"I will handle this then." I told her.
"You don't have to." She tells me.
"Yes I do Chief Vicky." I tell her and open the door and walk in.
"Night's blessing." The chief said.
"Night's blessing." I said to him. "I hear you keep harassing the guest chief. Even though she has told you that she has a Horata."
"Oh come now she can't have one. She is human." He said.
"First she is a witch, she is not human. Second, Her Horata is a member of the Northern clan so I will demand you leave her alone or I am going to have your tongue." I warn him.
"But Lady Arcaria…" He said softly, releasing who I was.
"No buts Chief unless you want to explain to my king why you are harassing one of our members?" I asked him.
He said nothing as he looked at me. "Kinda hard to speak if you take my tongue." He snorted.
"I do not need your sass Chief." I growl at him. "What I need is for you to say Yes Lady Arcaria and leave my Chief alone." He growled at me and I raised an eyebrow at him.
"What is going on here?" Prince Hart asked as he and Prince Wilson joined us.
"Nothing, my Prince." The chief said.
"Lady Diana?" He asked me.
"Your Chief is harassing Chief Vicky who is the Horata of the head chief of my clan." I tell them.
"She's a human, how can she have a horata?" THe chief said.
"Okay Chief Phil. First, just because she comes from the outside world does not mean that she is human, she is a witch and if humans didn't have them then your parents would not have been Horata as your mother was a turned vampire." Prince Hart reminds him.
He growled under his breath and nonded. "Very well, my prince." He huffed.
"Good now I do not want to hear about you harassing our guest again because I will remove you and bring someone else in." He tells him.
"And I will take your tongue." I purred grinning at them.
"Do you always go after body parts?" Prince Wilson asked me.
"Yes." I told him. "When people want to disrespect me and my clan this way I am going after body parts." I smile at him.
"I see your point." Prince Hart said.
"Very well now if you will excuse me I want some tea and you keep my words in mind." I growl at him then head back to the ball.
"Tea?" Vicky held up a goblet for me.
"Thank you." I said taking it and sipping it.
"What is this?" Prince Hart asked.
"It's a drink from the outside." Vicky said softly. "Do you like sweet or mild?" She asked.
"Mild." He said as she poured a goblet and less honey then she put it in mine and then passed it to him.
"Trust me and try it." I said with a grin.
"If you say so." He muttered and then sipped it. His eye twitches after he tastes it. "Can we make it sweeter?" He asked. She smiled and added some more honey then he nodded as he drank it. "That is good." He said as he offered it to Wilson who took it and all but spat it out.
"Not for me." He said making a face.
"Not everyone likes tea or that flavor of tea." She agrees.
"You are not giving them coffee." I told her.
"Oh no I learned my lesson with Matthew." She laughed. "Coffee is only for Tacal so he doesn't rip someone's head off."
"I can see him doing that." I said softly.
"Princess Diana." I looked up at Knight Owens.
"Knight Owen, can I help you?" I asked.
"We have an issue." He said.
"What is it?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Your sister is being hit on and her mate looks ready to kill." He said as I mentally cursed this luck.
"Okay where?" I asked as I know this is not going to end well.
"This way." He said as I follow him to Loren, Magda, and some guy.
"What is going on here?" I asked as Loren had a hold of Magda.
"Diana!" Loren said as she looked at me and Magda was able to get out of her hold and punch the male in the face.
"You dear speak to my Horata like that? You lowlife male." She spat. I gripped my nose and expel a breath.
"Magda." I said softly, making her stiff. "What did he say to our dear Loren?" I asked.
"He said that she was a gold digging, lying, lowlife turned bitch after she turned him down because she is my Haroto and he said that same sex Haroto are descusting and should be made to mate someone of the opposite sex." She growls as Loren and I pull her back.
"So not only have you insulted our guest but you are insulting me?" Prince Hart said, stepping up and Magda stepped back as everyone looked at us.
"What do you mean, my prince?" He asked him.
"My Mate is a male just as I am." He snaps at him, making everyone shut up as Hart speaks. "My Horata is Prince Wilson Bloodbound. Who in the name of Death gave my Father, Uncle, and Grandfather the right to create a following and clan who has such thoughts about controlling what is best left to death and fate. And why the hell do we treat females like second rate beings? I would have loved to see what Grandmother would have done to Grandfather for that shit. I am not going to let this continue. If you can't or won't deal with the changes I am going to make, find a different clan and good luck with that!" He spat at them.
"What do you mean you're changing things?" His father asked as he came up to us.
He stood his ground though and spoke. "You don't treat Mom that way and I bet you would have never treated your mother that way. From what I was told of my grandmother, if she was here she would beat you and Uncle and Cousin Albaforth's heads in.
He worked his jaw as many of the older vampires from the Bloodbound clan chuckled. "He is not wrong, your mother would have broken your teeth." King Bloodbound huffed.
"Your mother was a terrifying female. Who was one of the few female knights we had in the Bloodbound clan." Queen Bessie said, sipping her blood.
"You mean to tell me that my Grandma was a knight?" Princess Ruth asked.
"Indeed I am young Ruth." She said.
"And it got her killed." King Ridner hissed.
"No, your father got her killed." Queen Bessie said.
"I am going to give you two options here, Ridner." King Bloodbound said.
"What is that?" He hissed as he looked around him, the clans moving to stand by their royals.
"You have two options: Ridner let Hart take over the clan or I am going to dissolve your clan." He said and I think all of us were in shock.
His jaw worked. "What Author what the hell!"
"You think I won't?" King Bloodbound asked him.
"What the hell do you mean?" He spat at him.
"You have until the moon rises tonight to make your decision. Now shall we begin this ball?" He asked us.
I cannot help but smile at the young Prince. "Nicely done." I tell him as I head to Logan to dance with him in the opening dance.
"You and your sisters make a scene. What happened in the kitchen?" He asked me.
"The Chief was harassing Chief Vicky." I told him.
He growled softly as we danced. "Did you handle him?" He asked me.
"Me and Prince Hart handled him." I explained to him. "I promised to take his tongue if he did it again." I said as I leaned against him as we danced to the music.
"You know your father is glaring." He said and I laughed.
"He is going to keep glaring at you for a while." I chuckled as we danced and I looked over his shoulder. "Plus he's glaring at the idiot who is flirting with mother." I snort.
"Well that will be fun when your mother is ready to start looking for a spouse again." He said, making me laugh as he spun me around.
"They will have to deal with the Northern clan and your Brother."
"And when Xavier finds his mate we will have a time with that." I growled under my breath.
"Oh that one will be worse since he is making friends with the young ones in the clan." He said with a laugh.
I sighed as I shook my head and danced with him before I kissed him. "Let's not go there." I spoke softly and then chuckled. "Okay now he is glaring at you."
"Must you make your father dislike me?" He asked me.
"My father cares for you and you know it." I tell him with a huff.