The Queen and Her King

The Queens Wrath

*The Next Morning*

Brielle POV

"I think we're all aware of why we're here, the people are in a panic about Hades. He almost escaped..."

My father said, I having my arm locked with Harry as he stood by my side. Mal appeared to be so bothered she wasn't on Ben's arm for once.

My father called an emergency meeting for us this morning, not even bothering to involve the full council because he believes it's so urgent. I simply believe my family is being paranoid because Mal's being paranoid, aka Harry and I are the only sane people that aren't freaking out about Hades,

"... Who knows what he would've done if he had escaped"

I sighed and rolled my eyes, I haven't even gotten to have breakfast yet it's like they're asking me to be pissy the whole time,

"But he didn't, he didn't escape and we aren't in danger of an attack from him any time soon. Yes, at the moment it was frightful however we handled it, and to be fair I think he just doesn't believe he belongs there. He honestly might just want to go home, the Underworld and such"

I calmly explained, Mal sighed and shook her head,

"No, I know Hades and he would've done something to Auradon for revenge"

I furrowed my brow and looked over to her,

"From what I've gathered from the other VKs including Harry himself is that Hades is a recluse, only letting one person into his home and that would be his errand-runner Celia Facilier. So how do you know him well enough to know what he wants hm?"

My dad stepped forward and shook his head and looked over to me,

"The point is Brielle, we can't risk letting another villain loose"

I furrowed my brow and was about to speak when Mal did instead, a bit of anger spiking up internally. What did he mean we couldn't risk letting another villain loose?

"I feel like this is all my fault, I'm supposed to protect Auradon"

Uhm... hello? I'm here hello have we forgotten that I am literally the head of the Auradon military and that's my job? Wow, Mal wants to get on my nerves this quick in the morning then, wonderful. I quickly shook my head and looked over at her again,

"Mal, protecting Auradon isn't your duty and your duty only. Is that why you keep trying to arm my guards in fear of Uma? You think because you have powers and magic it's your right to take my job? It wasn't your fault that Hades could have escaped and you were a big help in preventing such but you have to stop acting like you're the only capable person in all of Auradon"

Ben looked at me with a bit of an offended look, something I shot right back at him as he is not in the place to glare at me in any way. Harry sighed and cocked a leg as he's definitely bored here, as am I,

"Every time we open that barrier we are exposing ourselves to great danger"

Harry stood flat on both feet again and tilted his head some at my father,

"We're all in danger all the time actually, if ya think about it the Isle isn't the only place danger comes from sir. For all we know a meteorite could strike us all down right now, danger is something we have ta live with, accept that it's always there. Opening the barrier just needs ta be watched closer in the future, simple as that"

I nodded to show that I very much agreed with Harry's statement, one that was a little harsh yeah but seemed to get to my father, mother, and FG. Suddenly, I got a random phone call. I briefly smiled at everyone,