Prince Declan POV.....continued
We discuss numbers for over an hour and then we focused on some specific industries under the control of my court.
We control Finance industry, all the banks in our world, hospitality, health and tourism, all Hotels and Hospitals and then there is defence.
Nikki is a billionaire heiress, from a large family that owns one of the oldest banks in the world.
She used to be human, but is now a vampire, she turned after Gabriel marked her.
I listen to the debate over the profits for the quarter and the strength of the currencies, then tune out.
I begin to search the minds of every member of my court all 32 of them,
It takes sometime, but I stop when I am satisfied. I am not big on trust, if you are not in my close circle.
The thing with each king is that, you are born with your own close circle and they will be with you and serve you for as long as you live.
My grandparents still have their close circle of betas and gammas with them, in their small pack in the eastern part of the Royal supreme territory.
My parents will also move,when they feel its the right time to do so,they will go somewhere of their choosing within the territory , just not in the centre, that is for the king.
Gabriel was born a year earlier and he was chosen to be my beta by the goddesses before I was born, Fonsi is six months older, the rest, my three gammas, Max, Killian and Trey were born within a month after me.
All chosen by the goddesses as is the tradition when or before the heir is born.
killian and max are really powerful wizards, who are Vampires with wolfs.
Trey and Gabriel both have ancient royal Warrior Lycans, Royal wolfs and can each control an Element, if they put their mind to it.
Trey can control the air, Gabriel can control blood.
For me, I am a Vampire, with a wolf (Zeus),a Lycan (Mars) and I can control the earth, fire and the mind.
As the Crown prince my reputation is one of terror and admiration. I am not sorry for it, my aunts made me this way for a reason.
I call the goddesses my aunts because the kings lineage is directly from the gods, and I am more than a hybrid.
I am half god, half man.
My close circle are my best friends and part of my family, I trust them completely.
The truth is i trust no one , outside them and I can't even blame the goddesses for my lack of trust, Life happened around me.
Gabriel's mom killed his father, her mate so she can be the chosen mate of the biggest pack in the northern region.
she didn't show her face in my Rsp again, after that. But I have seen enough betrayal and sometimes greed to never trust anyone but myself and my circle.
The thing is, in someway my close circle and I are intertwined, I can feel some of their emotions strongly, but they can barely feel mine. In a way, I am all alone with my powers,responsibilities and strength.
We are currently walking down the archway to reach the Royal Ed centre for the award ceremony. We are in our practiced formation, we don't do this often, max and killian are in front, i am behind them, Gabriel is behind me, Trey and Fonsi are behind him.
We slow our pace when we smell a group of females heading for us.
The guys chuckle in our mindlink, and we decide the unmated ones can hang with them.
The only women who have the advantage of approaching us like this while working without being stopped are those whose families are members of the royal court.
That is the kings court or my court.
As they reach us Natalie and Leah make a beeline for me, but Nat being the head b***h snarls at Leah, who instantly makes a beeline for Trey, who is already busy trying to fend of two beauties.
I stop and look at Natalie, she is beautiful and feisty with her dirty blonde hair, and plump lips but she is not for me.
I hear mars say Natalie is still ignoring her mate in hopes of snagging me.
It has become common knowledge but i don't care for now.
I have seen these girls fight and b***h slap each other for our attention too much to count.
Natalie is my go to girl whenever I need to scratch an itch, i actually prefer Leah who is a redhead and a calm soul, but i feel I am way too decadent for her.
So I go with the head b***h, because i cant stand her company.
There is no confusion between us, she understands that the minute i pull my d**k out of her, she needs to be gone.
She cant even touch me without my permission, yet she pines for me because of the power I have and my title.
I take her hand absentmindedly and we all continue to the Royal Ed building.
Zeus and Mars are whining in my head like pups ,to drop her hand, i just ignore them.
I am a fine specimen of a man, most weres are bulky with well defined muscles, but I am a lot less bulky, with defined muscles almost a toned body, almost.
However, my training will not allow for just a toned body.
The others in my circleare the usual bulky well defined muscled types, Except Trey who is more toned than I am .
Crown prince or not , I am not the tallest of the group, I am six foot five not the tallest in my circle.
Max has that title at six foot seven, , killian and Gabriel are an inch shorter at six foot six.
Fonsi is six foot three and Trey is six foot one.
Together , we are as intimidating as one can get. Fonsi, Trey and I haven't found our mates yet. And we are hoping to find them soon.
You can call me a sexy specimen of a man, as I am ruggedly handsome, with dark brown hair, almost black .
I am the man every woman wants, for power ,fame or fortune and that can get heady sometimes.
But it just goes with the terrain , the kings are always dashingly handsome and I am yet to see an average looking queen.
Their pictures are all in the royal history hall. I skim through the pictures in my mind.
And Nope, no average looking queen has graced the throne.
At least i know my mate will be a stunner.