Page 169 of Queen of the Crimson Throne

Eventually, Gulia found us.

“Your Majesties! There you are!”

“Good morning, Gulia.” Luka greeted the female.

“Sir Declan has been looking for you. I told him if I found you I would send you to the study to find him.”

Luka and I shared a look. “Let’s go.”

We quickly made our way to my study, finding Declan and Luce sitting in the armchairs.

“The newlyweds finally made it out of bed I see,” Luce sing-songed.

I rolled my eyes. “We’ve been up for hours.”

“Exactly,” Declan added dryly. I gaped at the harpy, his dark hair was pulled back today, accentuating his chiseled face.

“I expect those kinds of comments from Luce and Nico, but from you Declan?” I clicked my tongue but he said nothing.

“He’s tired of us already,” Luka whispered as we sat on the couch.

I smiled before turning my attention back to the group. “What have you found out this morning?” I looked at Delcan.

“Not much more than we heard last night, Luce was filling me in on the events that happened here.”

“My mother found me last night before I made it to my room and gave me an update. Everyone she and Endora questioned were innocent, nothing she was able to get out of them connected them to the poisoning or the Dhampir attack. With the exception of the ones they found trying to sneak away. She assumed they caught on to what she was doing and tried to escape before they were questioned. They claimed they didn’t have anything to do with the Dhampirs, but the poison was another story.”

“And those are the ones being kept in the dungeon?” Luka asked.

Luce took a sip of her drink. “They are ready and waiting for your direction.”

“And the innocent people? What is the status on them?”

“Some decided to go back to their homes last night after being questioned, others stayed here through the night. My mother and Endora were checking in with them again this morning to figure out their next steps.”

“Good.” Knowing my people were safe lessened some of the tension wracking my body. “We will have to make sure and check up on them later, make sure they are still all doing well and that no one has any lingering injuries.”

“I’m sure my mother and Endora would be willing to check up on them.”

“I need to.” I needed my people to know I cared about them.

“I know it’s important to you, but you have a lot of other things to concern yourself with, let them help,” Luce insisted.

“Luciana is right.” Luka placed his hand gently on my thigh. “What if Caterina goes and checks on everyone today and she can let them know you will stop by later this week, once everything is settled around here.”

“Fine,” I conceded. I didn’t like having to wait, but I had so much to attend to.

“We have some traitors to interrogate anyways, don’t we?”

65

LENNOX

Twenty minutes later the four of us were in the dungeon, the heavy cement door slamming shut behind us, the lock clicking back into place as we strode down the hallway.

“Good morning, Caio,” I greeted the guard.

“Good morning, Your Majesties. Are you here to see the prisoners?”

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