I woke up to the sun streaming through the windows, the curtains were open which caused the whole room to be bright. I glance down to see Gray still asleep on my chest, well that's a first he's normally awake before me. This gave me the opportunity to think about what he told me last night, I knew from the stories I heard before that his father was a horrible individual. But I would have never thought he would take his own daughters life, just because she was going to be next in line for the throne. I can't even imagine what was going through that little girls head, the man that's supposed to protect you from all the "monsters" is the one that actually hurt you. As I told Gray, she's in a better place now with her mother away from from that monster. It must have been so hard for Gray, losing both his sister and his mother in ten years at such a young age, it just shows what a strong person he is.
It just angers me that his father has never been held accountable, he literally took away that girls chance of life and never saw any consequences. Gray said he was slowly building a case on his father when he has time, I know first hand that the job he does it's kind of a rare occurrence for him to have some spare time. Maybe I could help, I mean I'm off "official duties" until Rupert is tracked down for my safety, I don't think I would really need to leave the castle to build my case on his father. But also, no one apart from a select group of people know his father is still alive, so no one would know if I start to build a case. This would be helping Gray but also it will finally bring justice to that little girl, but also to all the others that man has hurt for instance, Rupert's mate, yes he might want to hurt me but I can't help but feel sorry for him at the same time.
Now this all sounds good in my head but I know it's a mission I can't do alone, I think I know the perfect person to help me. Gray told me I can mind-link anyone I please due to being Queen, do I just mind-link how I normally would?
"Hi Erik, hopefully I've managed to work out this whole mind-link anyone thing, but if you're available I need to have a private meeting with you" I say hoping he heard and I somehow managed to figure it out.
"You don't know how great is is to hear that ma'am, I'll be around in the hour" he responds quickly, I smile to myself quite pleased that I did it.
I look back down at a sleeping Gray who looked so peaceful, Erik said he'd be here within the hour which means I should probably start to get ready, but Gray was so upset last night that he needs to rest. I decide to try and escape his grip without waking him, I begin to slowly slide out of bed going as slow as I could. I place his head on the pillow and continue to move my body until I'm completely out of bed, well that went easier than I thought. I make sure he's comfortable before getting ready, for the busy day I had ahead of me.
I walk out the bathroom fully ready to see a sleeping Gray, he looked so cute in his sleep. Erik mind-link me telling me he was about 5 minutes away. I shouldn't leave without telling Gray where I am, I don't want him to wake up with no sign of me. But once again he looks so peaceful it would be a shame to wake him up, he'll also wanna know what I'm doing and until I'm fully invested into this case I don't wanna tell him. I decide to leave him a note on my pillow telling him where I was but also, not giving away what I was fully doing.
"Dear Gray,
Sorry I wasn't there when you woke up but I have an early meeting with Erik, I hope you're feeling okay after last night and just know it's perfectly okay if you take it easy today. I would have woke you up but you looked so peaceful that I couldn't bring myself to do it. I don't know if I'll see you at lunch but I will for dinner, have a great day.
With love
Clara xx"
I place the note on the pillow while also placing a soft kiss on his head, thankfully that didn't wake him up. I quietly make my way out door and towards the main part of the castle, over the last few months I've managed to learn how to get around this place. Don't get me wrong there's times when I'm at a lost and each of the corridors look the same, but I'm getting there and that's a start. On my journey I pass a few maids and butlers who bow their heads in respect, that's also something I've got used to. At first it was so weird to have everyone bow their heads at you whenever you walked passed, at times it was even intimidating. But I've grown to become accustom to it and also make sure to send them a smile, honestly Queen life isn't as tough as I thought it would be, it takes a lot to get used to but once you do, it's actually great.
We aren't having the private meeting in mine and Gray's office, I don't want to risk the fact of Gray walking in and finding out what I'm doing. I know I'm kind of going behind his back but I know what he's going to say, he will tell me that's it's too dangerous and will stop me, but once I've already done it there's nothing he can do. Erik told me the castle has many secret rooms that hardly ever get used, he gave me the directions to the one he says probably no one has stepped foot in for twenty years. I make my way down the dark corridors until I arrive at the door, room 528, that's the one. I open the door to see Erik stood in the middle of the dark interrogation like room, he had a black walking cane on the side his bad leg was but apart from that, he looked exactly the same.
"Erik, you look great!" I exclaim closing the door behind me, he smiles bowing his head before speaking.
"Thank you ma'am, my leg is healing perfectly which means I can ditch this cane soon, but I see we've both been in the wars" he smiles gesturing to my arm in the caste, which I keep forgetting is in there "I heard about the second attack from Rupert, I hope the King is able to find him soon"
"Yeah this comes off in a few days which I can't wait for and the King is trying his best but, Rupert is one clever man in more ways than others, now are you sure you're ready to come back as what I want to do, it's a lot" I say just getting into it, if he wasn't that would be fine but also difficult for me.
"Truthfully ma'am, I am so ready to return to work, I love my job and being stuck at home just sitting there I hated it, my mate was doing all she could but she knows me, that's why I was so glad when you contracted me this morning" he smiles a genuine smile, if I knew he missed it so much I would have contracted him weeks ago.
"Great, now lets get to it" I smile walking over to the little desk in the middle of the room, I sit on one side of the desk while he sat on the other "I know how crazy this must be as I'm being so secretive, but what we're about to do no one can know about, not even the King" I start to say, he gives me a confused look but I knew I couldn't tell him unless I knew he wouldn't tell a soul.
"Now I know I can use orders and I never want to cause it seems so horrible, but this is different so, I order you not to tell a soul what we're about to talk about or anything about the the case we are going to take on" I say changing my voice slightly as I spoke, he immediately sits up straight in his chair bowing his head.
"Yes ma'am, this conversation and any case we make after this point will not be discussed with anybody" he says bowing his head once again, this makes me sigh a huge sigh of relief finally being able to tell someone what I want to do.
"Okay, well not many people know this but the King had an older sister, now you're probably wondering why I said had, his father murdered his older sister when she was only five years old so she wouldn't get the throne" I tell him which immediately makes his face just hold shock, yep I had the same reaction "his father as he was King never got held accountable for the awful thing he did, but also he never got held accountable for the awful things he did to many other people, that's why we're gonna be bringing justice to those people" I say with a smile, saying it out loud felt great!
"If I may ma'am, isn't the Kings father deceased?" He asks with an even more questioning look, that's exactly what I and many others thought.
"To the public and many others yes he is, but he is actually locked in the dungeons of the castle, when the King took the throne he arrested his father and that is where he's been since, awaiting for his trial the King is trying to put together but due to his schedule, he has never had the time to do so" I explain, Erik sits back in his chair trying to absorb all the information I just told him.
"So we're putting a pin in the case of your fathers and uncles and focusing on this?" He ask which was actually the next part of the conversation I had in mind.
"Over the last few weeks, I've been able to remember more of the memories from my past that I blocked out, the most interesting thing I remembered was the men that used to help the Kings father commit such horrible crimes were...." I start waiting for him to finish my sentence for, he face once again holds shock.
"Your dad and Cyrus?" He asks which I nod with a smile, I'm glad I'm not the only one that had that reaction when I found all this out.
"Now I don't know about Cyrus, but I reckon I could persuade my dad into testifying against the Kings father, in return he will be given immunity from any of the crimes he helped the Kings father in but also, the crimes he committed alongside Cyrus" I say which makes Erik once again give me a look, this time I didn't know what the look meant.
"You're giving him complete immunity? He has done many horrible crimes with Cyrus such as, Mr Roberts" he says which was a problem that came up in my mind when I thought about this.
"Trust me, that's something I was going back and fourth about for awhile, but the Kings father is a much bigger fish in the sea of evil people, if we can take him down and keep him there that's a huge win and justice for all those people he hurt over the years" I say but take a look at the desk for a second "I believe my father has changed, I know that's just me saying it and as his daughter I wanna believe that, but I know it's a fact" I say looking up at Erik which hopeful eyes.
"You know what ma'am, I agree with you one hundred percent, taking his father down will bring so much justice to all of those and I'll be proud on being one of the people that brought them justice" he smiles which immediately makes me want to cry on the spot, but I manage to hold it in just for right now "now as your advisor it's my job to schedule all of this, with my past few months of working with you ma'am, I can guess you want to get the ball rolling immediately" he smiles which makes me laugh a little, that was very much correct.
"We can't visit your father until the afternoon as we need the get the security ready, but also order them to tell no one about your visit" he says pulling out a notebook and pen "this will not take long but I can tell by that look on your face, you have more you want to get done" he says which a raised eyebrow.
"You would be right in thinking that" I smile before giving him the list of other things I want to get done.
It's good to be back.