"Base? What base?" Marcus asked
"It's what the northern tribe knows us as....." Clark said with a smirk "....we're rogues"
"What he means to say, is that we're those that escaped the new King Alpha's rule" Mary said
"How many of you are there?" Brianna asked
"We've been increasing our numbers little by little. But, due to lack of supplies, and an inadequate base of operations, were stuck at a hundred werewolves, fifty hybrids, thirty vampires, and forty magic association members" Clark said "In total, I'd say two hundred and twelve. Most are from Mary's age to Josey and Fernanda's age while the others are adults"
"Is that so?" Marcus said while stroking his chin
"Oh! And I told them to move here" Christian said and everyone looked at him
"You, what?" Marcus shouted
"We don't have supplies or any source of education to train the younger ones. And right now, everyone needs to unite" Christian said
"You all need an army to take back what's been lost and with our connections, we can get more people. But, we also need supplies....and among those supplies is a leader and a few commanders" Clark said and the door to the dinning room was opened again.
This time, Sloane had walked in with Mackenzie. She was dressed in pencil jeans, black crop top and white leather jacket, with boots and her hair fell effortlessly over her shoulders.
The whole conversation had halted as they stared at her; even Nathan had stopped eating when he inhaled her scent in the room.
"Sloane...you look...different" Alexa said tilting her head to the side
"What are you talking about? I'm still the same" Sloane said
"Your aura's different" Fernanda said
"The magic power being released from your body is different" Clark said
"Your scent is also different" Marcus said with narrow eyes
"Everything about you is different" they all said
"I still feel the same" Sloane said
"But your aura is more refined" Rebecca said in humor
"Like that of a queen" Nathan said and everyone agreed
"I actually wanted to talk on what happened yesterday" Sloane said as she and Mackenzie walked to the empty chairs next to Nathan and sat there
"You want to say something on what happened yesterday?" Marcus asked and she nodded
"I was given two choices yesterday. The first choice being to choose a tribe and marry it's next male alpha, and the second, was to be banished and killed" Sloane said as she bit her lower lip before closing her eyes and sighing
"So which do you choose?" Allen asked
"Neither" Sloane said
"Excuse me?" Jerald said
"You heard me right. I CHOOSE NEITHER" Sloane said as she opened her eyes and they saw the color. The whites had turned black and her eyes were glowing a platinum color.
"I'm tired of having decisions being made for me. I'm tired of always being given choices that could be a recipe for disaster" she said with a sigh "I've decided on a third option....and that is, to take back what I've lost. Several times I've lost people I cared about, from a situation I didn't even know about. Now that I know about it, I'm not going to settle for the choices I've been given. It's my life and others that matter....and I know this isn't all about me....if I sit back with all this power that I have, more people will die" she looked at Mackenzie and tightened her grip on Mackenzie's hand
"I made a promise to not only myself, but to Mackenzie that I'd get stronger and fight in this battle. I'm not going to accept the method of which my lineage was dethroned" she looked at Marcus "So please, help me"
Her words had really silenced everyone in the room but Nathan was unaffected. The others had completely stopped eating due to the matters that were being brought up at the table but Nathan was still eating. Seeing the cold air and the neutral face Marcus had, the maids and butlers didn't dare move.
Suddenly, a large smile appeared on Marcus's face which had shocked everyone. Just like Nathan, Marcus usually had a neutral face, or a frown on his face so, the smile that had appeared on his face, was something really shocking.
"King Reese and Queen Hailey, would be annoyed if we didn't help their daughter in getting revenge on those that foul played their abdication and killed them" Marcus said
"We might as well start building the army" Rebecca said with a smile and the room seemed to have become more relaxed
"Thank you" Sloane said and the heirs got up from their seats and bowed
"We lay down our pride, to protect and assist you, our Queen" they all said
"Thank you" Sloane said as they sat back down. A maid brought food for Sloane and Mackenzie seeing as the air around the table had calmed down.
"Louisa" Rebecca said and smoke appeared beside her. As the smoke dispersed, Louisa could be seen with her staff. Her eyes were blindfolded like usual, and she wore black and gold clothes designed like those of ancient Greek
"You called" Louisa said
"Expand the settlement" Rebecca said
"I already used a lot of magic to expand the northern part of the settlement. You know, the side by the mountains, the place where the school is located" Louisa complained with a sigh
"School?" Alexa and the others let out
"Yes. School" Louisa said "It's meant to open today and people have started arriving" she turned her head towards them "From what I saw, you're all attending school"
"Nobody told us about that" Jerald said
"Why do you think I asked of your ages?" Marcus asked
"I see. We were tricked" Allen sighed "Our parents left us here, knowing full well that this school, was opening today"
"Exactly" Louisa said "But, what am I meant to expand?" She asked turning her head back to Rebecca
"Expand the west side of the settlement and put residential buildings there" Rebecca said
"How many?" Louisa asked
"Hundreds and hundreds of them" Rebecca said as she drank her tea "It's for new guests that'll be moving in today. They'll also be joining the school so, you'll be increasing the size"
"My magic would only be enough to expand the school. But the settlement, and the buildings there, would be difficult" Louisa said with her hand on her jaw as her head focused on Clark "Will you help me out?"
"No problem. It's my people that are arriving anyway" Clark said and Louisa took off the blindfold and her staff lit up
"Is his magic going to be enough?" Rosco asked
"Don't underestimate me, kid" Clark said as the whites of his eyes turned black and his eyes glew green. As Louisa tapped her staff on the ground, Clark clicked his fingers and the ground began to shake. After a while, the shaking stopped and Clark's eyes reverted back to normal as he continued eating.
Louisa put the blindfold back on and bowed towards Clark
"Thank you for your assistance, Prince Clark" Louisa said before disappearing and everyone stared at Clark
"Prince. Clark?" Allen repeated
"Yes" Mary said "We aren't weak you know" she stated
"And you are?" Jerald asked
"Eleventh squad captain of the werewolf division belonging to the northern tribe" Mary answered nonchalantly
"You?" Jerald asked pointing and Mary nodded. He looked at Fernanda
"Squad captain of the vampire force's healers" Fernanda said and Jerald looked at Alexa
"Council member in training, of the vampire's battle division" Alexa said and he looked at Christian
"There's no way you-"
"Vampire Knight to the Queen. I'm still under training" Christian interrupted Jerald with a smirk
"Commanding officer of the hybrid division belonging to the northern tribe" Josey said when Jerald looked at her
"Wow" Jerald let out
"You're all young but, you all have high ranking positions. Which aren't easy to acquire.....especially those at the northern tribe" Marcus said before looking at Sloane "You have a lot of powerful connections so use them well" he said and she nodded.
He looked at the people in front of him "Since most of you are still under training, and we're trying to build the strength of our army, you should all thank your lucky stars that you'll be attending school"
"Is he, going to be attending school?" Brianna asked as she pointed at Nathan
"Unfortunately, Nathan isn't going to be a student there" Rebecca said "He's meant to be a teacher"
"But just by the look on his face....he doesn't seem so happy about that" Marcus said
"So, that's what you wanted to talk to me about" Nathan said as Marcus nodded "But the answer is, no. I don't feel like doing it"
"I expected you to say that" Marcus said "But someone needs to train the princess. So, what do you say to that?"
Nathan had just finished his food when he heard what his father said and looked at him with his arms folded
"That's actually....one thing I was already planning to do. You didn't even need to ask" Nathan said and everyone looked at him and Sloane
"Alright. Is anyone here also as suspicious as me on these two's relationship?" Jerald asked and Sloane blushed
"There's nothing going on between us" Sloane said "It's just that I asked him yesterday and he said he didn't have anything to do"
"Oh. That makes sense" Marcus said "And here I thought that Nathan, who keeps a healthy distance from women, was probably in a relationship"
"I'm not" Nathan growled and Rosco looked at Mackenzie who had just finished eating
'In a relationship, huh?' he thought while still staring at her
"Now that i think of it, what's the point of us going to school?" Jerald asked "Why can't the all powerful Nathan, teach us the ropes?" he added and everyone looked at Nathan