Chapter Twenty-two

I smiled, even though Hayden had a huge scowl on his face, and waved at him.

"Hi."

Then I dropped the food and turned to the table. Peter, Lucien, had a lot of his high-ranking soldiers there, and they were looking at us like we were a movie that was about to unfold.

"Are you not going to introduce me?" I asked him, then turned to bow down and introduce myself, and he grabbed me and covered me with his shirt.

"I don't need it." I started to say, but the side-eye he gave me shot me up.

"Lucien Submit that data by the latest next week, and take my pack when I am gone. Peter get the data from Uncle Josiah; have it ready by tomorrow; you are all dismissed.".

Some of them rushed out with a smile on their faces, but Lucien, Peter, and a boy whose face I could not place took their time standing up. His face looked familiar, and he would not be older than nineteen. Then the boy moved closer to Peter and whispered something that I did not catch.

"Get out now, the rest of you, and that includes