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Das‘ p.o.v.

“We will have a break for lunch, you can all head to the dining room.” Uncle Vaughn says before he walks into the King’s chamber.

“He does realize that he didn’t break the orders, right?” Larissa asks through the mind–link and I hear Uncle Vaughn chuckle as Daxton closes the door behind us.

I can guarantee you that Uncle Vaughn is well aware of the fact, but I believe that he wants to have a peaceful lunch without anyone talking crap about Larissa.

“I don’t want to risk a murder trial, Larissa.” Uncle Vaughn says. “Someone will lose their life if they talk badly about you and Quin hears about it. I also don’t want them plotting through their mind–link on how to get rid of you.”

Quin pulls Larissa closer to him, burying his face in her neck. It takes him a few minutes to calm down and as he lifts his head, Caitlin walks into the King’s chamber.

“Lunch is ready, Your Majesty. Everyone is seated and they are eerily quiet.” She says and Larissa quickly exins what is going on. “Dang, that is twisted in so many good ways.”

The only soundsing from the dining room are from the Servants and I see an unfamiliar woman standing behind my chair.

“Princess Das, my name is Tyana. Elder Via asked me to look after you and the Princes today.b” /bShe says and I remember who she is.

“Thank you, Tyana. I hope that Elder Via exined that my Brothers are also living in my Quarters.” I say and she nods her head as I sit down between Daxton and Darius.

My Brothers introduce themselves to Tyana and she softly asks what is wrong with the other guests.

b“/bNo idea. Maybe they don’t like talking or maybe they are just tired of the first two trials we had today. Your guess is as good as mine, but truthfully, I kind of like it.” Benton answers.

He gets a lot of angry res from a handful of Elders and even from some of the Alphas and Lunas. The other guests don’t seem to be bothered by it and I even see a few Omegas and Sigmas smile a little.

Tyana and Caitlin instruct us to return to the King’s chamber, while they attend to our tes and other items left on the table.

“Elder Via, you have an addition to these trials. Can you exin what this is about?” Uncle Vaughn asks. He gestures for her toe to the front of the room to address the situation, to make everyone aware of an additional trial.

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“This is a recording of something that took ce while you were visiting other Packs.” Elder Via bsays /bbefore she turns toward Joshua. “Captain, would you mind ying the recording?”

A momentter, we can hear three women talking about trapping Quin and bing the future Queen. It isn’t an isted incident, because it is clear that these are recordings from different times.

Why did he have to find his connection? He should have been mine, but now he has some deaf bimbo by his side. Elder Via exins that this is the oldest of the three women.

We can always make her ufortable. Mention that he was seen with another woman, sitting close to one another, with him touching her arm or leg, and his hand on her lower back. Thises from the youngest woman, ording to Elder Via.

We even hear how they nned on making sure that Larissa would be able ito /iread their lips, because none of them knows that Larissa has Guardians to help her out.

Once the recording has been yed, the door opens and three women are guided into the Throne room in silver handcuffs.

“The cards will have the same meaning as thest trial. Red for death, Yellow for life imprisonment and Green for fifteen years in Silent Grove Pack.” I say after the women have been brought to the front of the

room.

“Keep an eye on which Alpha doesn’t vote. Something tells me that this wasn’t something they came up with themselves.i” /iQuin says through the mind–link and it takes only a minute to see that there are four Shifters who do not raise a card.

“Care to exin why you aren’t voting?” I ask while looking at the Alpha, but I already know the answer as Charna is looking at the Luna.

“I will not sentence my Daughters. They did nothing wrong. They did what every woman who wants to advance in life would have done.” The Alpha answers.

Many Shifters are shaking their heads in disbelief and most of them are the lower–ranking Shifters. They know that most high–ranking Shifters will break a connection if they believe their Mate to be a weak Shifter; it is something that might never change.

b“/bYour Daughters have no right to a Mate that doesn’t belong to them. It wouldn’t surprise me if they broke their own connections.” Larissa says as she gets up. “Did you break your connection?”

“Of course I did. I could never ept a Beta as my Mate. I am an Alpha’s Daughter and deserve an Alpha Mate at the very least.” The oldest Daughter responds.

The other two have simr answers and I am starting to believe that their Mother raised some spoiled and entitled little Idiots.

“The jury has spoken. You are sentenced to fifteen years of hardbor in Silent Grover Pack. You will be

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on probation for fifteen more years afterwards and those will be spent with the Elders.” Larissa states and I am surprised at her extra condition to their sentence.

“Your parents should have raised you better. I doubt hardbor alone will be enough and therefore, you will join the Elders afterward, learning about the values of a true Mate–bond and everyw thates. with it.” Larissa exins.

Quin gets up to stand next to his Mate and ces his hand on her lower back as he looks around the

Throne room.

“Elder Via, I want you to assign a Squad and an Elder to their territory. I want a full report on their education system and its ws. We will decide on appropriate action after discussing the report.”

Quin says.

I make a mental note of this order. We may need to investigate this issue in many other Packs and act ordingly to prevent more Shifters from iming something that doesn’t belong to them.