The Lightning Queen

Chapter 10

Mare

The council chambers is beautiful with black leather chairs and theirs one at the head of the table; which I take. The rest of the room is quite, I like quite.

Today is the third of day with my council. My council consists of basically the same people as always. Shade and Farley who are both my head Generals. They both should chose between themselves who would be Lieutenant General which is a step down from being an actual General and I already know who's going to be Lieutenant General.

Kilorn would be my Major General and Ada and I would be the political strategist of this team. Davidson of course is my closest adviser and with four of his closest allies. Those are basically the only people I trust until I decided to add more people to my council which I would do when I acquire my most valuable assets in which I will be taking from Maven.

I can't lie. This feels weird without Cal here but that does not mean this feels wrong, it feels more than right. He chose the side he wanted to be on and I'm choosing mine.

The council members have already gather here but were waiting on three people who seem to have forgotten where the conference room is.

Finally Shade and Farley walks in.

"Relax Mare we're less than five minutes late." Farley hisses. It's not like they can use Clara as an excuse because she stayed with my parents last night. Good to know their relationship is going strong. Wow. Maven really did show me how to read behind the lines and into people's business.

"Its fine. We should get started." I say and Kilorn finally enters with the widest smile plastered on his face and he wraps his arms around me. I miss this.

"So Queen Mare." I elbow him in the stomach and he laughs.

Ada and I set the map of Norta on the table. The warmest feeling overwhelms me. I miss Norta.

"Where would you like to take first?" Davidson asked. As he shifted in his seat.

I point on the map. Summerton. It's a weird place to select as my stronghold but I've thought this over so many times.

Davidson's expression was riveted and I know he was curious to know why. Their all hoping I share a story time on my life with the Calore brothers but I'm sorry to disappoint.

"Unfortunately, Summerton holds no emotional value," Stop lying to yourself Mare, it's where you fell in love with those beautiful blue eyes that you now know is polluted with a tremendous amounts of darkness. Plus you kissed his brother.

I continue before I seem like I'm dwelling on those emotional memories. "But I have been think I want to take over Regent State and hear would be perfect to Start." Its also close to the slits. I point on the map.

Davidson looks at the map and looked up at me, the corners of his mouth lifts into a smile.

"Excellent." He says, his voice sound almost......impressed.

"But we have a problem," Kilorn points out. "What's stopping Maven from leaving Whitefire to stop the take over of Regent State." This is the part where I laugh.

"Nothing...absolutely nothing." Everyone shoots me a questionable look.

"Besides the fact that Maven's only territory will be Kings State after I take Regent State, he needs to protect his remaining territory and if he leaves to start a war with me, his brother will take that territory, he's been guarding," I continue:

"Tiberias, Ptolemus and Maven all have equal amount of forces on their side at this current moment. If Maven chooses to fight against me he'll be at a disadvantage." Maven only calculated to win one war no two.

"Well we have our instructions, we leave tomorrow." Davidson says commandingly.

And the journey begins.