Soul Bound

Chapter 45

Chapter 45:

DPOV

Oh not good. News of the new law had reached Rose. And as I expected this wasn't going to end well. I jumped out of bed and got dressed and was just in time for Rose yelling at the guardians to let her out.

"Roza, calm down."

She turned her head around towards me. Oh she was pissed.

"Calm down? Calm down?! That bitch is sending children off to die and she used me to do it! I will not calm down. Now." She turned her attention back to the guardians standing in front of. "Either you will let me through so I can talk to that bitch and tell her exactly what she can do with that law or I am going to save all this rage for you."

I could see the guardians physically swallow. I knew what Rose could do in a fight and I had no doubt that if she wanted to get through the guardians she could have, but luckily John stepped in.

"Now, Mrs. Hathaway, that won't be necessary. We will accompany you to the palace."

I had a feeling John was looking forward to Rose ripping Tatiana a new one.

So we went across court. It was quite a sight. One steaming five foot seven girl being followed by large men including myself to the queen's court.

She just marched into the palace and into Tatiana's personal chamber. The guardians at the door were too dumbstruck to stop her. They caught on too late.

She threw the doors open and stormed straight for Tatiana.

"You! You dare send sixteen year olds out into the field, where they will be killed immediately and you used my skill, my memory to do it?"

Adrian and I dutifully followed her into the chambers. Tatiana and Princess Voda seemed to have been enjoying a cup of tea before Rose interrupted them.

"Please Pricilla. Would you mind giving us some privacy. I believe Miss Hathaway and I need to talk."

"It's MRS. Hathaway."

Tatiana chose to ignore that. Although I was immensely happy Rose was proud to be my wife, I did think she should pick her battles at the moment.

"Why don't you sit down, Rose." Avoiding the problem all together.

"Please, Guardian Belikov, Adrian, why don't you join us. The rest of you can give us some privacy if you will."

She motioned to the horde of guardians which had come in after us. And also the royal guardians lining the wall. Adrian and I sat down and I practically had to drag Rose into a chair but she did sit down, arms crossed over her chest.

"Tea?"

If Tatiana was at all disturbed by Rose's outburst she wasn't showing it. She was the picture of Royal authority and politeness. She poured tea for all of us at an alarmingly slow pace. I saw Rose become restless and her leg was bumping up and down and she was fidgeting with her nails. I placed my hand on top of hers to calm her down. It didn't help much.

Tatiana sat back down into her chair, took her tea, added a cube of sugar and slowly stirred the spoon. She then carefully laid the spoon back down and brought the tea to her lips. She took a sip and sat the tea back down. She said the following words without looking at either of us.

"The bill has been passed according to our own laws we have lived by for hundreds of years, procedures have been followed and we believe it is the best way of protecting our people in the future."

"Your people? Aren't Dhampirs your people too?"

Tatiana didn't answer. I saw Tatiana was struggling. I don't think Tatiana supported the bill herself but then why had she passed it. I knew the vote from John, she had the deciding vote.