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Chapter 13

Lord Ivahskov, the same person who had conducted the meeting earlier today (whose name I found out was Lloyd. Never heard of him), had just xalled the meeting to orded. I looked at Lissa, who was finnaly sitting where she belonged, with the rest of the council. I smiled at her, knowing that this was not only her first vote on the council, but the we would find out our new Queen..or King. I was surprised they let as many people in as they did..Many non royals were here, and so were dhampirs who weren't assigned to some of they royals in here. "The council has spoken today about who we decide best as our ruler," I felt Lissa's hurt through the bond. She hadn't been included in with them on that. But Lloyd continued,"and we are holding this meeting to see if there are any objections, and to read out who Queen Tatiana had willed to be the next ruler." We all were on the edge of our seats, waiting for him to get on with it. He pulled out a sheet of some fancy looking paper, which I realized was the delcoration that stated some of the queens non-personal last wishes. He cleared his throat, and read aloud,"As for who I want to be our mnext ruler will depend on some things. First of all, they have to be a member of the council by the time I havve passed. Second, they have to accept and pledge todo everything in their power to keep the peace of all people. And third of all, they have to know and undestand the responsibility that being the Moroi rulker takes. You all will understand my choice, for this person is very nuetral, and very supportive abut issues bothering our people. This person is," we all were holding our breathes, including me. I was praying to whatever was listening for it not to be a stuck up royal that was already on my bad side. After pausing long enough to tourture us, he finished," This person in Princess Valissa Dragimor." Holy shit. I never saw that coming, and neither did Lissa. I was about to jump and scream with joy, abut she was almost mortified! I rolled my eyes and wished this stupid bond would work both was so I could tell her to stop looking like her dog just died and act like she should. I glanced around, and noticed that everyones face was either one of joy, surpirise, or thoughtful. No one seemed angry or outraged. "Are there any objections or any one who like like to say something?" Lloyd asked. No one said anything. Then he looked at Lissa. "I'm not trying to put you on the spot, Princess, and you may have as much time as you need to figure it out. Just know, the council all voted that you are the best choice as well. Your smart, your willing to compromise, and you can handle many situations, as we've all seen. So, ou make take yoiur time,or you can accept or deny this request now." He was speaking very gently, so she didn't feel overwhelmed. All Lissa could manage to say through her shock was,"I need..Rose..for a moment." Lloyd nodded and beckoned for us to go where ever to discuss this.

As soon as we were away from everyone's hearing rang, I shouted! "Lissa, oh my gosh! This is such an honor for you! Why are you killing everyones buzz?" She just stared wide eyed at me. Then, finnaly getting together her voice, she said,"Rose, how am I going to do that? I'm barely eighteen! I'll have to make huge desisions, and I'll always be on the go, and I know I've given Leigh up for now, but what If I decide to go later on? And what if i screw things up majorly, and everyone's pissed..and.." She huffed, and I touched her arm and said,"Lissa. You act way older than eighteen on issues that you will be dealing with. You always find a happy medium for everything, and the queen admired your ideas! Anybody can tell you that! Victor even said it! And no, you won't have to always be going places. That was Queen Tatiana. This is you. Yeah, an occaisonal diner or party, and you'll have to go to things that are a tradition, but you cando whatever you want. And as for Leigh, well now you could go to any school of your choice, you'll have your royal guard there. Or you could get some one to come here and teach you! We could travel the world still, and you wouldn't have anything to hold yoiu back. And you can't make everyone happy on everything, but god knows you get close enough to it! Please Lissa. You know that you need to accept. And I;ll always be there to help you. No matter what, if you need me, I'll be there." After I finished my lecture, I saw she was crying, but she was also smiling. She gave me a huge hug, and said thank you. Without another word, she waked back to where we came. I quickly went back to my seat between Dimitri and Christian, and watched as Lissa took a deep breathe, smiled, and stated in avoice louad and clear, and full of power and control,"Lord Ivashkov...I Accept." Me and Christian exchanged swift side long glances, and at the same time stood up cheering and clapping. Some looked at us likie were were stupid while a few others stayed seated and clapped. And then there was Dimitri, Tasha, Mia, and Eddie who were all with Christian and me moments after we started. Lissa was blushing and telling me to shut up in my head. After a few minutes, Lloyd gave us a look that silenced us. "As you can hear and see, we are very excited! You will be crowned as queen whenever you are available." Oh crap. I hadn't told her about our trip to Russia. Luckily, she knew about Ambrose. She thought it over in her head (I was monitoring her thoughts) and she decided that two weeks would be apropriate. She was dismissed first, but she took me with her. I wondered what was going on, but when we got outside, she said "Cover me, all these people are going to attack me." She smiled, but I could understand why she would want to hide. We ran until we reached her room, and we were laughing by the time we reached it.

"Good lord, for a Queen, you sure are afraid of people." I mused. She shook her head and said,"You couldn't see their auras. Most of them meant they were happy and excited, and in the royal world that means they are going to trample you with congratulations to be 'polite'. Ugh." She got some junk food and we plopped up on her bed. "So, whats up? I know you and Dimitri got something going on, because theres wedding coming up. So..?" she asked. well, she was almost right. I sighed, and knew I had to tell her now or never. "Well, Dimitri's family thinks he's strigoi, thanks to me. At the time, he was, but thats changed. They need to know, and they also need to know about," I wiggled my fingers at her," this. That would be a really akward phone conversation, so were eaving tomorow. We head to seatle (onece again, Seatle. Always Seatle.) in the morning, and then a one way flight to Novibrisk." I remembered the time i spent there, and shivered. She smiled, and all she had to say was,"Good Luck. Have fun." I thought about it. Yeah, this would be fun if luck helped us with keeping all family members from having heart attacks. Sigh.

Ok, I know it was short, but you do not want to hear about my day today, and I want this to be a happy story, not a nightmare, so I'll make up for it tommorow! Review!