Chapter 82

82 Chapter Eighty Two

The luncheon soon came to an end. Anthony stood up to declare the program that the VIPs were to follow in order to get the day going. They only had one hour to take the VIPs through the entire school to look through the projects and they would then set them free to roam about the festival though they were to pick bodyguards from the hunters that were present.

Katie was excused from this job as she would not be able to fulfil this job past seven o’clock. Principal Brown was called upon to take over when the VIPs were ready for the tour. They led them calmly through, having the students explain what they had been working on. The students were mostly tired since they’d set all this up in the morning and were now having to explain it to the VIPs for the umpteenth time.

This was viewed as part of the test. If a student was able to pull off their presentation without giving the impression of being tired and trying to get it over with, then that student would gain merit when it came down to what the VIPs finally decided at the end of the entire tour. Katie walked with Sandra behind the VIPs calmly before her phone vibrated from within her pocket.

She pulled it out and saw a text from Samantha asking that they meet on the roof. This was an odd location, but also one that was guaranteed to be private as they discussed what they intended to. “Anthony, if I might be excused, I have something urgent to discuss with Samantha.”

“Make it quick, Chase. It’s unbecoming of you to miss out on the role you were given,” the man warned before she made her way for the roof.

On the roof, Samantha was pacing impatiently, “What took you so long? How did you forget that what I wanted to talk to you about was urgent?”

“I couldn’t keep that in mind with the chaos that went down during that luncheon,” she said.

“Never mind, I have something to tell you, Katie. I heard it from your parents. I don’t know what makes the Chase family so special, but it’s been a blessing to have them here. That ability that you all have to detect danger. I don’t know if you picked up on it, but your parents did or should I say your guardians...”

“What are you saying, Samantha? Get to the point,” Samantha had her hands on the girl’s shoulders and they were shivering the more she rambled on without making any effort to get to the point that she was supposed to be making.

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“Okay, yeah right. I was telling you something. Your parents... no your parents are in the hotel... I meant your guardians, the ones from the Chase family that don’t age,” she rambled on again.

“Samantha...” she paused remembering the part about not ageing. It didn’t ring a bell in her memory even though she was sure that was not the point of the conversation, “We’ll get back to the ageing bit later. What have you come to tell me?”

“Your guardians were feeling very uneasy about tonight. So much so that they were afraid enough to call in one of the four Mighty Hunters of Prometheus...” she said. Katie froze on hearing the news.

“What do you mean? Do they mean to say that something bad is going to happen?” she asked Samantha, this time shaking her.

“I don’t know Katie... I don’t know... All I know is that calling on one of those four is something that’s only done if there might be a war. They are the most feared hunters on the planet. No one matches them in power, not even the Royals,” she said, shaken as she said it. Hunters were rarely moved by something, but from the way Samantha was acting, something was amiss.

“Is the Mighty hunter coming here then?”

“Yes, they said he accepted their request since he trusts the Chase family’s ability to detect danger. As we speak, the man is on his way here, but as you can assume, he wasn’t near and it might take him some time to arrive. Before he comes, your guardians asked me to tell you that you stay out of trouble,” she said.

“What has any of this got to do with me?”

“That’s part of what makes this all the more frightening... we don’t know...” Katie left Samantha on the roof after remembering what she was supposed to be doing with the others. She texted Sandra so that she might get directions and catch up with the group of VIPs that were milling about the school like they owned the place.

Samantha watched the birthday girl leave, her mind a mess. She didn’t know what to do and yet, from the information she’d received, this was all centred on her guardians’ concern for Katie. The message was being sent to all the hunters telling them that they get ready. It was a good thing Frost and Jackeline had returned.

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The Sirius family rested in their suite after hearing what the Chase hunters that were responsible for protecting their daughter had to say. They were concerned but had nothing to do about it. It was decided that they were to meet the girl the next day after she’d shifted so that they met their daughter when she was whole again. The way she was supposed to be.

“Are you worried, my dear?” Queen Martha walked up to her husband who watched the horizon with a solemn expression. She carried with her a glass of water and was dressed in a calm white gown that flowed smoothly down to her feet.

“I’m on tension. You know of the Chase family all too well. They were the reason Cole Lycaon survived the invasion when he was an infant. They detected the danger to his life before anyone else while the ones that helped us were only called upon by the moon goddess to protect ours. Getting a warning from them is always cause for worry...” she said.

“I know what you mean, honey. Katie is a strong girl. From what we’ve heard, she’ll survive this,” they said.

“That’s not what worries me... I’ve been thinking. I looked into it and it’s true what they say. Rogues are afraid to come here. So afraid that it had been a full year before a rogue was spotted in this place. There was no need for a cause for worry and everything we have to go on is coming from the odd power that the Chase family has,” he said.

“Well, if you haven’t noticed, that’s how they work. There was no reason for there to be an attack on the castle eighteen years ago when the rogues made an attempt on our daughter’s life and Cole’s. If it wasn’t for the call we received from the Lycaon family, there is no way we would have known. The guards were present and so were the hunters, but they still managed to get through and make it inside the palace somehow...” she said.

“It still bothers me that I was never told,” she said.

“Well, for starters, when I did four years later, the number of rogues that were attacking Brigadia increased by a lot. The Chase hunters reported to me that it was the case until Katie clocked fifteen years of age,” she said.

“The birth of the rogue killer... that story knows how to calm my nerves. I’m sure we don’t have much to worry about. Best to be on our toes. Should I call my, Arthur and Rory?” he asked.

“Your Beta Alphas, no, let them be. They need to handle the situation at the palace while we are gone...” she said... Beta alphas, the two right-hand men of a Royal. A royal family was only supposed to have two of them coming from the Head of the family. In other words, it was only the king that was allowed to have beta alphas. They were more powerful than alphas and the clear definition of the gap between Royals and normal alphas.

However, they didn’t have as much freedom as normal alphas. Beta alphas were powerful and were definitely scarier than normal ones, but they were also bound to the King by a much stronger bond than anyone could fathom. As the normal alphas could dismiss a request from the King, beta alphas couldn’t disobey their King. As a result, the King would even find himself being careful with his speech as every sort of request was a command in the eyes of these powerful creatures.

Some argue that because of this exact rule, they were arguably more powerful than their King, but that was just a rumour that developed when it was realized that the Royals rarely got their hands dirty or even stepped onto the battlefield, leaving the Beta alphas to demonstrate their monstrous power.

Davin Sirius’ nerves had calmed a bit after the short talk with his wife. Lina stayed on the sofa watching her favourite show from the safety of her sheet although her mind had long since wandered from the contents of the show she was watching, having repeated the episode a dozen times. Drake paced about the room calmly, his thoughts a swirling mess. He needed to find a way to cool his nerves. “Father, might I go out for a run?”

“That might do all of us some good, but to keep discretion and avoid rousing the werewolf residents, I propose we go one by one, for all those that need to go for a run. Take your time, Drake. No one’s rushing you,” he said, the king said. The Prince was eager to let his sandy brown wolf out having heard the disturbing warning from the Chase family.