Chapter 134

The four ministers felt the tension the moment they stepped foot into the hall. With their heads held low, they knelt on one knee before the royals as they uttered, “Your Highnesses. Your Graces.”

Lucianne smiled graciously as she spoke in a much gentler voice, “Yarrington, Weaver, Pamela and Vanessa, it’s so nice that you four could join us tonight, despite your current workload.”

Her warmth was contagious, and the atmosphere of the room took a 360-degree turn, their mood easing with the Queen’s mellowed voice. Xandar matched his mate’s smile as he said, “Stand, ministers.” 3

They stood, all looking less fearful than before. Yarrington then handed a grey folder to Christian as he started explaining, “We’ve negated the last two complaints made against you, your Grace. I’ve asked Vanessa and Pamela to trace the roots of the complaints, and they found that all ten false allegations were made from the same IP address.” He then looked behind him as he said, “Vanessa, it’s your cue.”

When Yarrington stepped aside, Vanessa looked mostly at the encouraging Lucianne and Annie as she spoke, “Basically, we traced the complaints to the location that it was sent from. Oddly and coincidentally, all ten were made from the same IP address and the same device, a laptop registered under the name of Herbert Horasho Martin’, and the IP address is the Dawson residence.”

“Huh.” Lucianne muttered in response as all eyes fell on the two Lycans who were as white as sheets at this point. 2

Christian and Xandar growled at the young couple so fiercely that they even made Dorothy burst into tears. For the first time, Lucianne didn’t stop Xandar. She was equally enraged. The click-clack of Lucianne’s heels and Dorothy’s sobs were the only sounds in the dining hall when Lucianne walked towards them.

Xandar, Christian and Annie were not far behind her. Every Lycan and wolf held their heads low when they walked past. When Lucianne was right in front of them, Dorothy sobbed even louder. The couple would leave but they doubted that the two policemen behind them would let them go.

Lucianne didn’t bother faking a smile and asked curtly, “Why did you both do it?”

Herbert opened his mouth but nothing came out. Dorothy continued to sob as she spoke incoherently, “I didn’t w-want to. Her-bert made me.”

“It was your idea, Dory!

anger out on the Duke?!” His thunderous voice echoed in the quiet hall,

said almost in a whisper, “Your Highness, it

finished. “Do you have any idea of the distress you’ve caused me and my mate, along with the King and Queen?! How dare you make false allegations against

way out was to beg for mercy, they knelt in front of Annie and Christian as Dorothy begged, “We’re s-sorry, your Graces. Plea-se, it was a mistake. A mistake we’ll r-regret for the rest of our lives.

in a low, homicidal tone. “You

You acted with nothing but slanderous intentions, and you have the gall to ask us t o

It was a mistake.

rest of your lives, correct?” Lucianne asked, to which Dorothy hastily replied, “Yes! Yes, of course.” Herbert nodded aggressively in response as well, thinking that

your lives regretting it in prison.” She gave the policemen an affirmative

the little wolf to have

with dark humour when she said, “Why are you so shocked, Ms Dawson? Don’t you know the law on fabricating evidence? Allow me to enlighten you: it’s an imprisonment term of fifty years and forty strokes of the whip with Oleander cuffs on to suppress healing. But seeing that you both fabricated evidence against a member of the royal family, the punishment

no no. That can’t happen. Please, your Highness. I am starting an internship next month. My

a change in plans. That, or you can leave it to tomorrow’s news to notify them of what you’ve been up to with your boyfriend

no no…” Dorothy continued to

said, “Get them out

from the hall with Dorothy still muttering an endless stream of ‘nos’ like a jammed

gave each other a brotherly hug. The ordeal was finally over. The four ministers came forward, and the royals thanked all of them. Seeing that they could manage the complaints so efficiently, Xandar and Christian

one dared question his decision because with so many ministers gone, the work was piling up. Either new appointments had to be made, or the work had to be taken up by

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