"Punish me if you must, father. But leave Diana out of this." Jon said. The King snorted. "The Tribunal will certainly not. I've gotten calls all morning. Our people have begun to mistrust us. The West is angry. They've called your actions an extreme abuse of power." The King declared. My heart started beating quickly. My breaths began to be shorter. Jon was fuming. "Armand, I'm sure the tribunal will understand. Besides, what did they expect? There was a Gold Ranked female in the roster. Something was bound to happen anyway." Queen Robin said, stroking her mate's hand with her own. "Mom's right, dad. A hundred years ago, someone also died when a Gold Ranked female was being claimed." Patrick offhandedly said. I glanced at him. I did not know that. "A hundred years ago, that was a differen
