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“I do not care about the law in this regard, Vino. These people have been a problem to me, and I want peace. I do not trust the council, so I am taking the law into my hands to do as I see fit. You should tell the council that I dare them to do their worse. I will not back down this time around. Where were these laws when these people ran around me and tried to cause a war? I will deal with them as I see fit. It would be wise for you to stay out of my way, Vino. You and the council you represent,” I told him, and he sighed.
“I am not your enemy, Lord Hand. I am just speaking on behalf of the council. Please, I do not want this matter to escalate beyond the way it is. You are lord, not a king; you do not have the power to overthrow the council. They will agitate, and I do not want what happened with Alpha Christian to happen again.” He said, talking about the petition they raised.
“And how well did that go?” I asked him, and he sighed.
“It didn’t go well, but now you have arrested members of prestigious families and the council. They will all be against you. Please hand the prisoners over to the council so we can get to the bottom of the matter, and there won’t be hatred towards you,” he said, pleading with me to consider.
He wanted to prevent me from getting into trouble, but he did not know I was looking for that trouble. All the cards were in my favour already, and I did not need to do much to get what I wanted.
“Do not worry about me, Vino. I will advise the council to stay out of this. I will do as I please; end of the story,” I said, and he was silent.
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“I guess we are done,” I said to Vino and hung up.
“What’s with him?” Zora asked, and I smiled at her.
“What we expected,” I said, and she frowned.
“The council wants me to turn over the prisoners, and I said no,” I said, and she smiled, knowing exactly what would ensue.
Ignoring the call, we spent time in the western gardens and made love under the stars. It took a lot not to claim her. I took comfort in knowing that the blue moon was just fourteen days away and we could complete our bond.
I did not claim Zora because I did not want my friends to feel left out. We rarely would find our fated mates, let alone reject them and find second- chance mates. We were truly blessed; there was no need to rub it in their faces. The love bite would have to do for now.
Two days passed with no word from the council, and I began to worry because they were moving slower than I expected.
Abelardo told me they had been debating in the council, and Larry and Vino had been on my side, but the rest of the members were livid.
I had decided not to get involved, but Abelardo had been invited severally so they could speak to him to convince me to do as they wished.
Besides Larry and Vino, everyone called for a vote to take me out of office. However, they were not planning to remove the lordship as I had hoped; they wanted Abelardo to take over. In that case, they would not need the regional leaders to vote.
It was a smart move.
They were going to call for the vote the next day. So we decided to have a meeting early in the morning and move.
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I arrived at my lounge, and I could see the disappointment in all their
eyes.
The council had behaved differently. We needed to counter them.
I sat down, and even though my mother wasn’t there, I could pick up her scent. I looked at everyone present, wondering who was carrying her scent. Not wanting to dwell on it too much, I chose to address the matter at hand.
“So what should we do now that they have done this?” Hardy asked,
sounding a bit impatient. I understood his issues. We were yet to question the prisoners. We had more people to arrest, and this king guy was still at large. It was a huge setback.
“I can’t believe we are worried about this. We will just push on,” Casey said, and I looked at him.
“Only Leaders from three regions are present. The exact number of votes needed to push our agenda. We will write the council and demand we want a king. It would be our vote against theirs, and they will still have to call Sidorov, Orlov, Belyaev and Lawrence to vote. Thank goddess, we need three of the four. Abelardo would stand in for the Balyeay, and that is it. We still get what we want.” Casey said, sounding angry and impatient.
His anger wasn’t directed at us, but at the situation we were facing.
“It would be more forceful and look like a plan, but at this point, I really don’t care. They can call it whatever they like. We have to do this. This king man is dangerous; we have only two options. Make Darius king or let this man take it by force, and he would do it easily. He is smart and has his tendrils everywhere,” Christain said, and it was a done deal.
That day a letter was composed and sent to the council for a vote to occur the next day.
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Casey wrote the letter, and there were a lot of complaints about how the council had failed to protect the east from the terrorist group. Hardy had the same complaints, and they all agreed that since the protocols were not working, they would prefer they install a King instead of the nonsense we had.
I needed only three of the four regional leaders‘ support, likewise the noble families, I needed three of the four, and I had the numbers on my side. It would be a quick and easy vote, and I could not wait to get it over with. Once it was done, I planned on unleashing hell on the prisoners until I found the king. I will go dark on them.
I stood in front of the mirror in my room, adjusting my official outfit.
Zora stood behind me, and even though it was a given that we would win. we were still worried.
Many things didn’t go as we had hoped, but we held on to the hope that we would succeed eventually.
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