I walked with Logan, Queen Breanna, Queen Nightshade, Uncle Icarus and Aunt Nataly. The delegates and my father who was walking with my mother were right behind us, the guards followed them and then the lady Knights behind them was everyone else.
"Again I apologize about the behavior of one of my Hunters." The prince said, looking at me.
"It's not your fault that some Vampires have a different belief system than the rest of us." I said to him and he simply nods at me
"Agreed however if one of the males of my clan did that's one of the females it would have been that type of the female in the females mate brother father friend whoever she was with or if she was with no one they'd hunt whoever it was down and slap them." Uncle Icarus said.
" Well it can't be worse than what a foolish young delegate tried to do in our own Homeland. I can tolerate the disrespect here to a point because it is their land. I will however say this the next time someone spits at me I'm going to not only slap them but dump them in the tail end of the Northern River with my Shadows." I told him.
"Dare I ask what my cousin did?" the Young Prince asked.
"You mean other than insulting our lady, let's see he insulted every lady Knight. He insulted the person we set to guide and guard him; he disrespected almost every female in authority in less than 24 hours." Logan said calmly.
Riley ran his hand over his face as he muttered something before turning and looking at us. "I am very sorry about my cousin's actions. He is well who apparently needs to learn not only some manners regarding the female gender but remember that our clan is the oddball Clan when it comes to how father has males treat females."
"I will say this if he ever comes back to the north and if he does it again I will not stop any of my ladies from doing exactly what they want to do with him even if that means they castrate him." Logan said.
That made the Young Prince shift where he stood. "Yes, hopefully the point has been made and he will either straighten up or never be sent back there. I have no idea what my uncle was thinking about taking him with him. I do apologize again for that.
"I understand and respect where you are coming from, Young friend." Logan said, looking at him. "But also understand that sometimes doing what you were raised to do and doing what is right are two different things. He tells them as the gate to the castle was opened and he let us inside."
"King Logan, king Icarus, King Varance, Queen Brianna, Queen Nightshade." The king said ignoring the rest of us.
"Right now I can see why your nephew insulted every lady knight in the northern Clan." Aunt Natalie said. "If you remember the protocol young man, it is king Icarus and Queen Natalie then the next one in line." Natalie said all but glaring at him.
The king stopped and looked at Aunt Natalie. "Was I speaking to you female?"
Oh boy. I thought to myself as both my uncles and my father went rigid and Logan looked ready to scream. "Female is it?" Aunt Natalie asked him. "Very well male. I can see where your Clans issues fester from. I was just going to overlook that as a slip of the tongue. However now I see it was a deliberate choice you had to address Brianna and two young Queen Nightshade because there's a Royals of their Clans that are currently here. And that probably leaves a bitter taste in your mouth doesn't it to have to respect a female authority figure. I cannot wait to see the ladies of the north kick every member of your Knighthood then maybe just maybe you have to get your oversized ego under control. You will address me as my proper title or there will be a duel of Honor and trust me when I say I have no qualms of taking this to the arena I've done it before and I will do it again young male.And if you think this respected not only myself but also First Lady Diana of the north is a good idea and then I am very glad that you are son is not taking after you. though again I wonder what your parents plan will say to this. Considering I know that the heir to that Clan is female I wonder how they'll take this disrespect to their name."
"We are no longer a child Clan." He snarled at her.
"Technically you are still the youngest Clan here. Your clan is not fully considered a child Clan has the benefits of being a child clan for the first three thousand years just like every other child Clan." She reminds him.
"It was just last week I reminded Penelope that she is not going to be a child Clan Queen, the taxes on many of the items they Import and Export are going to go up. The guards that have been assigned to her on my dime will now be put on her dime." Uncle Varance hums as he looks at him. "I wonder how princess Lori will feel when she gets here. Because that girl is just about as outspoken as my niece when my niece knows she's on the right. If you wish to continue insulting the royal families of the surrounding lands you are going to be in for some major trouble with your imports and exports."
"Are you threatening me?" He snarled at my uncle.
"Father please." Prince Riley said, stepping up beside him.
"I will not be disrespected in my own home." He snaps at him. Trying to push him away. But Riley kept a hold of his arm.
"We invited them here. No no actually you invited them here. He said glaring at him you were the one who wanted these tortoise tournament and the session of balls and this nonsense for me and Ruth no you don't get to disrespect to our guests like this other is that is just not happening and I'm pretty sure if you talked to mother that way should slap you on the head and throw you out of bed for a week."
"Young male."
"I know you know it's true mother has spoken to you on this attitude that you have towards other females you act as if they're nothing and do you think Mom likes the fact that she has almost every female in the clan coming to her asking what they did wrong make you have their males treat them the way they do do you know what the damage that you've caused within our own family because of this ideology you have. It's ridiculous. Please do not disrespect our guests this way again. Following protocol is there for a reason so we don't start Clan incidents cuz let me tell you something someone's done already pushed one of our Lady guesses into wanting to slap someone not that I can blame her being spat on is disguise." Riley hisses at him.
"What is going on here?" A female asked coming up to us.
"Queen Anastasia I would suggest you get a hold of your husband before he loses one of his heads." Auntie said. "If he insults me again in such a manner I will call for a duel of Honor and any Duel of Honor I have been in I always aim for the lower head."
Queen Anastasia put her head into her hands. and sighed before she looked up and nodded to us. "King Logan, Lady Knight, King Icarus, Queen Natalie, King Varance, Queen Brianna, and Queen Nightshade I apologize if my husband has disrespected any of you in any way and I agree to thee and bless them a great night." She said bowing to us. Her husband look pissed.
"Anastasia." He started.
"Whatever words out of your mouth are not either an apology or silence you will be sleeping on the couch for the next hundred years, husband." She hissed at him.
"Queen Anastasia you are the only one here who has not yet met my mate to be and the first lady of the Lady Knights and heir to the Torant clan Lady Diana Arcaria Daughter of Nicodemus Arcaria Niece of King Varance." Logan introduces me. I bow my head and greeting before speaking.
"Greetings Queen Anastasia night's blessing to you as well."
"You have found your mate, oh that is wonderful. I know a meal here would be so happy for you." She said, smiling at us.
"Indeed and I hope so very much." Logan said.
"Shall we move this discussion indoors?" Queen Nightshade asked. "We have guests who are not vampires and I'm sure some of them would like to sit on something that isn't moving after a three-hour ride."
"Oh yes yes of course please come inside will get the knights and guards set up in their rooms well the delegates and us get comfortable in the meeting room while we wait for the others." She said, smiling at us.