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When I glanced around, I saw Tashi and the king's bodyguard standing over a prone form on the floor.
"Is he dead?" I asked.
"No," the king replied, "but he's going to wish he was by the time I'm done with him."
Served him right. Who attacked a king? What had that stupid man thought he was going to accomplish by such an act? He was in a room full of people who witnessed the entire thing. It hadn't even been a sanctioned challenge. It was a clear case of attempted murder, and of a king at that.
What an idiot.
King Constantine held out his hand. Once I took it, he pulled me to my feet. René instantly pressed up against me.
"I'm okay,gattino. I promise."
René's eyes narrowed. "I thought we talked about throwing yourself into danger."
"He's my king,René. What else could I do?"
King Constantine chuckled as he gently patted the uninjured portion of my back. "I guess we have our next grand prince."
Figlio di Troia.
* * * *
"Hey, babe."
I glanced up from the papers on my desk to seeRenéstanding in the doorway of my study, a large canvas in his hands. I smiled at the sight of him.
Besides the fact that I was simply happy to see him, he looked really good today. He was dressed casually in tight jeans, a black T-shirt, and a pair of black biker boots. He even had his eyebrow ring back in place.
In a word, he looked hot...and totally not like how the consort of a grand prince should look.
Thank god.
"Hey."
"You got a minute?"
I set my pen down and smiled. "For you, always."
Renéwalked in and set the canvas against the front of my desk before walking around to kiss me. "How is your day going?"
I groaned as I pulled him onto my lap. I nuzzled my face into his neck and took in his sweet scent. "Better now that you are here."
Renéchuckled. "That bad, huh?"
"King Constantine sent me a list of clan members from all over the country that want to transfer out of their current clans because they are either being repressed or forced to mate people they don't want to be with. Some of them were even being kept from their true mates because they were a different species or a different social class."
"Where are they all going to go?"
"That's what I'm trying to figure out." And it was a major headache. "I've already found two alphas that I have to replace due to their ill treatment of their clan members. That doesn't leave me a lot of clans willing to accept new members."
"So, what are you going to do?"
"Find them new clans," I replied. "What else can I do? King Constantine made me a grand prince. It's not like I have a choice."
I still couldn't believe he did that. It was hard enough fulfilling my duties as the prince of gryphons in Italy. Now, I was a grand prince. That brought on a whole slew of different duties on top of the ones I already had.
It was kind of insane.
