Chapter 20

" Oh my head...ahh it's killing me " Crystal said groaning

" Can you shut up, your voice is too loud " Crescenzo said while rubbing his forehead

" Your voice is not low either " Cassius said he was leaning on the sofa like the other two

The three of them had drunk the most and now they felt like puking with a horrid headache

" I swear I am never going to drinkagain " Crystal said

" As if that is ever going to happen " Lukas came in the room with a cup of black coffee and sat on the armrest of the sofa Crystal was lying on. He looked at the the three of them in amusement. They really outdid themselves.

" By the way where is Em? " Lukas asked Cassius while taking a sip of his coffee. It was unusual for those two to separate

" She went to look for aspirin " Cassius said with his eyes closed.

" I want one too. " Both Crystal and Crescenzo said at the same time

When Elina walked in the room she saw this scene. A wicked smile formed on her face.

" Good morning everyone " She said loudly

A collective groaning sounded in the room while Lukas laughed

" Seriously Eli keep quiet " Crystal said

" Who told you to drink so much huh? " Elina while sitting beside her " I wanted to talk about something but except Lukas none of you are in the condition to discuss anything "

" Is it something important " Lukas asked

" It can wait " Elina replied

" Here I found the aspirin " Emma came running and was surprised to see three pairs of expectant eyes looking at her.

" What is wrong with you all? " Emma asked laughing

" Irresponsible teanagers facing Consequences of their actions " Lukas snorted

All of them glared at him except for Emma and Elina who were also enjoying it.

" I am not a teenager, thank you very much " Crescenzo spoke

" Neither am I " Cassius spoke

Only Crystal kept quiet while still glaring at him.

" Alright here you go. Take two each one of you. " Emma said passing the medicine to them.

" Where is Theo? I haven't seen him since morning " Elina asked

" Sleeping like a log. " Crescenzo said after gulping the medicine " Whenever he drinks he sleeps for hours to end and then wake up as if nothing happened "

" You are telling me he doesn't suffers from these headaches " Crystal asked with wide eyes

Crescenzo shake his head sadly " And don't even think of waking him up " He shuddered thinking of consequences

" Why do I feel like you are speaking with practical experience " Cassius asked with a raised eyebrow

" Believe me buddy you don't want to know " He said

" Let's have breakfast then after that when you all feel well I want to talk to you all and Crescenzo if you want you can join or get anyone to show you around " Elina said

" If you don't mind I would like to join and see if I could be of help " Crescenzo said seriously

" Okay then " Elina nodded

" Since we all here shall we start " Elina asked

Everyone was inside Elina's office, Cassius and Emma were sitting together on the sofa. Lukas was standing beside the window while Crystal and Crescenzo both had a cup of coffee and were sitting on the other sofa. Marcus stood beside Elina.

" Let's start I will brief Theo when he wakes up " Crescenzo said

" I have received the news that rouges are sighted more often than before not only that their attacks on the packs have increased. As such Alphas asked for help from the royal court but unless they pay a considerable sum their requests are ignored which.... "

" WHAT " Crystal sprang up from the place she was sitting her coffee almost spilling on the ground but she couldn't care " What are they doing? What about that idiotic brother of mine he actually let this happen "

Elina stared at her for a minute then sighed " You left the Palace with me now everyone believes that your family supports me even if Harvey can't do much right now he is still trying to replace your brother. Your brother is trying his best."

Crystal's face fell, she knew that she has put her family in a spot but she did not regret it she would do it all over again if she is given another chance. So she sat down quietly again feeling a bit dispirited. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to see Lukas who was giving her a faint smile.

" What is your family's position there? " Crescenzo asked

Crystal looked at Elina when she saw that she did not plan to say anything she said with a deep sigh " My brother controls a part of the royal family army. He is one of the four commanders of the army. "

The Royal Army has people who are elites of elites. People are selected from all over the kingdom. It is divided into four groups each group has a commander and 300 soldiers under them. This army beside protecting the Palace also had the duty to help all the packs in need. So many of the soldiers were dispatched to different parts of the kingdom and only a small part of it is in the Palace.

" Your brother must really be in a difficult situation " Emma said

" He can handle it. Not to mention my parents are there too so they can hold on until we will go back. " Crystal said and waved her hand but only she knew how worried she was in her heart

Elina looked at her quietly feeling the guilt in her heart and only after suppressing her emotions did she speak again " My proposal is that we provide aid to these packs. This will relieve their immediate problems and in return we will gain allies "

" Don't mind my little concern But have you thought how can we reach everywhere without alerting those in the Palace " Cassius asked giving her a perplexed look "

" I have someone in the Palace who will block the news about us even if something would reach there Harvey won't associate it with me. " Elina said " As for reaching the place with proper means of transportation that won't be too difficult either "

" Who works for you in the Palace? " Crescenzo asked

Elina smiled mysteriously " You will know in the future " It was not like she did not trust them and did not want them to know about her mate but instead she was afraid that they would worry. For a wolf who has found its mate and has not marked them and instead stayed away for a long time would lead to decline in their health if not for her taking his pain and using the potions given by Claire, he would be exposed and she herself would feel like going crazy but even after all that she can still feel the ill effects of it. So just let her worry.

" I am really curious to know who this informant is " Lukas said smiling

" Me too. I sure it is someone I know " Crystal said thinking hard

Marcus stood quiet while they were discussing these matters he was observing the situation and as far as he knew Elina she did not want to talk about it. So even if he was curious he still spoke trying to divert the current topic " Your Highness you said to provide aid so should we start selecting people for that "

Elina gave him a grateful look and spoke " Yes I will supervise their training and for the first few times I will go as for the rest we will discuss according to the situation "

" Let me join the training as well I can't stay for long and it will be difficult for me to go for those aids as well " Crescenzo said. He knew that not everyone would welcome a demon instead be wary of him so he won't join the party.

" Fine with me " Elina said She was going to continue when the door flew open and Theodore stood there with a scowl on his face.

" I can't believe you all are discussing important matters without me " He said grudgingly