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Phaineian Kingdom
Deep inside the dungeons, which are located under the Palace, Dera is staring at the wall of her cell.
She knows she has no one to blame for her predicament but herse, even if she had wanted to put the blame on someone else.
Even though she could have chosen to decline the Beta position, she knew that it meant status for a Royal family member. Without the position, she would have to work like some of her other cousins and siblings. Dezra always considered the Beta position to be easy work, but she had been mistaken.
Her time at Shadow Valley Pack had given her enough time to figure out what she wanted to do.
Dezra didn’t want to become a “normal” member of the Röyal family, she considered them less than the ones with a high function within the Kingdom. Her Brother never did, but it was how she felt.
Seeing the dynamics in a Pack, she quickly realized that declininger rightful position would make more people look down on her or so it seemed to her. Having a Daughter as a firstborn wasn’t something she had dreamed of as a child and she decided to abandon her child and Mate.
But before she left, she took her time to devise a plan, because she couldn’t go home without a Mate by her side. Darron had approached her at a party hosted by Shadow Valley Pack, telling her he knew who she was.
Afterward, they met a few times in secret, and Darron was willing to become her chosen Mate. His finding his own connection almost destroyed their plans, and they thought they had covered their tracks.
Every decision she has made since leaving the Palace searching for her connection has led her to her current situation. Locked up in a cell with the bare minimum, only a thin mattress on the floor.
Now, she was sitting in this cold and damp cell with no way to communicate with anyone. Dezra felt sorry for herself. She wished that she had kept better track of all the lies she had spread, even though I doubt it would have done her any good.
On the opposite side of the dungeons, in a cell similar to Dezra’s, another prisoner is waiting for what is to come.
Darron hadn’t expected the meeting with the Elders to become a disaster, nor had he suspected anyone would ever find out the truth about him and Dezra. He is still baffled by the file that Squad Captain was holding, he hadn’t thought that Natalie would want anyone to know the truth about her first connection.
He had met many Alphas over the years and one thing that stood out was that they hated to admit a failing connection within their family.
Darron never revealed the entire truth about his ancestor and Dyala to Dezra, he knew it was best if his chosen Mate didn’t know. He doubts Dezra would have made her offer if she had known what truly happened with Dyala all those years ago.
It seems only moments after he closes his eyes that the Guards show up and wake him rudely. This is a recurrence ever since they locked him up in this cell and if it weren’t for the silver and Wolfsbane in the walls, he would have ripped them a new one
by now.
All Darron can do now is wait for the day that he will be taken from his cell and put to death for his part in Dezra’s plans.
“Do you think that either one of them realizes that by tomorrow night, the entire Kingdom knows what they did?” One of the Guards asks and Darron slowly turns his head toward the cell door
“I doubt it. They probably expect to die quietly without anyone being the wiser. Unfortunately for them, King Vaughn wants every Shifter in the Kingdom to know who Captain Dallas is and that she will take over Dezra’s position.” The other Guard responds.
Darron tries to growl at the Guards for disrespecting a member of the Royal family, but after spending almost four days in his cell, he has weakened significantly.
“We no longer have to refer to her as Princess or Beta. She lost that right when she decided to deceive her family and break her
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oath.” The last Guard states as if Darron asked him a question.
Both Guards walk back to the small room near the stairs where they are stationed, sitting down to review the preparations for The following day.
The Alphas and Lunas will arrive around two in the afternoon and King Vaughn will start his speech at three o’clock. Dezra and Darron also need to be in the Throne room at this time. So their lunch will be served at noon, which leaves plenty of time for them to get cleaned up and changed for the meeting.
“The Servants will be here on time and wait until they are done with lunch. After that, other Servants will show up with clean clothes and additional Warriors to escort Dezra and Darron to the rone room.” One of the Guards says as he looks at the
screen.
King Vaughn only told a handful of Guards and Servants about what happened and ordered them to not talk about it with anyone
else.
Everyone else at the Palace believes that King Vaughn wants to address the new trial with the Alphas and Lunas. He didn’t explain much to them, but they will be able to hear what is said in the Throne room through the intercom system.
King Vaughn has a few concerns about revealing the truth about Dezra and Darron, which mostly are in regard to Dallas. What will Walker do when he finds out who his true Mate–bond was?
How will Nico react when he realizes what his cheating really cost him?
Will Lucy be able to control her anger when she finds out her half Sister is a Princess?
Those and many other questions have been running through King Vaughn’s head, but only time can tell him the answers.
Let’s hope that each of them will take their loss and deal with it in silence.
But I fear that the Royal family might need to keep a close eye on all three of them.
