Rose`s POV

"Hey Sophie!" I called, running across the quad.

"Hey Rose." She said. "What`s up?"

"Did you talk to the elders yet?"

"Not yet. I can`t do it over Cypherdex. It`s not appropriate. I have to call us all together at the Casterwill Stronghold. I haven`t been able to get ahold of any of the elders yet."

"Why do you think that is?"

"Lucas. he`s trying to cut me off."

"He`s your brother right?"

"Yeah why?"

"Why doesn`t he trust you as leader?"

"He thinks I`m too childish. That I`m not old enough to handle everything that a leader should." God that sounded familiar.

"Everyone says that about the queen." I finally said after a few minutes of silence. "They think she`s irresponsible and can`t make ig decisions. But Lissa doesn`t care. Neither should you."

"Thank`s Rose."

"No problem. Now I have to get to work."

"Alright. I`m going to try to get ahold of them again. Bye."

"Bye." I headed twards the parlor where Lissa always does her work.

"Hey." She said as I walked in. I sat down across from her and picked up a paper.

"What do we have on the agenda today?"

"Paperwork."

"Really?"

"Yes. We have a lot of paperwork to fill out in order to allow the Casterwills to return to court."

"She didn`t tell you yet?"

"Tell me what?"

"Her brother cut off all her communications to the elders and she can`t talk to them about the transition."

"Does she know why?"

"He thinks she`s too young to handel being in charge."

"Sounds like we have the same problem."

"She doesn`t know if she`ll be able to convince them to come back."

"I think it`s time to make a few calls?"

"Don`t tell me you have one of those Cypherdexes or whatever they are."

"Something like that." She opened a drawer and pulled out a beige laptop looking thing. "It`s a Holotomb. It`s like a Cypherdex. Sophie said it was from the Huntik foundation so I could stay in touch with the Casterwills. As they haven`t really adapted to modern society."

"Obviously. If they did they would already be here."

"Rose!"

"Sorry. But you know it`s true." My phone went off and Dimitri`s picture came up.

"Who is it?" Lissa asked.

"Dimitri. I`ll let it go to voicemail. I`ll text him later."

"Okay."

"Did you know he has a brother?"

"What? I thought he only had sisters."

"Well he`s a half-brother. His name is Dante and he came here with Sophie and the other two who`s names I can`t remember."

"Dante? Oh! The guy with the trench coat."

"That`s him."

"What is with them and long jackets?"

"Maybe it`s a family thing."

"Could be. Well, since we can`t really work on the Casterwill paperwork, wanna go to the shopping strip?"

"I always do, Your Majesty." I said the last part teasingly.

"Rose! I told you not to call me that."

"Okay. That is the second time you`ve said my name like that and I don`t appreciate it."

"Let`s just go."

"Now I don`t want to."

"Really?"

"No I`m kidding. Let`s go."