Entranced (Brides of the Kindred Fanfiction 2) - On HIATUS

Chapter 31: Raising the Rebellion Flag

Krei:

"Those stubborn senile old men!" Siria threw her chair on the ground. "They still won't see that fighting amongst ourselves will only give Kloan's forces more power to strike us down."

It splintered apart but reformed after a minute into the same shape.

We had just finished meeting to discuss how to infiltrate the same Royal Palace and get rid of the usurper once and for all.

Lately, the news of Andi being alive has every city and then rebelling against him. As a result, half the cities were successfully occupied by the resistance while the control of Kloan dwindled.

Up until now, the news of Andi's return had fueled every Norvadian's hope for the bright future.

But the so called nobles were another problem.

They still revere the traditional system of ruling and sees Andromeda as a fancy royal headpiece for them to gain power.

Their faces were priceless when my mate gave an order they never saw coming.

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Three hours before....

Andi and I entered the meeting where the 12 nobles who rebelled against Kloan sat.

Half of them were older gentlemen and they wore black robes and sashes embroidered with their family colors.

The other half were middle aged males dressed in expensive tunics and jackets, their accessories expensive and shiny.

Their gazes turned to awe when they saw my mate in her glory for she was dressed in a high collar dress, the sleeves were form-fitting while the dress flares forward after reaching the hips. A silver circle pulled back her pale shiny hair.

Which displayed her royal skin colour perfectly.

After much bowing and scraping.

Andi spoke to them and asked for their assistance in bringing down Kloan so that she may take her rightful place as Queen.

"Your Royal Highness. Forgive me but don't you have a mate?"

My love's expression turned blank at that question.

"What does having a mate have to do with my desire to rule, Lord Krallor." Her voice was cold that the lord flinched.

"There has never been a female ruler since the founding of House Norvak. " one of the older lords stated. " the princesses' role has always been to wed and strengthen the family line."

"However, there is a way she may rule. She must wed someone from the Council of Nobles. If her husband agrees to share his power then that is possible." Another noble chimed in.

These words made Andi's eyes turn icy with haughty derision as the nobles began to offer certain conditions that ties in with their allegiance to our fight.

After an hour of debate and fighting, She looked even more incensed when they came to a decision without even consulting her.

One of the condition is that she weds a full blooded Norvadian noble, preferably a second or third son.

The last is that they are to be given important positions within the new government.

When Andi told them that she was mated to me, they looked at me like I was beneath them and dismissed that at best, I can be made a male concubine since Andi would need their influence to safely stage a rebellion.

These pompous old fools!

I was about to start shaking one noble or two but my mate stopped me while giving them a long stare.

She then gave a shocking order to Captain Asher and a few rebels standing guard during the meeting.

To capture and imprison them all.

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The flashback gave me goosebumps at the decisiveness of it all.

Since the word of a royal princess is law, the rebels and Kindred obeyed and now all 12 heads of the cities that defected to our side is now locked away.

"Siria. Calm down." My mate sat down and was deep in thought before looking at us.

"..Summon the heirs of the 12 lords who came here."

" T-the heirs?" Siria looked confused.

"I had my guardians look into them the moment you set up the meeting." She said as her guardians suddenly appeared near her. "Mom and I tweaked them out with a few things she manages to smuggle from her former laboratory. It turns out that when Karyn and Al took her out for some air, she went to check if anyone thrashed her lab. It turns out that no one even noticed it because she had cloaked it before we escaped."

"Wow. As expected of the Queen." Syria went to me as my guardians pulled up a database of the 12 houses. "Well....this is unexpected."

I joined them and I was astonished at the information of the heirs.

It seems like while their parents strove to lie low and grovel to the new king, they have been supplying weapons, food and even transporting refugees from Asteroa and other cities to remote villages scatter away from the Royal Palace's influence.

Though they do not ally with the rebels who were at war with King Kloan for many years, this provided a perfect blindfold for them to act.

The heirs believed that the true rulers would return and it was them who holds a higher influence on their perspective areas.

"As expected. Their children are indeed ballsy enough to fight in silence using the rebels as a smokescreen for their activities. I believe that another meeting is in order Siria. This time..." Andi typed on the screen and a piece of metal was deposited to her hand by the guardian near her. "Use this holographic projector to convey my invitation to the true leaders of the 12 houses."

"I'll dress up as Callisto and convey your wishes at once!"

Once Siria left the meeting room, my live swayed and I was behind her at once.

She turned to me and a long sigh escaped her lips. Her small body was trembling as I looked at the database of the 12 houses once again.

She has been hard at work and I did not even notice because she was in her room everytime.

As I embraced her, her slender arms went around my back and I felt her nails dig into my skin.

"Krei. This has to work. I pray that we can get the heirs to cooperate. The period of imprisonment for a noble is only 72 hours at most. We most convince them of our plans."

"We will do that. But I think it is time to utilize your other secret weapon to soften the blow on the ones you imprisoned."

"...How?"

"Have your mother talk to them. They may not listen to you but I think they would listen to King Gyre's beloved Queen."