shot, and we had to get this right.“I think we should.” He growled, running his hands up the shirt I