Chapter 71


    Chapter 70


    The past few days I have learned so much about myself. I was sitting outside at a small table drinking


    coffee, reflecting on thest few months. I was a scared, heartbroken "human" who had no hope. I was


    thought of being wolfless, but in reality, I was not only a Lycan but a Royal Lycan. I went from being a


    rejected wolfless human wanting to end it all to one of the most powerful people in our world. I was a


    Queen with hidden talents, blessed beyond belief from our Moon Goddess. My cousin, Miranda, would


    also be powerful if she epted Brent and became a Lycan. She would be strong and powerful.


    I sipped my coffee, listening to the birds, mentally preparing myself for today. Today was the trial of


    Dexter. He was guilty, we all knew it, and the voting on his sentence would be andslide verdict. He


    would be put to death. He would answer for all the crimes hemitted. I closed my eyes as I felt tears


    beginning to sting the back of my eyes and I took a deep breath. Images shed through my mind of


    the famines affected by his actions.


    I opened my eyes as a single tear ran down my cheek. He left a trail of destruction from his territory to


    ours. He recruited on threats and most of his men flipped on him once help arrived for them. The ones


    who didn''t were already dealt with. I sighed and finished my coffee, standing and turned to walk inside.


    I slid the door open and was met by Everest, who seemed to be brooding.


    "Morning." I looked up at him as he was blocking my entrance inside.


    "Morning. What are you doing?" He looked down at me with a brow raised.


    "Having my coffee in silence." What was with him? He was acting strange.


    "Ah, I see." He stepped forward and with his motions made me step back. He closed the door behind


    him and moved in my direction again.


    I don''t know why and I couldn''t exin it but something felt off. Something didn''t seem right. I sniffed


    the air and couldn''t get a scent.


    Was he hiding his scent? Why would he hide his scent? Was he not wanting to have his scent spread


    considering we would be in around arge crowd of people soon with the trial going on?


    "You seem, well, nervous." He told me as he smiled down at me.


    "You are acting weird. Not yourself. Are you okay?" I frowned up at him.


    He simply nodded his head. "You should go get yourself ready."


    He turned and walked away. I dipped into his mind as I followed him back inside.


    Red g, red g, red g! I don''t know who this is, but it wasn''t Everest.


    Charlotte shifted immediately and lunged at him. He was quick and turned, knowing he would have


    been caught. With a flick of his wrist he used magic and froze me in mid air. I linked everyone I could to


    warn them of the impending danger; Everest, Jameson, Ted, Amber, ire and Josh.


    "Send help. Danger. Magical beings who can shift to appear like others. Trust no one, unless they say


    our code word knockout roses. But only then should we do this by linking one another, so they do not


    catch on to our quick n."


    I felt heat radiate through me, anger driving my magic now. I looked at his face. That handsome face


    which was contorted into hatred as he red up at me. I felt the tingling sensation in my muscles as


    the magic in me began to surface. I let out an ear-piercing scream. A burst of magic left my body, riding


    the frozen spell that had a hold on me. sting into the person who was impersonating my love. He


    went flying back and I used this moment to attack him.


    When he flew back, he crashed into the wall. His body slid down and he sat there, still and unmoving. I


    took a step towards him. He was still breathing. Charlotte leaned down and picked him up by his throat,


    digging our ws into his throat as blood began draining out from where our ws had punctured him.


    She mmed him back into the wall with a growl as he coughed and pulled at the arm that was holding


    him up. Slowly the magic he had used began lifting and his true features began to show through.


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    He was a young man, with jet ck hair and pale skin, his eyes were as ck as his hair, and he had


    an evil grin on his face. "It is true then. You are the all magical being. You belong to us, your power is


    our power. They know you are here, there is nothing you can do now. They can see through my eyes.


    They''re watching you now. I may or may not be the only one that has been watching you all," he said to


    me.


    Miranda walked around to the corner and stood looking at him. "Gerald?" She looked like she was in


    disbelief.


    "It is me, you lycan loving traitor." He spit in her direction. "Don''t worry, these oversized mutts will soon


    be..."


    Charlotte lifted him from the wall and mmed him back into it. Something cracked and he let out a


    painful scream. Charlotte''s hands went to either side of his neck and twisted it. Snapping the life from


    him before he could say anything else. She dropped him to the ground and we shifted back to my


    human form. I looked over to Miranda and she looked at me. She seemed horrified at what she had just


    witnessed. If it was finding this Gerald character or me murdering him, I would never know.


    "They know." She looked at me and I nodded my head at her.


    "Yes, they do." I told her.


    "Dexter," She said, and our eyes went wide. Did they let him escape?


    We rushed downstairs and, and thankfully, he was still locked away in his cell. He wasughing


    uncontrobly. It was creepy. It wasn''t a normalugh but a weird, wickedugh. He was also rocking


    back and forth. Something was going on, something had happened.


    "You know, you know. You know what I know. You have seen what I have seen. They know you know.


    We are the ones." He kept repeating. Everest and Brent joined us finally and we all exchanged knowing


    looks at one another.


    "Could this be the work of the witches council?" I looked at Miranda and she shrugged.


    "I don''t really know, I mean it could be?" She turned to watch Dexter.


    Everest looked at Brent. "He has a trial today."


    Brent nodded his head. "That he does. He could be faking it."


    "But how would he fake it? Unless Gerald came down here and messed with him?" I looked back at


    them and they exchanged looks again.


    "On duty warriors!" Everest yelled loudly.


    The warriors came in and bowed down to all of us.


    "Who has been in here today?" He questioned them.


    They stood tall and looked confused. "Only you, your grace."


    "Are you sure?" He questioned them again.


    "Yes, your grace." The other warrior spoke and they nodded their heads.


    "Thank you, you are both dismissed." They walked away to stand back at their post.


    "So Gerald was in here, impersonating you then." I asked and Everest nodded his head.


    "So what does this mean?" Miranda asked.


    "We need to get back to our territory as soon as possible. We will fly back after the trial tonight. It will


    be faster this way. We then will need to make our preparations for you bing Queen. Well, I mean if


    you still want to be my Queen? You will need to have my mark, which then means you will turn into a


    Lycan," Brent told Miranda and she nodded slowly.


    "I still want to be your Queen. I still want to wear your mark. I want to be with you." She looked at him


    and smiled. He returned the smile to her.


    It made my heart happy and sad all at the same time. She was going to make an awesome Queen. I


    was just sad that she would be leaving. Miranda may be my cousin, but over thesest two weeks she


    has grown to be a close friend and sister. She has helped me through my growing process and I would


    forever be thankful for all she has done for me. It would be up to me to gather my strength and work on


    my magical abilities through the elements.


    With the news, Everest linked us to meet in the extended private conference room of his office. We


    were instructed to act normally as we walked down the hallways back into the castle. When we passed


    people, we smiled and nodded our heads as they bowed to us. When we entered Everest''s office and


    the door waspletely closed, Miranda spoke out first "What the hell are we going to do?"


    I didn''t know the answer to her question and was at aplete loss. We looked over to our mates as


    they exchanged nces with one another. Everyone''s energy seemed to be anxious and panicked.


    "Okay, everyone. We all just need to breathe, calm down and breathe." I told them all and in unison


    they all inhaled and exhaled a calming breath slowly. "Okay, now that that''s done, let''se up with a


    n. We obviously need to ready our troops again. We can''t do this until you two are both back in your


    Kingdom. It is time to raise the banners. We need the same ones, obviously. Let''se up with a


    design that we all can agree on. Then we can go from there. All we need is a Lycan symbol and the


    colors. I can send it in and it can be done within the next week. I will have it shipped to you guys."


    "Okay, what colors then?" Miranda looked at me, then back at the guys.


    "Blue and orange," Everest said, and he got weird looks from all of us.


    "Blue and orange? Really?" Brent said with a questionable brow raise.


    "I like the colors?" He frowned.


    "I think we should do red, ck, and silver," I said, and they all pondered for a moment.


    "What about ck, red, and gold?" Brent suggested.


    "I like it," Everest said.


    "Me too." I agreed.


    "Seems like a strong and powerful choice." Miranda agreed with everyone.


    Everest leaned over and hit a button that buzzed.


    "Yes, Your Grace?" a female voice answered at the other end.


    "Would you mind grabbing our banner designer. We are going to be changing our banners." He


    sounded calm and collective.


    "Right away, Your Grace." Clicking sound as the connection was cut off.


    A few minutester, the door opened to the room and in walked our designer for all things kingdom


    rted. He had a pad of paper in his hand and a box of different pencils. He bowed to us before sitting


    his things out on the table.


    "My King, my Queen," he said to us both.


    We all watched curiously as he began to draw the outline of how our banners appeared on therge


    pad. He looked back up at us. "A change in the banner?" He peered over the top of his ck square


    framed sses at us.


    "Yes, we need there to be two Lycans to appear as they are joining forces together." Everest looked up


    at him. He nced at us all, wanting to ask why they were joining forces, but he only nodded his head


    and began drawing.


    When he was finished, there were two Lycans standing together. It was obvious that the two Lycans


    were of Everest and Brent''s beasts. It was beautifully drawn and will be beautifully disyed when we


    join our forces, front and v of our line.


    "What colors have you chosen?" He looked at Everest.


    "We have chosen the colors red, ck, and gold." He told him.


    "Very bold colors. I like it." He pulled the colors out and began coloring in and shading the colors. It


    took him around an hour and a half to do the detailed work. When he was done, it was perfect. Red


    and ck with the trimming of gold around the lycans.


    "This is perfect, thank you very much." Everest told him and he bowed his head in thanks.0


    "Thank you, My King. It is always a pleasure to do any work for our kingdoms." He spoke to us all and


    none of us corrected him.


    "If you do not mind, could we please make sure that this is done within the week. Double the order and


    send half of the Southern Kingdom to King Brent and future Queen Miranda?" I looked at him and he


    bowed his head down.


    "Of course. We will have the order done and shipped out in a few days." He told us.


    "Thank you for your hard work and your dedication." I told him as he gathered his things up.


    "It is my greatest pleasure." He left the room and we all sat down with a breath.


    "So now what?" I looked at the guys.


    Everest looked back at me and Brent said "Now we are going to the trial and then we will go home. We


    will be in strictmunication with one another over the next few weeks. We will train and work with


    our members and warriors together in intensive training. The witches council is in the southern part of


    our territory. They obviously know that we know, but how much they really know is unknown." He


    sighed.


    "Okay. The trial is still two hours away. We are going to grab lunch and we will see youter." Everest


    told them both.


    "We will see you there," Brent told us.


    "So you have officially decided to attend?" Miranda looked up at him.


    "I have. He may be my brother, but he is a monster and I want him to be held in the highest contempt.


    What better way to show the people they have my support than testify against his crimes myself?" He


    looked down at Miranda and smiled at her. He leaned to her and ced a kiss on the top of her head.


    "As long as you arefortable with it, I will be here for you throughout the entire trial." She leaned


    into him as his arm was wrapped around her.


    "In any matter we fully understand, regardless of what you choose," I offered, and he nodded.


    "Thank you Queen Avalynn, you are very kind and understanding," Brent said, turning to Miranda and


    leaving the room with her.


    The trail was in a few hours and we grabbed ourte lunch and went to get ourselves ready. It was


    going to be hard to contain my emotions and not let them get away from me. He deserves everything


    he hasing to him today.