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As you can imagine, not all Elders were happy with Jeff losing his gile or with Queen Eliza taking over his responsibilities.
Elder Dawn reached out to her family within minutes after the Royal family walked out of the Chamber. She was furious at the disrespect the Queen showed her family by denying her younger Brother to take over jeff’s duties.
Her Father called a meeting with the Elders, who thought similarly to their family and didn’t want the Royals to have too much
power.
None of them knew who was responsible for the Royal family to hand over more power to the Elders or why, but they had no intention of handing it back.
“How many Elders will back up the Royals if they decide to leave Queen Eliza in charge of the Servants?” Her Father had asked and Elder Dawn couldn’t give him more names than the ones in the room with them.
“Princess Dallas will be our biggest problem. She didn’t grow up within these walls and has learned to fend for herself due to Princess Dezra and her Father abandoning her.” An Elder brought to everyone’s attention.
Elder Dawn looked at her phone from time to time and every time she did, she looked at her Father while shaking her head.
The group of Elders attempted to determine why there would be another meeting on Monday, but no matter how they examined it, they couldn’t find an answer.
“Maybe one of the Servants heard something about Monday’s meeting.” Her Father asked, but Elder Dawn shook her head once again.
“They dismissed the Servants until morning. Princess Dallas wants an evening with her family, time to get to know them.” Elder Dawn explained.
They discussed the consequences of having Princess Dallas at the Palace. None of them could come up with a reason to stop her
ophe from taking her rightful place as the Royal Beta, but during the meeting on Monday, they will try to convince the
postpone it.
“If she doesn’t take the position immediately, we might be able to keep more control over the Royal family.” Elder Dawn stated.
“Vaughn will never accept it. You heard him during today’s meeting; he was earnest about it and Princess Dallas will b› sitting next to him on Monday.” Another Elder chimed in.
The rest of the weekend, they met a few more times, but no one could tell them anything. Dallas had banned the Servants from her suite and the entire Royal family walked in and out of that suite all weekend long.
Even Elder Dawn’s demand to talk to Dallas backfired and all the Elders could do was wait for the meeting after the weekend
was over.
Their meetings hadn’t gone unnoticed and Dallas‘ Squad decided to gather evidence themselves for their Squad captain. Each Elder who attended those meetings was investigated, not only themselves, but also their families, past and present.
Elder Jensen met with Elder Venetia during the weekend and both of them enjoyed listening to everyone complaining about the
dismissal of the Servants.
Neither of them spoke a word out loud; all communications went through the mind–link.
“Dallas is going to cause a ruckus around here.” Elder Jensen stated. He knows that Dallas has a strong sense of justice and fairness and dislikes Shifters who feel entitled or act as if they are superior.
“She is already causing a ruckus. I wonder how many Elders will still have their title by the time she is done.” Elder Venetia responded.
To everyone around them, it looked as if they were working and partially they were; however, they were also keeping a watchful
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eye and ear on their surroundings. It allowed them to overhear many Servants and Elders discussing how they wanted to reclaim their power.
“Why would a Royal want to prepare their own dinner? It makes no sense, we are trained to cook and to take care of the Royals.” One Servant asked.
“She wanted to get to know her family, that is what she told me, I don’t think she even knows how to cook or how to take care of her Mate.” Lucia had answered.
The Servants had gone back and forth about why Dallas wouldn’t be able to take care of her Mates, after another Servant had pointed out that Dallas has two Mates.
“They should have taken chosen Mates ages ago. They are too old to be mated to a Royal.” Lucia had finally muttered before she left the main living room.
“What the hell was that about? Why would Daxton and Darius be too old to be mated to Dallas?” Venetia asked Jensen.
Neither had an answer and came to the conclusion that they needed to discuss this with their Fathers. Two men who had dealt with the Royals and the Elders a lot longer than the two of them and who could probably help them find an answer.
By the time the weekend was over, Elder Jensen had discussed with his Father about what they had overheard and his Father knew what Lucia had been talking about.
Elder Venetia had a discussion with her family about how to handle this new piece of information; none of them wanted the Elders to interfere with a true Mate–bond.
It still seemed odd to both of them, but they knew that it would be discussed during Monday morning’s meeting. No one knew which Elder would bring it up, but neither doubted that it would be addressed and had made plans to undermine the attempt to discredit Dallas.
Jensen and Venetia met up outside the Palace to attend breakfast together and see what would happen leading up to the meeting. If only someone could have warned them that Dallas had no intention of playing nice with anyone.
“Good morning, Uncle Vaughn. Good morning, Aunt Eliza.” Sounds through the main dining room as Dallas we
table.
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Jensen and Venetia both see the look Dallas gives Elder Dawn. If looks could kill, they would have one Elder less to worry about in the meeting.
