Morgan We finally reach the bottom of the stairs when I hear over the mind-link that Jo-Anna has returned to the Palace, “Deacon, I need you to head back up. I want to know if those stairs actually end up on the King’s floor, if it does and we find Dalton and Thora I want to take them up there.” I tell him and Skylar is already heading back up those stairs to investigate. I ask Emilio if he has any idea where this space might be, he looks around as he is pointing in different directions and he comes to the same conclusion I did. I tell them that they need to be quiet and again I concentrate on my surroundings, not only do I hear two heartbeats I also sense them behind the wall I am looking at. “Check that wall, they are behind that wall.” I say as I point at the wall in front of me and I let my hands slide over the wall like I did before. “We are on the King’s floor, we are in the same room as on the Gamma floor.” I hear Deacon say through the mind-link and I hear Faith mumble Yes just before the wall starts moving. I am the first one that can take a look inside the room and there in the middle of the room I see Dalton and Thora on the floor, “Ace and Emilio. I want the two of you to carry them up to the King’s floor, you are not to leave them alone. Tristan, go to the infirmary and grab a Doctor. Make sure he or she understands they are not to say a word.” I say. Faith, Chaya and Danica will stay with me as their Mates do as I say and we make our way back to the Gamma floor. I listen through the mind-link with Kieran to Jo-Anna keeps asking Jaylen to sit down, that everything will be fine and that she will be there for him. Amra is dramatically gagging in my head and I know it is time to put Jo-Anna back in her place, “Let’s go to Roan’s office and save Jaylen out of Jo-Anna’s clutches.” I say as I walk to the door. I tell the Guards at the door that the others are still searching the rooms for cues and the four of us start walking down the stairs to see unit members walking around the Royal Wing, each of them greeting us as we pass them. Beck and Moura are outside Roan’s office and I decide to take a look at the meeting room again, taking Faith with me as Chaya informs the others about what we found. As I suspected there is no way anyone could have heard Dalton or Thora if they had been awake, that room must be soundproof. There is no way anyone can enter that room from here and I wonder why the room even exists, I can’t seem to find a reason for it to be there. Beck and Moura look murderous when I return from the meeting room and I tell them to stand guard outside the door, I don’t want Jo-Anna to try to escape. Jaylen’s head snaps towards me the moment I step into the office and a moment later I am wrapped in his warmth, “I am so sorry for what I said, Princess. There is no excuse for it, even though I think you already thought of a few.” He says as he holds me in his arms and I let my arms glide up his chest to wrap them around his neck, pulling him towards me until our lips touch. I hear someone clearing their throat behind me and as I turn my head towards the sound I see Jo-Anna standing there with her hands on her hips, “Can I help you with something?” I ask her and I can see anger flashing through her eyes, but it doesn’t impress me or Amra. I let myself slide down Jaylen’s body and everyone can hear him groan, I kinda did that on purpose. After I turn around in his arms I lean against his chest as he pulls me closer and we can hear Jo-Anna’s Wolf growl as she sees me in Jaylen’s arms, “Where did you hide the Pups?” Jo-Anna growls at me and I can’t help myself as I start to laugh. Jo-Anna keeps asking me where I hid the Pups and after she has asked me for the umpteenth time I am fed up with it. “Jo-Anna, why would I hide Dalton and Thora? They are Jaylen’s Pups and as Jaylen’s fated Mate I accept them as my own, that also goes for my Lycan, Amra.” I respond and now she is really pissed off. She starts cussing and swearing, yelling at me that I am lying and that I took the Pups. “Jaylen is mine, he is all mine and no one else will ever have him.” She growls, just before she lunges for me and Jaylen turns us both around as an unknown male grabs her by the throat.