Jo-Anna’s p.o.v. I know that Jaylen and I aren’t fated Mates, but I never wanted to be a Mother and I have no intention of making an exception for Jaylen’s Pups. Like every other weekend Jaylen spends at the Palace, I see him walking around the gardens on Sunday morning and I watch as he is pointing out things I know his Pups love, looks like he is instructing his nanny. Just before lunch they walk back into the Royal Wing and I know no one will see Jaylen until after dinner tonight. My afternoon is spent with taking a bath, before the hairdresser and make-up artist show up. An Omega walks in with my dinner shortly after my hair and make-up is done, she looks at me strangely when she sees me in a robe and I ask her if she has never seen anyone get ready for a Full Moon party. “I am sorry, Ma’am. There won’t be a party at the Palace tonight, the Royals went to the Academy a few hours ago and they will attend a Full Moon party there.” She says as she walks towards the door. Rina is roaring in my head, this wasn’t the way it was supposed to go and Rina asks what we will do if it turns out that Jaylen found his fated Mate. My mind starts spinning, I need to find away for Jaylen to stay away from his fated Mate if he finds her tonight and I think I need to contact Kate to find a way to make sure that Jaylen’s mind is occupied with something other than his fated Mate. As I call Kate I put the phone on speaker and the moment she answers I tell her what is going on, for a moment it is quiet on the other end of the line. Kate starts cussing and swearing at me for being an Idiot, for not paying enough attention to my surroundings and I can’t stop myself from laughing. Once I have calmed down again I ask her why she didn’t pay any attention to her surroundings, “You live close to the Academy, so you should have seen the preparations.” I retort. Looks like we both didn’t see what was happening around us and I ask Kate what to do to make sure of two things, “I need Jaylen to come back to the Palace and I need to keep his mind of his fated Mate if he finds her tonight.” I say to Kate and as Kate is mumbling to herself I eat my dinner. I put my phone on mute the moment I hear someone knocking on my door, I tell an Omega she can take everything with her. I ask the other Omega when it was decided that the Royals would attend the Academy during the Full Moon and I find out that Damon announced it this morning to his staff. He even invited his unmated Servants to join him and almost all of them left for the Palace with Damon, leaving behind a minimum of Wolves and Lycans. After the Omegas have left my Quarters I take my phone of mute and I ask Kate what her thoughts are on this development. When I wake up in the morning I feel a whole lot better, Kate and I talked for hours about what needed to be done and by the time we disconnected the call we had a plan. I pull a small container from its hiding place in my nightstand and I carefully pull two syringes out of the container, placing both of them on my pillow. After placing the container back in its hiding place I take a look at the time and I smile when I see it is time to get this plan on the road. As Kate and I suspected most Wolves and Lycans are still asleep and that gives me the chance to sneak in to the Royal Wing, hiding a few feet away from the stairs to the floors that belong to the Gamma, Beta and King. Tom and Kieran say goodbye to Dalton and Thora as they walk out of the door of the Gamma floor and I know from experience that both of them will head to their offices, giving me the perfect opportunity to get Dalton and Thora. I wait for a few minutes before I make my way up to the Gamma floor and I find Thora by herself in the kitchen, before she notices that I am there I push the syringe into her arm. I catch her as she loses consciousness and I slowly lower her to the ground before I go looking for Dalton, who makes things very easy for me. He walks out of the bathroom with a towel covering his head as he is drying his hair and I have trouble holding onto him as he loses consciousness. The next part of the plan is a bit more difficult but the lack of Servants and Guards in the Royal Wing makes it manageable and I have a smile on my face when I get into Tom’s SUV to head out. It isn’t strange for me to take Tom’s SUV if I want to go anywhere and after the Guard has checked the vehicle he waves me through. It will take hours before they realize that Dalton and Thora are missing and I will be back by than to comfort Jaylen, like I did with Kieran after Kate rejected him. In the meantime I need to make arrangements for Dalton and Thora and Kate gave me the perfect solution, I just hope that this will work out. The drive will take me about two hours and then I have to make sure I can convince them to take Dalton and Thora off my hands, not that Kate was doubting they wouldn’t. I just don’t share her enthusiasm and I wonder if they won’t sell me out if anyone ever finds out. The trip to my destination isn’t an eventful one and I smile when the Guard at the gate waves me through, looks like Kate kept her end of the deal. I know exactly where to go and soon I pull to a stop in front of a small cottage, a gorgeous one if you like living in a small place. I get out of the SUV and lean against the front as I wait for the occupants of the cottage to come out. The front door slowly opens as I am about to get back into the SUV and the male tells me he needed Kate to confirm my identity, he is a very cautious male. He asks me what I want from them and as I explain what I need a female steps into view, she links him every now and then as I tell them my plan. It takes me a while to convince them that I am telling the truth and a small smile finally appears on the female’s face. Once they understand what I want from them I explain how this is going to play out and both of them agree to take Dalton and Thora off my hands. I get back into the SUV to see that I spend more time here than I had planned and I just pray that no one has discovered that Dalton, Thora and I are missing.