Their Hidden Princess (Zora) novel Chapter 225

Chapter 225

In a matter of seconds, everyone was scrambling around the room. Finare immediate ducked out to make calls. The guard took Beta Kline, the scribe, out of the room. A whole other fluster of guards came rushing in.

Valentin directed them to different parts of the room. Maps were unfurled. Calls were being made by guards in hushed words. They spoke to their palms then released them into the air in little sparks of light. Valentin immediately began to pace as the rest of us looked on.

“What do you think their plan is?” Valentin said towards Victoria. She pressed her index finger to her lips in thought.

“We don’t know enough with the intel we’ve received,” she said. “They could be gathering. They could be waiting. All I can tell is they want us to know that they’re there.”

“And where was the most recent sighting?” Valentin asked the room.

Victoria crossed the room to where a large map was. I could vaguely make out the shape of the United Kingdom. There was a dot for London and a dot for the school, just west of London in the forest. Around the school dot, there were a plethora of red Xs. My mother tapped one of them.

“There,” she said to Valentin. “Thirteen miles south of the school.”

“Fuck,” Valentin hissed. He ran his hand over his face. “They’re getting closer to the school.”

“You think they’re coming for her?” Kairos asked. He stepped up to stand shoulder to shoulder to Valentin, though not really because Kairos was a few inches taller than my other fated mate.

Valentin shrugged. “Perhaps,” he said. “I don’t think anyone knows of the prophecy besides us.”

“Unless someone’s leaked the information,” Victoria said. There was pregnant pause in the room as we all settled on that information. Could someone really be selling us out to the wolves?

Valentin shook his head. “No,” he said. “No one’s high enough to know of the prophecy besides the people around this table.” He lifted his head as he heard the door open. His lips thinned into a line.

“And I guess, now the general,” he grumbled.

I turned around to see what he’d been looking at. Kairos and Victoria followed suit. Striding into the room was a man dressed in army greens. He had dark hair that was cropped short to his skull. His jaw was terse and strong. His eyes were a color gold that was eerily familiar to me. However, there was something lacking in them that I couldn’t quiet put my finger on.

“Alpha General Wolfham!” Victoria called. “I see Finare sent for you.”

I looked behind the general to see Finare strolling behind him. He looked – wait did she say Wolfham!?

“Wolfham?!” I repeated out loud.

“Will?”

I whirled around to see Maximus staring at the general with wide eyes. The general seemed to balk as he realizing who was standing behind my mother.

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“Max?” he blinked rapidly. “What are you doing here?”

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“Your brother is involved in our plans to squash the vampire uprising,” Victoria cut in. She cocked her head to the side with a slight smile. “Given that he’s fated to my daughter.”

Brother?

My eyes looked down at the hand hanging to the left of the general’s body. It was an iridescent gold that looked to be perfectly molded to hold a sword. 1 swallowed thickly. This was Maximus’s brother who lost his arm protecting the wolfless.

At the same time I was processing this, the general jerked his gaze away from his brother. His eyes raked all over me in a way that made my stomach churn. His face remained emotionless. He finally nodded and looked back at the Queen,

“It is a Wolfham’s honour to serve,” he said. His jaw ticked slightly, eyes looking back to his brother.

“We were discussing the prophecy,” My mother continued, turning back around to the map. She braced her hands on the table and raised as eyebrow at the general as he came to stand across from her. “I assume Finare shared it with you?”

“He did,” the general confirmed. He looked towards me. “The weapon that will destroy the vampires?”

I gave him a half smile. “So they say.” He didn’t return the smile before looking back at my mother. Guess he was all business.

“The most recent attack was here,” he tapped closer to the school than the other Xs but east. We all watched as he did. “Three bloodsuckers. Took a local woman from her home. The wolves living nearby managed to get her kid out but the woman was killed before they could save her.”

“Shame,” Victoria murmured, eyes darting across the map as her head spun. She stood up straighter and looked towards one of the guard. “Get Finare to supply that area with additional support. For humans and wolves both.”

The guard nodded then scurried off. My mother turned back to the General. “What’s your thoughts?”

“Well,” the general sighed. “We can place the weapon here. By doing so we can cut off what seems to be where the supply of vampires is. That way they won’t funnel around the school. Then we can move the weapon—”

“Wait, wait,” Maximus chimed up. “We’re sending Zora into war?!”

“What good is a weapon behind the walls of a school?” the general said.

“She’s not ready,” Valentin snapped.

“She is right here,” I grumbled.

“What good is telling me about a weapon if you won’t let me use it?” the general barked.

Maximus glared across the table at his brother. “She’s just starting to get ahold of her powers. Give her a bit.”

“We may not have a bit,” the general said. He jabbed a hand towards the Xs cluttering the map. “We have no clue on how many there are or how powerful or where they’re coming from-”

“She’s not ready for battle!” Valentin cried. “She’s too untamed.”

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