"Yes ma'am sorry. Mrs. Belikov, the queen has demanded your presence at once."
"Well guardian…?"
"Ansel ma'am." I smiled at him, I could tell this whole mess was upsetting him.
"Well, Guardian Ansel, you can inform your queen. That she is no position to demand that I, or any member of my crew, do anything. We are not her subjects, as she was told before. If she wants to see us she knows where we are. Also, Guardian Ansel I'm sorry you are stuck in the middle of this. If you would like, after you deliver my answer, you can join our crew."
"Really?! You would allow me be a part of what you are doing?!" He asked so excitedly, I almost laughed.
"As long as you are able to take orders from me and my omega, then yes."
"Thank you ma'am, thank you so much. As soon as I pass on your answer, I will pack my belongings and return. Thank you, thank you so very much." And off he ran.
Looking at Daniel, who was one of the guards standing next to the door, "Danny inform our moroi that their skills may be needed before the night is over. Also, instruct the roadies to be ready not only to fight if necessary, but to move the equipment as quickly and carefully as possible. I want everyone to have their weapons handy just in case. Tell them to begin packing everything that is not absolutely needed."
"Yes my queen." I watched as he relayed my orders. Then I closed the door, once again locking it.
"Celeste is there any way you can get Jilly here?"
"Yes, I can call Emil. He and some of the others want to join us anyway."
"Please do that right away. And tell him that she is to pack all of her stuff to bring with her, and that she is to have at least eight guardians escort her."
"Yes, my queen." I playfully scowled at her, causing her to laugh as she too made her call.
Half an hour later there was again a knock on the door looking out the window Ivan said, "It's Jilly." So, Mia quickly opened the door and Jilly raced to Ivan and fell into his waiting arms.
"Shhh…honey it will all be ok. Our queen will make sure of that; I have complete faith in her." Ivan said as he patted her back.
Emil brought with him twenty guardians, some of whom were also teachers. As well as seventeen moroi teachers and staff.
"Ok everyone. I need to interview you each separately, to be sure none of you are spies for that Dragomir bitch. Someone will use compulsion on you to be sure you are open and honest with us. If you have a problem with that, this is not the place for you." I waited to see if anyone made a move to leave and none of them did.
"Very well one at a time, you will be brought in the back, and questioned by myself and my omega. Do you understand?" They all nodded their agreement.
"Let me tell you all something first, if you are a spy you will not enjoy the punishment of attempting to do so. Moroi, your magic is blocked on this bus, so that you can't use it against someone." It really wasn't, but they didn't need to know that, I was actually blocking their powers myself. But once they got in the back, it wouldn't really matter.
Someone else knocked on the door just then and I said, "grand central station everyone." Making them all laugh. Abe went to answer it this time.
"It's Ansel." Abe let him on board this time.
"Ma'am I delivered your message and I don't think I need to say that she was absolutely livid. She said that if a war is what it takes to get you where you are supposed to be, then a war is what you will get. So far every guardian she is telling to attack is refusing. They are removing their uniforms and throwing them at her feet." I couldn't help but smile.
"How many have left her so far?" I asked genuinely curious.
"Seventy-six."
I couldn't help but laugh, because I knew there were only one hundred and two guardians on campus. Her royal guardians included. With the seventy-six leaving her as well as the twenty Emil brought with him. That left her with a grand total of five guardians for her little war and we had almost two hundred as well as over fifty moroi. Plus, Janien Hathaway was in the infirmary, but she would be of no help to anyone, unless I healed her and I have absolutely no intentions of doing that.
Dimitri, Baba and I interviewed all the new arrivals. Turns out two of the guardians and three of the moroi were sent as spies. Fortunately, for them anyway, they had all been compelled to do so. I broke the compulsion and we questioned them again and they also wanted to stay. Once I compelled them all the same way I had done Jilly I led them all outside. So, that Lissa and Adrian could see what I was doing. Every window was filled with faces of students and non-royal adults. (*)
Except near Lissa and Adrian they stood there with their five guardians, one of which of course was Stan Alto. The sixth guardian left on their side being Janien, but as I said, she was of no good to them, or anyone else. At least, not in her condition.
"If you want to be a part of us you must take an oath. Are you willing to do so?" As I asked them that question, we were joined by the other seventy-six guardians that had abandoned Dragomir and Ivashkov. As well as 98% of the moroi and damphire faculty and staff. They, along with the others, took the oath.
"Yes alpha." They all answered.
"Very well. Do you swear, that from this day forth, that you will follow the orders given to you by your alpha and your omega?"
"Yes alpha."
"Do you swear, to help rid this world of as many strigoi as possible?"
"Yes alpha."
"Do you swear, to never reveal any actions, words, deeds or observations of our world, to anyone in the Dragomir/Ivashkov world?"
"Yes alpha."
"Everyone. please kneel and repeat after me." Once they were all on their knees I continued, "I do henceforth, swear my love, loyalty, respect and protection, to the people of planet earth. I swear to protect, anyone and everyone who shall ever need it, be they damphir, moroi or human. I swear to God, and by all that I hold holy and sacred, to do my best in all aspects of my life. I also swear fealty to my alpha and omega, as well as their entire family, for as long as I shall live. Do you so swear?" I really had no idea what to make the oath say, but I was going on instinct.
"I do so swear alpha." They all said.
"Good, then you are dismissed to return to your rooms, and do your packing. Guardians leave your uniforms because you won't be needing those anymore." Once they had all taken the oath, they returned to their previous rooms, and packed their belongings.
Lissa and Adrian walked out, when our new people left, surrounded by their five guardians.
"How dare you steal my slaves. Just who do you think you are?!" Fumed Vasilissa.
"Well, if you want to be technical about it, I am now their queen. Did you not just hear them, pledge their fealty, to Dimitri and myself?"
"You are no queen; you are just a stupid damphir whore."
"Really? I'm the whore? So Dragomir, how many men have you slept with? And be sure to tell the truth, because I know, you know, that I know, the truth."
"I have only slept with five."
"Un uh, try again. Remember, when I said I know the truth."
"Fine, eighteen. I've slept with eighteen men. While you, have slept with every male, that has ever been, on campus or at court."
"Actually whore, I've only ever slept with one man. My omega, my husband, Dimitri. So, who is the real whore here? And just for the record, how many women have you slept with? Remember, again I know the truth."
She looked shocked and worried, when I asked that, "why would you ask me that?"
"Answer the question." I hissed.
"Twenty-eight. But like I said, the amount of men you've slept with, is incalculable. You haven't slept with just Dimitri, you also slept with Adrian, he told me."
"He lied, he tends to do that. You are the only one of us, that has slept with Adrian. Which you did, for months actually. While you were professing your undying love for Chris. You were continually fucking, that piece of trash, hiding behind you. So, don't come here and tell me what you think happened, or what Adrian told you happened. Because the only way I would ever have sex with that. Is if he, raped my cold dead corpse."
"Well Dimitri fucked me, while you were gone. And told me, I was a million times better than you."
"Never, have I ever so much as seen you even close too naked, let alone slept with you." Dimitri replied to the accusation, disgustedly.
"It's alright моя единственная настоящая любовь (my one true love). I can see she's lying a bit."
"What do you mean a bit milaya?"
"She compelled you to have sex with her. Once you were under compulsion, she forced you to lay down on the floor, and she rode you like you were a fucking animal."
"And he loved every minute of it."
"Oh my God. I feel sick, just thinking that any part of me was ever that close to any part of her. That's just nasty." And sure enough, my poor baby, turned around and threw up, repeatedly.
"It's alright love, she didn't give you any diseases."
"When did this happen Roza?"
"The day before you were questioned in the garden. Why do you think she was trying so hard to keep us apart? But don't worry, you won't remember a thing, if you don't want to."
"I definitely don't. It had to have been awful, for me to forget it ever happened. Yuck! That is just fucking disgusting." Bless his heart he was so green, it looked like he might throw up again.
"Actually she's better than Rose." Adrian said smugly.
"And exactly how in the hell would you know that? You nor any man, other that my husband, has ever been close enough to me for that."
"I fucked you bloody once, in a dream."
Looking at Dimitri I said, "Ohhh he fucked me in a dream, that tells you everything you ever need to know about him. Doesn't it?"
"It definitely does baby. He's always been a sick fucking pervert."
"Now Dragomir, I suggest you get out of my sight, away from me and my people, and you stay that way. And take your mutt there, with you." I said pointing at Adrian.
"You haven't heard the last of me whore."
"For your sake, you better hope I have. Because, I have absolutely no problem, removing your head from your shoulders. It's not like it'll be the first time I've cut somethings head off, remember." With that she huffed, and they walked away.
Turning to my crew I said, "well that was fun." Looking at Dimitri I said, "I think that, went rather well, for my first battle as alpha. Don't you?"
"Yes my queen." He replied with a smug smirk.
I turned to baba and said, "Old man, it looks like we are going to need about a couple of dozen passenger buses for when we leave. As well as enough tents, sleeping bags, blankets and pillows for a few hundred adults. The students can stay in their rooms until we get ready to leave. Can you send uncle Pavel, uncle Sergei and Reenie into town to get the supplies we need?"
"Of course kiz." He walked away to do as I ask.
"I am assigning guardians to guard the cabin Roza. I will not take any chances where my wife is concerned."
"That's fine love. I don't want to take any chances where my husband and future children are concerned either." That said we walked back onto the bus hand in hand.
"Emil, I want the cabin surrounded by guards twenty-four seven. I also want Roza at least eight full time guardians, while we are here, and any other time there are moroi and damphir that are not a part of us around. After we leave I will assess our guardian situation and we'll go from there. Please send twenty guardians to the cabin now, and have them search it and the surrounding area for anything or anyone out of place."
"Yes omega." With that he turned and left.