After Lucianne settled the bill, she drove them to Annie and Christian’s home. The guards let her in and told her that the duchess was at the other end of the villa with her guests.
“Perfect. Thank you, Frederick,” Lucianne uttered with a smile, and the guard tipped his cap in response.
Lucianne drove across the estate and parked right in front of a single-storey building that was detached from the villa. Lucianne got off and Margaret followed her. When Lucianne's hand was inches away from the doorknob, her ears perked up.
She left the door alone and began walking around the building when she said, “They’re over here, actually.”
The moment they reached the back, Margaret gasped at the gorgeous greenhouse. It
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The defense ministers, Margaret and her mavericks, Lucianne, Xandar and Christian reached the Den. Chief Dalloway, who was escorting Kate, looked at the duke, as if asking him an unspoken question. Greg got the message, and pointed at the only chair at the side and said, “Over there, Chief.” Despite being surprised that this duke actually addressed him politely, he complied. Kate was confused. What was happening? And why did she have to go first? None of her friends knew what this was about, not even Margaret. But Tate knew, and it was killing him and his wolf to not say a thing to their mate. Lucianne even had to discuss with Xandar for two whole minutes before deciding whether they should tell Tate. Even n
Greg's answer made everyone even more stunned. Lucianne gritted through her teeth when she asked Kate, “Earlier, you told me that you didn’t know where the discretus who invaded Blue Crescent was supposed to take you. Now, the trace is showing that your boyfriend is from the Forest of Oderem. Are you saying that you didn't know where he was from?" "No." "Then how are these two contradictions both the truth?” “My boyfriend wasn’t going to bring me to the forest first. He said he needed permission to do that, not just the leaders’ but also the forest’s permission. I was supposed to go to a transit location. And he said that if permission was ever refused, we’d just live somewhere else.”
As soon as the vigils returned to vampire territory after the investigation of the hut and hideout in mid-afternoon, they made their way to the castle once again. Outside Pellethia’s study, Duica took a deep breath, knocked twice, and waited.“Who is it?” Pellethia’s familiar voice came from inside.“It’s VIG 001, Your Majesty.”“Come in, Duica,” came the reply.Duica was surprised. That was the first time the empress had said his name. Dominic nudged him and teased through their mind-link, ‘She might have a favorite after all!’After Duica rolled his eyes, he opened the door and Pellethia, w
Maddock spoke softer when he continued explaining, “Lady Luisa and Heros Pas were assassinated for what your late father deemed to be treason, which many couldn’t imagine how. Rosalie was never a royal aid or anything close in the first place. That decision did not help with the tension with the lycans at all. The untimely death of Heros Pas, one of the most prominent lycan officials, was one of the strongest propaganda used by their kind to instigate hate and encourage the wolves and lycans to kill us.”Pellethia refuted, “Rosalie was closer than a royal aid. She was practically family. My father did what any ally would have done - avenge her death. As for Lady Luisa, wasn’t she a close family friend of yours, Maddock?”“She was, though I don’t see how that’s relevant.”
In the part of lycan territory that was near the border of vampire territory, Gerella and the others were in Neptune’s warehouse, where Neptune claimed no one ever came unless he authorized them to come. He had an older warehouse too, but he, Klementine and Saxum all agreed that using the old one as cover wasn’t smart since the authorities would’ve already found the abandoned hut. If the duke somehow managed to figure out the hut was Neptune’s, he might send his followers to other old properties that were dormant. This was simply a precaution because Neptune doubted Greg Claw would know the hut belonged to him when he deliberately left it out of the duke’s annual check on rogue assets. Greg did this check to ensure that rogue assets either remained off the authorities’ radar or that it was registered to be legitimate in the authorities’ systems.
It was evening when the royal family members, alliance members, ministers, warriors, Margaret and her followers, and ten vigils were at Bordure, the part of wolf territory that was most susceptible to rogue attacks when attacks used to be frequent because of its significant distance from larger and stronger packs. They were also here because these packs were the closest to vampire territory and, according to Greg, rogue lycan territory. None of the pack leaders reported seeing any rogues or proditors, but the fact that this was the most vulnerable part of wolf territory AND a rendezvous point between Kate and Rudolpho made them pick this particular location to stand guard. They stood between the wolf packs and the neighboring territory ahead, hoping that nothing would happen. The instructions were simple: stand guard, and i
As soon as Gerella stepped into the civilization of vampire territory, wondering if she was in the right place. She pulled her grey hoodie up, trying to draw as little attention to herself as possible, wondering if it was smart to go invisible. She decided against it because she didn’t want other discretus to think that she had something to hide. She was glad to see that whoever else was on the street hid their heads as well, but they did it because they hated the early evening sun, and wanted as little of it as possible. On her way here, Gerella already knew that she had to hide her eyes since its blue color did not match the green ones from the population. She was trying to find something that would hide her peculiarity until something outside the subway station caught her attention. It was an advertisement for contact lenses in five distinct colors, and the model’s eyes were blue like he
Pellethia blinked for a second before she skipped over the formalities to the more pressing matter at hand, ‘Aunt Lucy, Ella is here. In the castle. She said the next location the hybrids are planning to move to is most likely Bordure.’ Lucianne held her breath as Pellethia continued, ‘She doesn’t seem to be lying. And she’s probably betraying the hybrids because the children are falling ill. She kept emphasizing the need to end this before any little ones die. Octavia and I are leaving for Bordure now. We’re bringing Rafael, Amber and anyone else at our disposal. Aunt Lucy, should you see the hybrids first…please don’t engage in battle until we get there.’ A sudden howl echoed through the air, the kind of howl that wolves and lycans used to warn each other about an incoming attack. Lucianne’s head turned to where the team of ten