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**Michael POV: **

Damn, that was deep. I understand where Vulverin and Tanyin are coming from. There is no way in hell that any daughter we have will not be locked up for her safety. I am glad we were able to have lunch here. Thinking about that I forgot there is a former head cook I have to beat up for being stupid. 

“Where you going?”, Gar asked. 

“I am going to the dungeon to beat up a cook”, I said. 

“Mind if we join?”, Vulverin asked. 

“Sure, the more the better. By the way, I wanted to talk to you guys about something James and I have planned”, I said. 

On our way to the dungeon, I told Mason, Gar, Aldo, Vulverin, and Tanyin about the surprise James and I had for Rati when we got back home. They were so excited and had a shit load of questions. 

“Does she know?”, Aldo said. 

“No, it is a surprise”, James said. 

“Are we invited?”, Gar asked. 

“Of course, you are”, I said. 

“Then why the hell are we just now finding us”, Mason said. 

“You know it is going to take time to set everything up”, Tanyin said. 

“We know. We have people working on it in secret. Not even Anna knows what is going on. We could not risk Rati's secretary knowing what is going on and spilling the beans”, James said. 

I explained to them that everything is being prepared and will be finished by the time we get back. I asked Tanyin and  Vulverin when are they going home. And if they are available to come. We walked past the guards down the stairs to the cell. Inside the cell is a cook that looks like a tenderized piece of meat. 

“That reminds me you have been gone from your kingdom for a while. Is everything alright?”, James asked. 

“Yeah, I fly back from time to time. As well as talk to our son for a nightly report”, Tanyin said. 

“Jean, it looks like you got yourself into some shit”, Mason said. 

“Fuck, you all. I have been a loyal servant and you fuckers come out of nowhere and want to replace me”, 

“First off watch your mouth. Second, no one was going to replace you. When I and my family are here our cook will cook for us. I didn’t care if you stayed here after we left”, I said. 

“Looks like you being an asshole fucked yourself up”, Gar said. 

“If you are going to kill me kill me and get it over with”, Jean said. 

“No one is going to kill you over your misunderstanding”, James said. 

“Then what are you going to do with me?”, he asked scared. 

“You will train the new head cook on the ordering system”, I said. 

“I already said I will not train my replacement”, Jean said spitting out blood. 

“You being replaced from head royal cook is your doing not ours”, I said. 

“Jean don’t make shit harder for yourself. Do what our king demands”, Mason said. 

Jean agreed and since this is all a misunderstanding, I offered Jean a job as head cook in the new school. If and only if he trains the new head royal cook. He reluctantly agreed. I sent two guards with him to take him home so he could rest and watch him. Tomorrow his training will start. 

“That was nice”, Scott said. 

“Not either way we will need a royal cook and a cook for the school. And besides he was punished enough. His pride took the hit as well as his face. He understands he is the reason for his pain”, I said. 

“So, Gar how is Renee doing? Is she giving you shit yet?”, I asked. 

“Nope, she wants food and sex what else can I ask for”, Gar said with a smile. 

“Just wait until the mood swings happen. Renee already has a temper this is going to be good to watch”, James said with a laugh. 

“You, say that now but wait until Rati is knocked up”, Gar said. 

“Sucks to be you guys. My Oro will be well-behaved”, Aldo said. 

We all laughed after he said that. Renee and Rati have a temper. But Oro is just spoiled and that is Gar and mine's fault. Oro will nag that her feed hurt, or some shit like wanting hot dogs, and there is no place to get it. Gar and I looked at Aldo and shook our heads he had no idea what he was in store for. 

After a while, we go back to my office to talk about the plan for tomorrow. We are going to set up a sting to get to whoever hired the damn assassin in the first place. Everything is the same as we agreed. According to the whispers around the city, everyone knows about the alleged prisoner transportation. So, if anyone is willing to ‘rescue’ the assassin they will know where we will be. 

“What if they send someone else to come and ‘rescue’ the assassin”, Mason asked. 

“Then we will capture that person and work from there”, I said. 

“So tomorrow it is then. Remind me what time sunrise is. No one should be up so no innocent bystanders will be hurt”, James said. 

“Are we going to tell the ladies?”, Aldo said. 

“Yes, we have to. How else are we going to explain why we are leaving?”, I said. 

“For the record if I am balls deep inside Renee. You guys are going to have to go without me”, Gar said. 

“Nope, you are royal Beta your attendance is mandatory”, I said. 

“Well, tell that shit to Renee”, Gar said. 

"Nope that will be your job", I said.

"Well, we all know he is going to be balls-deep into Renee when we have to leave. But that is a Gar problem, not ours", James said. Whoever sent the assassin is going to die slowly, very slowly.