Hunter’s P.O.V. “Your Highness, the Elders are going to oppose the Law on age of consent. They think you are biased on the subject and they want the entire Law to disappear.” He says as soon as I am in front of him, I don’t get a chance to respond as one of my guests steps forward. “Your Highness, I am more than willing to tell the Elders my side of the story and I will ask my Mate if she is willing to tell them her side.” A female steps to his side and tells me she will tell her side. Withing a few minutes all my guests have volunteered to tell their story. Elder Matthew smiles as one after the other steps forward and I know this is going to be a long day, not that I mind as it will benefit the majority of all Lycans and Werewolves. The Elders look a little confused as all my guest walk into the Throne room and take their seats again, Mom looks at me but realizes fast something is up and she looks at the Elders with a look on her face that scares the shit out of me every time she uses it on me. Some of the Elders lower their head, while others start to squirm in their seats. Dad apparently got informed by Mom and I see his face turn cold as he also starts looking at every Elder present. My Mates give them angry glares and I can’t blame them. “Elders, it is brought to my attention that you want to oppose the Law on age of consent. I want you to hear what can happen if this Law gets removed, I want you to understand that this Law is needed for many reasons.” I say and I gesture to my guests to take the floor. One after the other tell their story and all of them break my heart as I know some of them have lost years, years without the Mate-bond in place. I am about to address the Elders again when Jayce steps down and tells the Elders his side of the story. My other Mates follow his example as they tell their story as well and even Mom and Pops tell the Elders what it has done to them, not just the five of us. “I nearly lost my Daughter because we forgot about this Law, my Daughter walked away from her Mates when she found out all of us kept it a secret. Elder Ward, Hunter told me what happened to your Niece and I am sorry she had to go through that, but I doubt she would appreciate it if she was told that others suffer because of what happened to her. Would it be fair if the King dismissed all of you because of what Elder Cedrick did?” Mom asks. The Elders start whispering amongst each other and I allow it for a few minutes, before I get up to draw their attention back to me. “Elders, you have heard from everyone that got hurt in one way or another and I think it is safe to say that we all agree on one thing, you can’t make everyone suffer because of one Lycan or Werewolf.” Elder Ward gets up and looks at me as he says, “I will never give my approval to this Law. I will do everything I can to get rid of it.” I start giggling and everyone looks at me with confusion in their eyes. “Elders, you are here to give your advice on Laws and their content. You are here to provide the King with your experiences, to hand him as much information as you can for the King to make the right decisions. You are not here to approve Laws or to change them, you are not here to determine what is good for our people.” I look from one Elder to the next and I realize that they are unaware of the fact that they only have an advisory role to the King. They are unaware of the fact that they don’t have any power at all, that in the end the King makes all the decisions. I have already linked Emma to get me the book on the Council of Elders from our Royal Library and without knocking she walks into the room. She has already opened the book to the chapter I need and as I start reading I see every Elder pale. They finally start to realize that only the King can approve or disapprove a Law and all they can do is guide him in making the choice that will benefit the majority of his people. Once I have read through the chapter Dad rises from his seat and every head in the room turns towards him. “Elders, my Daughter just pointed out that even I have still a few things to learn about our Laws. I don’t know when this information got lost to the Royals, but I will get to the bottom of it and whoever is responsible for this better step forward on his own or all of you will be replaced. As to the Law on age of consent it gets my approval and I want it send out to every Pack before midnight. Make sure they understand that there will be an attachment to it in the future, once we have determined how to incorporate our Lycan or Werewolf side into this Law. The Law will be affective immediately and I want it known that anyone that ignores it will not only receive a punishment from their Pack, but will have to answer to me as well.” Dad’s voice booms through the Throne room and every Elder has lowered their head in submission to our King.