Jaylen I knew the King would save my assignments for last, and I know he will give me hell for the disrespect I showed Morgan. We always refer to the other Commanders as Commander, but for some reason, I couldn't use that title with Morgan, and I have this feeling she will never allow me to address her by just her name when we are not in the presence of the King and Crown Prince. The moment the door closes behind me, I am looking at two pissed-off faces. "What the fuck, Jaylen," Casimir growls, and I tell them that I have no excuse—none other than that it didn't feel right. "I can't explain it in any other way. I know how our protocol works during meetings, but I just couldn't get it out of my mouth," I say. King Damon asks if I didn't get to spend time with Dalton and Thora, as that usually is a reason for me to be distracted enough to forget about protocol sometimes. "No, I actually had a great day with them yesterday. But something did happen this weekend that has me puzzled," I say, and I tell them about how I woke up Sunday morning. "Well, we can rule one thing out," King Damon replies, and both Casimir and I look at him. "You didn't spend the night with your fated Mate. She will be the only one that will be able to put you to sleep like that. I haven't had a decent night's sleep since my Mate died, and I know I never will until I find my second-chance Mate," King Damon explains, and Casimir and I both just stare at him. Casimir asks me a few questions, but I don't have an answer to any of them, and soon we return to the assignments I had in the past week. Most of our assignments are little disputes between Packs or Pack-members, and in most cases, we can wrap them up in an hour or two, but sometimes there is an underlying issue. Those cases usually last longer, but this week we had easy cases throughout the entire week, and I had even taken a few cases out of Amir's hands. He had a few tougher cases and had asked if my unit could take on some of his smaller assignments, which my unit was more than willing to do. Before they leave, Casimir asks me if he should install another camera, and I smack him on the back of his head before we part ways, laughing. I only see Morgan during our meetings with King Damon. Other than that, we don't cross paths, and every time she needs backup, she asks for Amir's unit. It is annoying the hell out of me because a part of me wants to apologize for not following protocol, and the other part still refuses to call her Commander. She treats me the same as the other Commanders, but I know that her unit started training with Amir's unit a few months ago, and Midnight has been in a foul mood ever since. He won't tell me why it bothers him so much, and the only time he is pushing forward is during our meetings with King Damon. My Lycan is starting to drive me up the wall. In the past four months, I have woken up a few times after sleeping through the night, and I haven't been able to find out why. Midnight isn't helping much either; he ignores me most of the time, and when he pushes forward, he just stares at Morgan.In two weeks, King Damon will be visiting a few Packs, and he will announce at today's meeting that my team and I will accompany him. He always announces it a few weeks ahead of time, just so the other Commanders know that my other unit members might call them if they run into trouble. I chuckle when I realize that this will be the first time Morgan will hear she has an addition to her unit for a week. I walk into the meeting room, and like every other time, Morgan is already there. She sits in her usual spot with her files in front of her, and when she looks at me, she has a smirk on her face. "Good morning, Commander Jaylen," she says, and I grumble something under my breath as I pass her to greet King Damon and Casimir. Amir has the same kind of smirk on his face when he greets me and sits down in the seat on the other side of Morgan. Midnight growls softly in my head. They talk about their training schedule from last week, and I am surprised to hear that Amir asked Morgan to take some of his assignments. It sounds like those two are really getting along. King Damon asks for everyone's attention, and we all look in his direction before he starts speaking. "Two weeks from today, I will leave for an annual visit to some of the Packs in my Kingdom, and as every time, I will take a team with me as an extra protection detail. Morgan, I will explain this to you as this is the first time you are hearing about it. I always take a team from one of the units with me. They hear more than I do or more than my Royal Guards do. I rely on that team to report everything they heard to me. I want to be able to form a clear picture of the Alpha and his Pack—not just the image they try to show the outside world," King Damon says.