Alpha Talon’s P.O.V. It takes at least one more hour before Eva and I are through and I smile as I watch her sleeping in my bed. My Wolf is proud of himself for marking her and he feels content wearing her mark. Eva turns out to be the result of a one night stand and the only thing she knows about her Father is that he is a Lycan. I have already figured out that she loves it when I am rough with her. Before she fell asleep, she said she was disappointed that I had not kept my promise and for a second I had been stunned. Until I remembered telling her that next time I would not be alone. I close the door to my office and I know that I will have a surprise for her soon. Eamon’s P.O.V. Her jaw drops as I tell her how old we are and I hear Xandros laughing at his Sister’s expense, but I can’t blame him. She looks so funny with her mouth wide open and eyes like saucers. “Fuck, I’m Mated to Senior Citizens.” She mutters and now my Brothers and I are the ones at a loss for words. Our Mother is having a ball and our Father is not doing much better, every time I think he calms down, he starts again the second he looks at Taliyah. Suddenly I hear Queen Anayah call my name and I turn to face her, but as I look at her I realize that that was an unwise decision. She is holding a roll of duct-tape and I can’t stop my laughter, Taliyah is holding on to me as she sees the roll. It takes us all a good thirty minutes to calm down and catch our breaths, but than we are at least able to look at one and other without starting to laugh again. “Okay, let’s get back to the plan. We need to make sure it is air-tight and I want to make sure that my Grandchildren will be safe during all of this.” Prince Dante says and we gather around the map on the table. Taliyah has pointed out the exit points and Armand has assigned the men of two Squads to each one. Armand and Ragnar will take their Squads out there about an hour before we leave to give them time to enter the tunnels. We go over the plan a few more times, before we head to the dinning-room and I know that this plan is as good as it gets. Camden, Kaelan and Amand will be joining us as we cross the border. Xandros called his Uncle an hour ago and he was more than willing to meet us at the border. We agreed to meet at the eastern border, at a location that was not heavily patrolled. However Xandros did not tell him the how or the why. Xandros explained that the less his Uncle knew, the better it would be. After all if his Father would question him, there would be nothing for him to reveal. Prince Dante has two very smart Grandchildren and he can be proud of them. I pull Taliyah on to my lap as we sit down for dinner and Malachay and Ward sit down next to us. Taliyah looks as if she might object to her seating arrangement, but she just smile as soon as she realizes that is the only way we can all sit together.Because Taliyah is sitting on my lap, I have a little trouble eating and suddenly I hear my Mother giggle. I wonder what is going on, until my Mate turns around with a grin on her face and she puts a fork in front of my mouth. My Brothers and my Father make fun of me as she keeps the fork in front of my mouth and I am reluctant to open my mouth and accept the food she offers me. And soon I realize it would have been a lot easier on me if I had just accepted her gesture. I see the look in her eyes chance to a mischievous one and then I hear her say “Toot, toot. Open up, Baby.” My Father chokes on his food and Malachay spits out the drink of water he just took. Ward is laughing so hard that he would not be able to take a bite if his life depended on it. I want to run out of the room, but with Taliyah on my lap there is no way I can get away. My Mother is hiccupping from laughter and that is when I hear that everyone around us is laughing and I through the mind-link I say to Taliyah “That ass of yours will become a nice shade of red tonight.” She just looks at me and the grin on her face becomes even bigger and I hear Amand say “Uh Oh.” Just before she says “Open up.” And I have no other choice than to obey her command. She puts the fork in my mouth and commands me to close my mouth, she pulls the fork out of my mouth after I have closed my mouth. “Now, will you eat on your own or do I have to use my authority on you, Eamon.” The tone of her voice lets me know that I am the one that is in trouble and I start chewing on the food as a good little boy. Then I hear her say through the mind-link “If any of you wants to threaten my ass again, think back on this.” She breaks the link, gets of my lap grabbing her plate in the process and walks to a table on the other side of the room. Taliyah’s P.O.V. I know that I probably overreacted, but after living with my Father for so long and listening to his threats every day, it was the most natural thing for me to do.I always hid until I felt that it was safe to show myself again and right now I feel the need to hide, I feel the need to lock myself away from the world. I finish my dinner and then I make my way out of the room, not looking back at my Family or my Mates. I walk around the Palace, not knowing where I am going and right now I don’t care where I end up. Then I remember the promise I made Grandfather and I link him “Grandfather, I am still in the Palace and won’t go outside, but I need some time to myself.” After that I break the link and follow the corridor I turned in to. Faintly I smell a familiar smell and I get drawn to a door at the end of the corridor. I smile as I finally recognize my Mother’s scent and I try the doorhandle. The door opens to a hallway and I know that these were my Mother’s Quarters. I close the door behind me and walk through every room, peaking at everything quickly. Pictures of her, pictures of Uncle Duncan, pictures of my Grandparents are spread throughout her Quarters and they give me a small peak in to my Mother’s life.