Gathering Evidenca
Gathering Evidence
Daxton’s pov
Okay, this just made my day. I loved the look on his face when he heard my age, but seeing the look on his face when Dallas mentioned that we are both her Mate is priceless.
Walker continues to make demands to take over the Beta position from Dezra, but Uncle Vaughn is growing increasingly tired of his demands and I can’t wait to hear what he will say next.
“Beta Walker, I am not giving you the Beta position. Dallas and her Mates will take over that position and that is final. If I ever catch you at the gate again, you will spend a week in the dungeons will also report this to Alpha Leon and suggest that he relieve you of your duties as his Beta.” Uncle Vaughn says.
I doubt anyone had seen that last part coming. However, I can’t blame Uncle Vaughn for putting it out there.
Walker is a disgrace, not only as a Beta, but also as a Father. Someone should have dealt with him a long time ago, but it seems that everyone lacked the balls to do so.
“Let’s go back inside, I am done with Shitface.” Dallas says and I pick her up bridal–style to head back to the Palace.
I doubt Uncle Vaughn got any answers from Dezra, but maybe Grandpa did because he isn’t around. We need to understand why she neglected her duties if we want to restore some of the trust her attitude has cost the Royal family.
“Dallas, you are not going to like this.” Grandpa says the moment we walk in the door. “Dezra really hated the responsibilities that came with her job and chose to ignore the complaints of every Shifter in our Kingdom.”
She buries her face in my neck, while I feel the anger she holds inside through our bond. I don’t blame her for it, but I have a feeling that Uncle Vaughn could have known that something was wrong.
“Quinlan, can we talk to you in the Beta office?” I ask while walking past Grandpa. “I have a question for you and I want an honest answer.”
Quinlan closes the door behind him and Darius and I sit down on a couch that faces the door. Quinlan sits down in an armchair
and waits for me to ask my question.
“With all the knowledge you have at the moment, Dezra not having an interest in the position, Dezra’s disinterest in the complaints and basically ignoring her duties. Do you believe that your Father could have known?” I ask.
“Just to be clear, you mean if Dad could have known what Dezra did with everything we have discovered so far?” Quinlan asks in
return.
I nod my head because it wasn’t really a question, but a confirmation of what he believed
to
be
my question.
“Ever since I turned eighteen, I have been following my Dad around. Elders come to him whenever an Alpha has a problem with a Pack–member or another Pack. I have asked Dad why it is always the Elders who go to him with complaints and not anyone
else.
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According to Dad and Grandpa, this is how it has worked for generations and neither one of them wanted to change the process. You know how I feel about it and I believe this will be the first thing that I will change when Dad steps down.” Quinlan finally
answers.
Dallas jumps out of my lap and walks toward the bookshelves that are to my left. She pulls the ladder with her to stop somewhere in the middle and starts to climb up.
She grabs a book from the highest shelf, before she climbs down again with it and turns it around once she is on the floor again. The title of the book is The Elders and Their Duties.
‘I think we might find some answers in here.” Dallas says before she sits down on my lap again,
Quinlan has grabbed a tablet from the desk and I see him typing on the display. It takes a few moments before he starts smiling and hands the tablet to Darius, before he walks out of the Beta office.
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Gathering Evidence
+25 BONUS
After he has returned, the four of us are reading through the book and it surprises me that this book is even in the digital archive. There is a chapter on an underage or untrained King or Queen on page twelve, it isn’t in the index though.” Dallas says and she starts to read it out loud.
If the next heir to the Throne is underage when the King or Queenasses, three Elders will step out of their advisory role for the heir and have increased responsibilities to help the heir rule the Kingdom.
This also happens when the heir hasn’t yet completed their training and still requires guidance to rule. Once the heir has completed their training, the Elders will step back into their advisory role.
“Is there a chapter on the Elders‘ duties? Because it seems that they don’t hold any power within the Kingdom.” Quinlan asks, but we can’t seem to find it.
“Did Grandpa take over while he was underage?” Dallas asks and Quinlan shakes his head. She walks to the door and opens it to find Grandpa sitting in a chair across the hall.
“Grandpa, was your Father underage when he had to take over the Throne?” Dallas asks, but doesn’t give him an explanation as to why she is asking the question.
“Yes, my Father was sixteen when his Father died. He was grateful for everything the Elders did for him and the Shifters in our Kingdom.” Grandpa answers her.
She quickly closes the door and walks back to the couch to continue reading the book on the Elders. I place her next to Darius and start looking at all the books on the shelves, with a bit of luck, might find another book on the Elders.
“Why is it called the Elders and Their Duties, if there isn’t a list of their duties in here?” Darius mumbles. He isn’t really asking and none of us has an answer for him.
“If I had to guess, I would say this book is a bunch of bullshit. I believe that they removed the original copy and replaced it with this mumbo jumbo to throw any future King or Queen off. None of this makes sense and we need to look into this even more without telling anyone.” Quinlan states.
He is right, we need to keep this a secret from the Elders for the time being and start gathering evidence.
