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CHAPTER 215 Bartholomew's Help and Support
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Although the walk to the cells was made in relative silence, Ann's mind was in overdrive. Whenever she thought she was making some headway toward solving issues, something else invariably cropped up and added to her ever-mounting list of things that needed sorting out. She was rapidly starting to gain at least a little understanding of why her father just handed everything over to the Elders. The constant issues were like a suffocating weight on top of her, that just seemed to fight harder to drown her with every passing day. But she wasn't her father. She wasn't going to give in that easily. As they reached the entrance to the cells, the door swung open in front of her, startling her for the second time today and she frowned as the figure of Cornelius froze in front of her with a look of abstract guilt plastered all over his face. The low growl that emanated from Adam's chest forced him into recovery rather quickly, and he hastily bowed in front of her, keeping his head lo
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Ann peered into the darkness that seemed to engulf the inside of the cell that Linus was holding in but couldn't see any movement from within. The cells were tiny, designed for security and not comfort. The cells that were allocated to hold wolf shifters were constructed of walls of reinforced concrete which had been infused with wolfsbane and nightshade before being coated with silver. There was no chance of escape for the shifters held here, even if they did manage to get out of the chains that held them. Lexi leaned up against the shatterproof pane, protected on the prisoner's side by thick bars of steel coated with silver that ran the full length and width of each wall. "So where's old rapey?" She sniffed, sounding a little disappointed as she turned to Ann with a pout, "I was looking forward to asking him a few uncomfortable questions." "You'll still get to ask them, Lexi." Ann said with a serious face, "He's in there, we just can't see him. I do wonder if he's still r
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A low growl emanated from Linus's chest as he bared his teeth at Lexi who was finding the whole situation far too amusing and was doing her best not to double over with laughter. "Impressive… I'm surprised your wolf is still alive in there." Lexi remarked as she gasped for breath. "I believe you haven't been introduced to my second in command, The Alpha Queen's Beta, Lexi." Ann introduced her casually with a warm smile. Linus looked as though his eyes were about to pop out of his head as he spluttered and choked on his own saliva in indignation. "This... this… no… NO! There has never been a half-breed in a position of power within the Enclave and I will not stand for it!" He raged. "Too bad you old fart, it is what it is." Lexi smiled sweetly down at him. "Over. My. Dead. Body!" He snarled viciously, straining against his chains in an effort to reach Lexi. She was completely unfazed by his display of fury and instead, bent forward until her face was level with his own a
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Adam and Allen's faces were stony as the door closed to the cell, and Lexi was still fuming about Linus's comments. "Don't let it get to you," Ann said gently, "Those comments were meant to infuriate and provoke us into a reaction. Most likely so that he can claim mistreatment at our hands." she continued with a grimace. "He's a disgusting piece of shit. How can an Elder hold such a high position and still live by those archaic standards? It's people like him that make the world such a horrendous place for people with mixed heritage to live in…" She fumed before pausing and turning to Ann with a sigh of regret, "I wish you'd have let me rearrange his face just a little bit." Ann smiled wryly and raised an eyebrow at her as Lexi smiled half-heartedly at her. "I would have settled for choking him until he passed out, you know…" Lexi offered as Allen looked at her with a mixture of pride and horror. "No, you wouldn't." Ann laughed, "You and Maeve seem to be cut from the same c
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"Then I'll go too!" Ann replied stubbornly as the room erupted into snorts of protest. "No you won't, " Adam said firmly, placing a finger over her lips as she opened her mouth to protest. "Ann, you are the Alpha Queen, and you may be carrying the first of your line...our line…our pups." Adam smiled down at her tenderly, "When they are born, then I will hear your arguments regarding placing yourself in harm's way for the good of the kingdom, but until then, your safety is my priority." Ann scowled as she tore her gaze from his and looked to Lexi for support, but her friend held her hands up in front of her and shook her head. "Don't be a knobhead, Queenie. You have a kingdom to rule and twats like Linus and Cornelius to put in their place. You can't enact change if you and your little smut puppies are ten feet underground." "Some help you are," Ann grumbled as she pushed herself away from Adam and looked between Felix and Greyson. She was silent for a while as she mulled
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Whilst Adam and Allen left to make the necessary arrangements for the next day's departure, Bartholomew, Lexi, and Ann made their way to the council chambers. "Don't you ever find all this tedious?" Lexi asked with a sigh. "What do you mean?" "The same scenery day in and day out… I think I might go mad if we don't get a break soon, you know." She whined, "I have no idea how you've done it for so long Barty-boy." Bartholomew chuckled good-naturedly. "I can assure you that things are not usually this busy nor intense under normal circumstances." "You hear that, Queenie? We've brought abnormal circumstances along with us." Lexi grinned as she nudged Ann in the side. "Who'd have thought, eh?" Ann chuckled as they linked arms. "Are we actually allowed out then? Or do we have to confine ourselves to these dusty halls forever?" Lexi pressed with a grin. "We can go out of course. Whether or not we have the time to or not, is a different matter entirely." Ann grimaced, "S
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The murmurs in the council chamber had faded to an almost deafening silence as Ann and Lexi made their way to their allotted seats at the front of the room. Although the Elders wouldn't have noticed, as Ann took her seat, she picked up the minute details in Lexi's body language that showed just how uncomfortable she was in this position, but she hid it well. To the casual observer, she would still appear as the fiery and opinionated half-Daemon that people had heard so many whispers about lately. "Thank you all for coming." Ann's voice cut across the chamber, echoing loudly above their heads. "It's not as if we had much choice, your grace. If you could give us a little more notice…" "Oh, it's notice you want?" Ann smiled serenely although her eyes flashed with a dangerous light as Maeve simmered below the surface, "Perhaps if you had cleared the Rogues at the first instance then meetings wouldn't have to be called so abruptly." The rustle of cloaks could be heard and awkw
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After the Elders had been informed of Linus's trial being scheduled for the following day, and no new issues were raised, Ann and Lexi left the council chambers. Lexi had seethed silently, a murderous aura exuding from every pore on her body as Ann had tried to wrap things up quickly so she could get her friend somewhere relatively safe so that she could explode without judgment. Ann glanced across at her friend, who strode furiously forwards, the vivid crimson of her eyes still burning brightly. "Do you want to go and hit things until you feel a little better?" Ann asked softly. Lexi snorted. "Unless part of the beating involves a knife in between the eyes of those bigoted motherfuckers then I'm not in the mood." She hissed, not breaking her stride. 'She'll probably end up pinning Allen to the bed and giving him the wildest night of his life to cool off.' Maeve sniggered as Ann sighed quietly. "How about a drink? Do you want to go into the city and find a bar to drink
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When Coral had returned with the Omega that worked as a nanny to the nobles, the baby boy was handed over to her and she waddled off happily, cooing at the baby in her arms as it gurgled happily back up at her. Coral began to work through updating the schedule for Ann as she dictated, adding additional notes that she shared with Allen's device. He would see to their schedule tomorrow as he had several days worth of reports to hear from Adam as to what had happened within the businesses and the Dark Moon Pack while he was away. Lexi made her way back to her room with both Allen and Greyson following behind her. She paused outside her door and turned to them both with a smile. "Sorry to disappoint boys, but I don't feel like getting frisky right now. Quite honestly, I just want to soak all of this crap off me." They nodded at her as she looked at them thoughtfully. "We really should sit down and have a discussion about how this is going to work between us all, you know." she
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"Well, I certainly wasn't expecting that." Ann said a little breathlessly as she looked between Lexi, Allen and Greyson. Adam shared the same concerned expression as she did at the revelations that Eromaug would clearly stop at nothing to get his hands on Lexi. "You're absolutely sure that your father is willing to ally himself with us?" Ann asked as the baby in her arms began to stir and protest at the noise and unfamiliar surroundings it had found itself in. Lexi snorted loudly. "Of course he is. How could he not when his daughter is your right hand woman?" She winked. "We should put it to the council first." Adam said somberly as Lexi groaned loudly. "I'm sure they'll be thrilled at the opportunity," She muttered sarcastically as Ann laughed. "I think we should get hold of Bartholomew so that he can help us find a way to ‘tell' the council of our alliance, rather than ask for their permission." Ann mused thoughtfully, "He's pretty knowledgeable about who supports us,
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Ann and Adam stood on the front steps of the Enclave, eagerly waiting for the return of both of their Beta's. Adam chuckled as Ann fidgeted with her hands and struggled to stand still, her gaze fixed on the curve of the driveway. "They'll be here soon, don't worry." He soothed, wrapping his arm around her as she nibbled on her bottom lip. "What if something happened though?" She worried as she rubbed her little bump in an act of self soothing. Adam's eyes glazed over slightly as he linked with Allen and then grinned down at his anxious wife. "Allen said stop worrying, it's not good for the baby. They'll be here in seconds." "But…" As promised, the front end of the transport pulled around the corner of the driveway and Ann let out a sigh of relief. "See, my Queen? Nothing to worry about." Adam chuckled as he watched them pull to a stop in front of them. As soon as the door opened and Lexi's head emerged, Ann broke away from Adam and bolted down the steps towards her.
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Lord Brarthroroz guided Lexi over to one of the chairs around the table and gestured towards the flap of the tent. "Make sure no one enters for the time being, Steve." He said with an air of resignation to his voice as he took a seat next to his daughter. Steve nodded expressionlessly as he moved to the open flap, released the material to close it and ducked through to stand outside. "You two should sit as well," Lord Brathroroz advised as he gestured to the seats across from Lexi, "This isn't easy for me to talk about." He continued with a grunt. Greyson and Allen moved to comply and took their seats next to each other, both of them focused on Lexi. Lord Brarthroroz sighed as he turned back to his daughter and cupped her face fondly. "Before I start, I want you to understand that before your mother and I had you, neither of us realized just how deeply we could love and the desire to protect you from harm eclipsed everything else in our lives completely." He said gently a
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It hadn't taken their force long to clear the halls and clean up the bodies that were left behind. The losses had been minimal on their part and considering the forces that they had thought they would be up against, their plans had meant that they had been far better equipped than the coven itself. The Coven had left very few prisoners alive, and the ones that were still breathing were in pretty bad shape. Lexi and the other healers and medics had done what they could but there was no growing back limbs…no matter how proficient of a shifter you were. Lord Brarthroroz had stationed huge numbers of his daemons within the winding passageways and caverns that the coven had previously inhabited and returned to the surface with his portalmancer Steve at his side. He strode angrily across the makeshift camp to the command tent and paused at the entrance, glancing across at the medical tent where Lexi had been working. Currently, she was cleaning her hands off as her mates watched
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She stood and with one last look at the lifeless body below her, turned her attention to the chaos at the other side of the room. Narcissa had no problems keeping the attacks of the wolves at bay and Lexi could feel the emotions of the past few minutes bubbling wildly inside of her as she stormed towards her, her eyes blazing furiously. Her father was still making little headway against Eromaug, but she wasn't concerned about his survival, he was more than capable of taking care of himself against his bastard of a brother. Narcissa on the other hand…she had a lot to fucking answer for. Lexi strode through the fighters battling the twisted Daemons that had emerged from the shadows, throwing her magick lazily towards the monstrosities as she passed, a sneer curling at her lips as the shifters watched her in terrified awe. It wasn't long until Narcissa noticed her approach and her face split into a sneer that matched Lexi's as she swept her arm in front of her, knocking the ma
