KLAUS' POV “Your Majesty, King Klaus, thank you for joining us on such short notice, but I hope you understand why this is urgent” one of the elders began. Noon crept up faster than I expected. Before I knew it, I was standing before the council members. Their faces, grim and set in stone, betrayed nothing but disapproval. Not a single smile, not a flicker of empathy. They sat in a half-circle, eyes on me as if they’d already passed judgment. “I have no problem with anyone here, but having meetings behind my back is an insult to my position” I started squaring my shoulders bracing myself for whatever they threw my way. “Your brother has as much right as you to schedule a meeting- if you can call it that. He just wanted to talk” “This is still my palace, everything is to go through me