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King Alaric’s P.O.V.
I smile as I see my Grandfather and Maya follow my Grandmother to my office. I know that they are hurting because of Aunt Izabella, but having Maya here will make it a little easier on them.
Anayah holds my hand, she seems to understand that we haven’t heard the worst yet. And I fear that I might burst in to a fit of rage, if she lets go of me.
My Betas are still in my office and as we enter they bow at Maya, but she is too busy to look around to notice. Grandfather turns her towards my Betas, who still have their heads bowed.
She looks at him in confusion and he tells her she better acknowledge their show of respect. “Will they stay like that if I don’t?” She asks with a curious look on her face and Grandfather’s jaw drops at her question.
Grandmother and Anayah are giggling and her Mates turn away to hide their laughter. “Princess, that is not nice. They show you their respect and you want to leave them hanging?” Grandfather says in a stern voice and I understand that he was trying to educate her, but his words back-fire.
“Grandfather, how am I supposed to know what I am to do? I wasn’t raised a Royal.” She murmurs quietly, her head dropping and Malachay pulls her in to his arms to comfort her. We can all tell that Grandfather’s response upset her and I know that she is right, there are a lot of things we need to teach her.
I am not sure what Malachay was telling her, until she turns around towards my Betas and says “As you were.” Only to hide in Malachay’s arms again, before they have a chance to introduce themselves to her.
“Maya.” I say her name to get her attention and as she looks at me, I say “These are my Betas Ethan, Conroy and Rainer.”
They each take a step forward as I say their names and Maya nods her head at each of them.
Maya’s P.O.V.
I only said those words, hoping that Grandfather would tell me what to do. I am gald that Malachay told me what to say and I am grateful that Alaric introduced them to me.
I don’t feel comfortable with everyone calling me Princess or Your Highness. All I want right now is to keep hiding in Malachay’s arms or Ward’s or Eamon’s, it doesn’t matter which one as long as I can feel their arms around me.
“Princess, I am sorry. I should have thought of that and you are right, you couldn’t have known what to do. I am really sorry, Princess.” Hearing his apology warms my heart, but I hate that he keeps calling me Princess.
“Grandfather, thank you for apologizing, but if you call me Princess one more time I am going to ask Ward to kick your ass.” I say as I look in to his eyes.
Ward’s head snaps towards me and says “Sweetheart, I would like to live a little longer, so find someone else for that task, will you.” I giggle at the expression of horror on his face.
“Dante, our Granddaughter is right. She has a name and it is a beautiful one. But, Maya, you will have to get used to other people calling you Princess. After all you are a Royal and this is one of the downsides of the job.” Grandmother says and I know that I will have to get used to it.
“Just promise me that none of you will call me Princess, if there is no one else around. I hate how people act if they think you can help them because of your status.”
Rainer steps forward and says “Maya, we don’t want to upset you or make you feel uncomfortable, so I promise you that I will call you by your name whenever I can.” I thank him and I can feel that I am relaxing more hearing his promise and being in Malachay’s arms.
“Maya, can you tell us why you were cussing and swearing?” Eamon asks me and I can feel the anger build inside me. He steps closer to me and puts his hand on my cheek. “I really want to understand what happened.”
Alaric tells us to sit down, while Anayah is on the phone with the kitchen. As I hear her ask to bring breakfast to the King’s office, I realize that I was out all night.
Eamon pulls me in to his lap, Ward sits down to my left and Malachay sits down to my right. Ethan, Conroy and Rainer sit down in to armchairs, my Grandparents sit down on a couch to my left and as soon as Anayah is by his side, Alaric pulls her in to his lap as he sits down in an armchair to my right.
I look at the Betas and know that they are unaware of what made me so angry, so I decide to tell them.
“Doc explained to me that a Lycan or Werewolf can and ultimately will die if they are cheated on for a long time. I asked him how long it would last before someone would finally give up and he told me three to four years.”
I let my words sink in and I take the time to find the courage I need to tell them the reason for my outburst of anger. I look at Grandfather and I can tell that he understands what caused her death.
I know that my next words will mean a full scale of rage from everyone in this room. “Alaric, how many here knew my Mother?” I ask and he tells me everyone. Before I can continue, there is a knock on the door and two servants walk in with breakfast.
Through the open door I see Camden, Amand and Kaelan and I tell them to come in. They have a right to know what happened to my Mother, just like the others.
Grandfather gets up and they bow their heads to him. He tells them to sit down and turns towards me as if he is about to say something and I have an idea as to what that might be.
“Grandfather, I already know. They were Mother’s protection detail and now they are mine.” A smile appears on his face as I tell him that and he just nods his head before he sits down again.
