Donn Rook
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Damn Book
Guardian Quatters
“Good morning.” Joshua says as he looks at his Squad and the soon–to–be former Guardians.
“Guardians, you swore to protect the Royal family from any kind of harm. I assume that each of you would like a chance to prove that, even if the worst injury you can get is a paper cut.” Joshua says, earning him a few chuckles.
He divides the men and women in front of him into three groups. The Guardian’s Captain gets appointed one, Jesper receives the second group and the last group is for Joshua himself.
“Each team will search a different part of the Palace, while the Royal family is in a meeting with the Elders. They will try to boy us as much time as they can, but I want you to understand that your time will be limited.
You will search your assigned location for anything that could expose the Elders as frauds. Take pictures of the places you find these files or documents, because Princess Dallas fears that the Elders have pulled power toward them that doesn’t belong with them.” Joshua explains to the teams before telling them their destination.
Each team discusses tactics before leaving to carry out their assignment, ensuring they can make the most of the time available.
“Joshua, is there anything specific that Princess Dallas hopes to find?” Vern, Captain of the Guardians, asks.
Joshua tells them about the conversation he had with Dallas and the questions she has regarding the Elders‘ power. They discuss the kind of files or documents they might find and where they could possibly have hidden them.
Jesper and his team will search the library down the stairs, while Joshua and his team search the library in the Royal family’s private wing. The Guardian’s Captain takes his team to the Elders‘ wing for their search.
The Elders‘ wing is deserted and to the Guardian’s Captain, that seems weird, because the Servants should be cleaning at the moment. Not that he is complaining for them to make this easy.
His team is the largest, because they have to cover much more ground than the other two teams. They split up into smaller teams and head in various directions to search the West wing.
It is surprising to everyone how careless the Elders are; none of their doors are locked. Almost as if they consider thems invulnerable, as if no one would dare to think about crossing them or something.
Drawers get opened and closed in rapid succession, eliminating one hiding place after another. First, the most logical places get searched, then every other spot they can think of and eventually they start tapping the walls and floorboards.
They work their way from the bottom of the West wing to the top, but each floor leaves them more disappointed than the last
one.
“Captain, this wall has a different sound.” A Squad member calls out from one of the rooms on the top floor. Captain Vern quickly walks into the room to find the Squad member in a closet, while she is knocking on the back wall.
Others remove the clothing that is hanging in there and together they search for a way to open the hidden door.
“Captain, you might want to take pictures of the floor.” A Guardian says as he points out a slight, unnatural occurrence.
Seconds later, their suspicions are confirmed when they finally find the hidden door and it has trouble opening fully. This door hasn’t been used in ages; whoever is living in this room might not even know about the hidden space.
“Take pictures and get everything you find out of there.” Captain Vern says, before he walks out to talk to the rest of his team.
He doesn’t get a chance to tell them anything, because another Squad member calls out to him and he finds a similar hiding place. However, this one gets used regularly and again he instructs them to take enough pictures before removing the items.
“Joshua, we found two hiding places. We are gathering everything before going back to the Guardian Quarters.” Captain Vern says through the mind–link.
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No other lading places were found in the West wing and Captain Van der gathered all the papers.
team back to their Charters after they have
Knowing what to look for made this an easy assignment and all the teams are back in the Guardian Quarters at lunchtime. The other two teams didn’t find anything in the librates, but the dierery that Captain Vern and his team made makes up for that
“How do we keep Elder Dawn from finding out that we took everything out of her hiding place?” Vern asks during hunch
“Dallas will take care of that. She wants us to read through it all are everything that proves a conspiracy to diminish the Royal family’s power.” Jesper answers. “Dallas is going to make the Elders explain to her in great detail how the Ceremonies for her and our Squad work”
Everyone groans as Jesper mentions the Ceremonies, not a favorite topic of any normal–ranking Shifter. Many low–ranking Shifters hate parties and Ceremonies, because many of them get worked to the bone and don’t get any recognition for the work
they have done.
High–ranking Shifters love parties and Ceremonies for the obvious reasons. Some take credit for accomplishing something they had no hand in, not something to be proud of, in my opinion.
Joshua keeps Dallas updated on their findings and the more they uncover, the more they realize that only two families are responsible for everything that is wrong in the Kingdom.
The correct book on the Elder duties is found and it will cause a shitload of problems for the Elders and many Alphas. Captain Vern feels agitated after learning the truth and wants to make sure that the Elders and their families can’t get away.
“Joshua, we need to keep the Elders and their families in the Throne room. Who will inform Princess Dallas about what we have found?” Captain Vern asks.
“Dallas has already taken care of it. Lunch was served in the Throne room and everyone is still there. We will enter the Throne room through both entry points and stand guard around the room, while you and Belinda hand her everything she needs. Starting with this damn book.” Joshua answers.
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