Jayce’s P.O.V. “Goodmorning, Your Highness.” I hear a nasally voice behind me and now both Colt and I wish we had stayed in bed. “Goodmorning, Esther. Have you seen Hunter by any chance?” I ask her without looking at her. She steps close to me and puts a hand on my arm as she asks who Hunter is, but I know that she is aware who Hunter is and that she is only using this as an excuse. “Esther, I would appreciate it if you keep your hands to yourself. I don’t want any woman to touch me and that includes you. Maybe you should have thought a bit harder before you rejected your Mate.” I say through gritted teeth. I know it is a low blow; throwing Adam in front of her, but I need her to understand that I know what she wants and that she is not going to get it. “If this is to difficult for you to understand, I will ask the King to reassign you to a workstation far from the Palace, is that clear.” I look her in the eye as I speak and I see her pale at my words, I just hope she won’t point her arrows at one of my Brothers. I have an extra incentive to keep me far away from women, not just my upbringing, but also my Mate. “She came to the kitchen early this morning and Adam told her he would take her to the training grounds.” She radiates anger as she speaks and I chuckle as I realize she doesn’t like Adam being around another woman. I link Adam to find out where he and Hunter are, but he informs me that she left after he explained the rules on training to her. “Prince Jayce, I don’t think she was to happy with what I told her. I got this feeling she was upset.” He says. I thank him for his time as I stare out the window and without thinking about it I try to link Hunter, only to come up empty. Fuck, I can’t link her with her not connected to the Pack yet. I link some of the Warriors I know went with Dad, but none of them have seen Hunter and the longer it takes the more agitated Colt becomes. “Calm down, Buddy. She is still on Palace grounds. No one would have let her leave without contacting Dad.” My words seem to calm him down, but only by a fraction and I don’t blame him as I feel the same way. It is a quarter to ten when Dad and Aspen walk into the dining-room with Jax, Jason and Justin right behind them. “Goodmorning, Jayce.” Dad says as he looks around the room. “Don’t tell me you already managed to piss off Hunter.” He says teasingly and I hear Aspen giggle. “I didn’t piss her off, Dad. It seems that you did that already.” I say with a smirk on my face. “I have been here for almost an hour, but Hunter was up rather early and went to the training grounds with Adam.She left after he explained the rules you set for training and according to Adam she was not to pleased. I already linked a few Warriors, but no one has seen her.” Aspen asks Dad what I meant with the rules for training and as we all sit down, Dad starts explaining how the rules work for training. She looks at Dad and I see a frown appear on her forehead; she is shaking her head when Esther walks in with coffee. Dad tells her to set up the buffet for breakfast and that after that he wants everyone to leave us alone, until he links Martha that the room can be cleaned. Esther nods her head, but I see her glaring at Aspen. Staff is walking in and out of the room and I know that Dad is dying to find out what Aspen’s reaction was about. “Jayce don’t worry about Hunter. She is always up early and under normal circumstances she would be in school, right now. If she doesn’t show up for dinner, I’ll start worrying and when I start worrying about my Daughter you better warn all the Warriors.” She says with a huge smile on her face. Justin’s P.O.V. Jason smiles at Aspen as he prepares his coffee and she starts laughing as he puts his sugar and creamer in. I never understood why he puts all of that in his coffee, but than again he has to drink it. Jax and Jayce drink their coffee black, just like Dad and from what I saw Aspen takes it like I do with just a bit of sugar. Jason stares at her in confusion as she is calming herself down, once she is able to she says, “You take your poison the same way as Hunter does. I don’t understand why you have to put all of that in there. Don’t drink it if you don’t like it, is what I always say to Hunter and for some reason that always makes her mad.” She says and we all stare at Jason and his coffee. We hear Brent arguing with someone as his voice becomes louder, the closer he gets to the dining-room. “You can not say something like that, I will tell Daniel if you don’t promise right now to keep remarks like that to yourself.” “Lover’s quarrel?” Aspen asks and we all start laughing until we hear a familiar voice answer. “BeeBee, I can say these things and threatening to tell Dad is not going to work. I have been shifting since I was eleven, I have seen….” She doesn’t get to say anything else because Brent interrupts her “Princess, that’s it. Shut up.” He growls and I hear Gabe laughing his ass off, all of us staring at the door. Brent walks in with a face that looks like a thundercloud and he stomps over to his usual seat. Gabe follows him while he is still laughing and Hunter greets her Mom and then she greets Dad. “Princess, why is Brent so mad at you?” Dad asks and the expression on Aspen’s face tells me that he should have left that one alone, because I doubt any of us are ready for the answer. Brent is shaking his head, but Dad ignores him as he is staring up at Hunter. Jayce pulls his chair back and puts her on his knee so it is easier for her to look at Dad. She smiles at him before her gaze travels to Brent and she turns back to Dad to answer him.