Protected by the Last Kitsune

Change of plans.

Harley and I were waiting to be called on for our meeting with the King and Queen out in the hallway as we were waiting, I couldn’t help but notice Harley kept peeping glances at me when he thought I wasn’t paying attention, but I am always paying attention, before I could ask him what was up we were called into the office of the king, I didn’t find it surprising at all to see him behind his desk with his Queen seated in a comfortable armchair next to him instead of them being seated on thrones with high-quality jeweled crowns. No, these people were down to earth and never behaved like they were brought up on a whole different level than us pea-ons they believed they were no different than their subjects and treated everyone as their equal unless otherwise needed.

As we entered they both stood with bright smiles on their faces,

“Welcome Lita, it’s nice to see you again Harley, might I add a thank you for all you have done for my family if there is anything we can do for you it would be our pleasure,” he said with a warm smile that matched his Queens.

I bowed my head to show my respect, I mean what isn’t there to not respect, I have been following the royal family for years, well the king and queen on a political note, not a creepy stalker kind of thing, I like to know what people in power do with it, they always turn to the dark side and I am usually the one to take them out if it comes to that, however, this couple has been the epitome of selflessness, and honorable in every sense, not once had I found any dirt on either of them. They take in orphaned children, they donate millions of dollars to various charities, fundraisers, the queen even does personal check in's with foster kids to make sure they are taken care of properly human, werewolf, vampire she keeps track of them all, I did catch wind of this one incident with her during one of her checks she found a vampire child chained to the wall, starving and beaten during a surprise check after she released him, she asked how long have you been like this, the child didn’t answer at first, as the foster father lashed out telling him to keep his mouth shut, I guess that he figured it was just the queen so he had nothing to worry about after all women are weak and useless in this guys eyes, well let me tell you, after the she beat the s**t of the guy and had him taken to his own little cell she found that the child had been chained there to the wall since he had been there, starved him for a week give him enough blood and food to keep him living and on the days that were really bad they would beat him for fun like their own personal pinata. He had been in that house for 2 months, 2 months this child suffered while his parents took the money meant to care for the child for goddess knows what, she took the child and raised him turned out he was the lost Prince of the vampire kingdom, he is now King and has a lifelong alliance with them, but he doesn't know what is going on, though I will be calling for support soon I know he will be happy to help.

“Your Majesties, Sadly, this isn’t a social call.”

The king stretched out his arm to gesture to the seating area his smile faded but only slightly as he realized the severity of the visit. Knowing what he is about to find out that warm smile will fade. I took a breath hating to tell them that all of their lives were in danger and the fight I was about to face.

“ Do either of you know Matthew Dunn?” I asked, looking at them, all the while watching their faces morph into sadness as they looked at each other. They turned to look at me as they nodded their heads than looked at Harley, a tear falling from the queen as the memories hit her.

“Yes, he is Harley's uncle from his father's side, he passed away that night murdered by the same man that took the rest of his family, why do you ask about him?

I took a photo out of the file I had brought with me, handing it to him, “Is this not Matthew Dunn?”

He took the photo in hand showing it also to his Queen as they both looked at it, their faces turning white as if they were seeing a ghost, the queen not taking her eyes off the photo said, “It can’t be him. If he were still alive, I would say yes, but we'd not only seen Matthew die, we buried him with his family, so this is not him, I am sorry.” "They do look remarkably close, If I didn’t know any better I would say it was him.” the king said handing me back the photo with a stoic look.

“I am sorry to have to be the one to tell you, however, this is Matthew Dunn, he used a doppelganger that night and faked his death, so he could take the pack for himself, he now goes by the Rogue King, I am sure you have heard of him? This photo was taken a few weeks ago outside of my apartment as he slid something under my door.” I handed them the envelope that was slid under my door that day. The king took it from me, hesitantly opening it, as he reads his eyes darken as does the Queens, he starts to shake violently threatening to shift at any moment as the queen tries to soothe him.

“What is the meaning of this? Who are you?” he yelled anger seething through his body

That's when Harley took a defensive stance in front of me but talking calmly, “it was delivered to me but sent to her by accident, please be calm and I will tell you everything.”

The king started to calm only because he knew Harley was no threat to them, a look of confusion took over the rage that had morphed his face.

Everyone took their seats once again as Harley began to talk.

“After I left here, I moved onto the streets, I was brought down to a lower level, where I started to steal, con, and fight just to live. Well, I just happen to stumble into an area that I was not aware that a street gang had taken claim to, one night they came to me after finding out what I had been up to, they offered me to join their ranks, but I turned them down. That night they beat me to the point of death, my wolf not as strong because, well, we were starving, my wolf was fading and so was I, after all, I was only 10 at the time, food and the elements were not my friends, that night after being left to die a man came and picked me up. He took me home tended to my wounds, fed me, trained me both mentally and physically. After I turned 18 he offered me to join him and countless others, they were mercenaries hired to go fight where the military could not go. We were the unspoken, hidden card. An elite team the government paid, and we got the job done at all costs. That is until one day we were sent to an ambush everyone was killed but me, I was left for dead once again. But being who I was I healed, made my way back to the states I started to do assassination jobs to make ends meet since a dead man can’t work and pay taxes. I was soon contacted about a job, one that would pay enough to set me for a while the info was supposed to be delivered to me, but instead as fate would have it, it fell into her lap.” he said with sadness in his eyes as if he was worried they would be disappointed in him then looked at me with a slight smile before continuing. “ She got my package and opened it thinking it was meant for her as she had just moved into town for her own job, seeing who the target was she set things in motion to save your lives she had befriended your children before all this came down which made it all the more easy to keep an eye on all of you. As it turns out instead of passing on her target to ensure your safety it turns out her original target is my uncle. I can not tell you who she is as that does not matter, only to us, she known as Lita, anyone else she is a ghost and was never here. Believe me, when I tell you, you couldn't be in any hands that are better or safer than hers.”

I looked at Harley and took his hand in mine with a smile. As I looked to the king and queen I spoke with confidence and truth. “I will lay my life down for you and your children.” there was a slight growl coming from Harley at my words. I just chuckled and shook my head. Mates, What can you do?

I continued to speak with the king and queen about my plans for them to move into a more secure location and as expected, they didn’t like the idea of leaving their kingdom for just anyone to come and take it. So I offered to stay pretending to be the King to lure out the scumbag that was hunting them.

My plan was to ask Diamond if there was a way to not only copy his scent but to put a glimmer that would stay until death or until she herself removed it, I needed something to capture his whole Essence even his wolf. Everything needed to be 100% accurate to pull this off without a hitch. As for the rest of the family, my idea was a bit dark, but I knew I didn’t have the manpower to take on 2 locations at once with 2 separate armies at the same time I am Good, but not that good. We would stage an accident that would claim the lives of the siblings and Queen. That way they could hide without anyone looking for them. I would have Diamond do spell that would make anyone see what we wanted them to see even dead bodies all they would need to do is walk through the door for the funeral ceremony. The news would do the rest...