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Chapter 41 (a)
Matteo
“I would like you to learn everything, dear,” dad said. We are in his office because he wanted to discuss the details of the next event.
“I understand, his highness.” Freya replied,
“As for what you said, princess,” Rapha said and she looked at him. “I don’t need to tell you to look after yourself, right? We all have a feeling that someone didn’t want the prince to find his mate and hide the fact about the visitor in the palace on the day that the prince smelled his mate.”
“We also didn’t leave the possibility that someone wanted the prince for herself, whoever she was.” James added. I just keep quiet because something is bothering me. I couldn’t get her scent off of my mind.
“Is something bothering you, son?” Dad asked, he knew me too well. But I didn’t want him to know what it was yet. I had to be sure first.
“Nothing dad, I was just worried about Freya. What if I was not around and something happened to her?” I said, instead.
“You don’t have to worry about that,” it was Calvin. “I had already asked his highness to conduct a tournament.”
“What about it?”
“We will be inviting warriors from different packs. Whoever wants to join them will be staying in the palace for the duration of the tournament. Whoever wins will be trained with the palace warriors and will be absorbed by the palace after.” he explained.
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“What does it have to do with my mate?” I asked, because I don’t see any connection with Freya’s safety when they only become palace
warriors.
“That is what they will know. But whoever excels will be assigned to the princess‘ security along with James.” Calvin added, and I nodded.
“Only us who were inside this room knew about the real reason for this tournament and I expected that no one would leak this. The possibility of the enemy being ready for this and plotting a chance to get into the princess’s security team is very high if we let this information out.” Rapha said,
“I understand that you wanted and worried about my safety, but I don’t think that it was necessary.” Freya told us.
“It is necessary, dear,” dad said and continued, “We couldn’t take the risk and let our guard down. It was also the main reason why we are only telling you this. Matteo will be crowned, not until he’s 100, so until then, we have to make sure that you are safe.”
“Is this also the reason why you already wanted Calvin and James to take their positions?” she asked,
“I can see that you are very smart. We are conducting some investigations. While it is ongoing, and things are uncertain, I don’t want you to leave without someone with you. Never fall for tricks like I asked you to come or go to some place or do something that will require you to be alone, because I am not going to do that unless I tell you myself.”
“Yes, his highness.”
“We will continue our training because Ronaldo always asks about your safety, which is very unusual.”
“Why is that unusual?” I asked,
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“He never even asked about how you are feeling when you couldn’t find your mate before and now he was suddenly worried about the princess. He’s not on the run, but I know that he knew what the princess looked like when she shifted. Everyone in the palace was talking about it,” Rapha answered.
“Having said that, the warriors that saw the princess fighting with the rogues were warned not to tell anyone about it. So besides us, no one actually knew that she could fight.” James said,
“Are you saying that Ronaldo was planning something for my mate?” I asked angrily.
“We are not sure about that yet, that’s why I wanted to do some investigations and while we are waiting for that, you have to promise us that you will take care of yourself, dear.” Dad answered, looking at my mate who was nodding her head.
“Camila will be with you always, she’s Rapha’s niece, so it’s good to say that I trust her too.” I told her, “Of course, that is only when I am not around.” I added.
The meeting had ended and we all prepared for the tournament. We rushed the invitations to all the packs and it was a success. They responded with enthusiasm and submitted their interest and the list of participants. I got myself busy with the preparations while Freya was with Rapha doing her training. Three days in a row, she had been complaining about how her trainer drained her energy.
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