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Trevor

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Landon and I were still riding high after Trinity had named us generals of the knights. That was fucking cool, and I don't care what anyone else says about it.

Right now though, we were watching as Reece led Trinity out of the room. Before he left though, he had turned and nodded in my direction. He and I had talked about this before the meeting, and he wanted me to talk to the others about it as well. This was my chance to step up before the council with the approval of the King himself.

Dammit, that felt fucking weird as hell to think about; fucking Reece Gray, that kid that annoyed me until we became friends and eventually as close as brothers, he was now a fucking King. That was so fucking trippy.

I tried not to think about it though. I had other things to worry about right now. I needed to bring something important up to the rest of the council.

"May I have your attention please?" I called out to the room just seconds after the door had closed.

"What's up?" Riley looked at me confused. Landon didn't even know what was going on. This was happening because I wanted to do something, and Reece wholeheartedly approved of it.

"Recently Reece, or should I say King Reece, and I were talking and we came up with an idea that we want to implement. There have been some things that happened since Trinity was named the Queen. I don't know about the rest of you, but I want to protect her."

"What do you have in mind?" Shawn asked me. He was the only one of her people that was still in the room with us since Noah and Vincent had left with the others as well.

"Do you remember the poisoning attempt at the Fae castle?" I asked, glancing at Valerian as I said that. He was family to Trinity, and from what I heard already, very devoted to his family.

"Yes, I remember it." Shawn nodded.

"As do I." Dietrich looked at me with serious eyes.

"It was not pleasant." Valerian shuddered. "I almost lost my great great great granddaughter that day."

"It was truly unexpected to see that." Anastasia added.

"That is something we never want to see again. But it goes beyond that. There was a time that someone targeted the twins at the mall. They didn't know who they were, but what if someone who does know goes after them? There is much need for another form of guard."

There was silence in the room as the other twenty-five people in there all looked at me with intense gazes.

"Right now, there are already personal guards that the Queen has. Most of them are very capable, but there are a few that Reece would like to have trained better. I am guessing that they will be put through whatever training the new Royal Knights will go through. We are not talking about eliminating those guards at all. We just simply want to supplement it."

"Supplement it how?" The Djinn, Rahim, asked with an interested voice.

"Well, we want to form a council guard or Queen guard. It will consist of members of the council that are more than capable of stepping in to assist the other guards, but can also move about more freely and gain intel. This will be a recon and defend squad. We will be focusing on making sure that enemies are identified before they get too close, and we will also make sure no one even gets the chance to get too close."

OK, my explanation may not have been the greatest, but I think they were getting the gist of it all.

"So you are looking for volunteers among us?" Nathair asked with an excited smile.

"Precisely." I nodded and grinned at him.

"You can count me in." Nathair stood immediately.

"And me." Rahim was the next to rise.

"I'm in." Landon jumped to his feet.

"Reece and Trinity are family to me so of course I will protect them." Riley stood next.

"I too want to help the Queen." Daciana rose next.

"I will help the Queen." Arno stood alongside the others.

"You can count on me as well. I will assist the Queen and King. I will protect them and their family." Ronwin's voice was deep and filled with resolve.

"We would like to help, but we have missions to complete for our clan." Reef lowered his head.

"We are sorry." Analise lowered her head as well.

"Do not be sorry. This is not a mandatory thing. We are looking for volunteers."

"Shawn and I are already considered part of her guard. Him because that was where he started, me because I choose to be. Though we will certainly aid you in your endeavors as well." Dietrich smiled at me.

"I will always be there to help Trinity." Valerian stood with a determined look.

"I will lend my assistance as well. Having two allies on this council for the Fae will definitely help you."

"Dietrich? Do you truly consider this Queen Trinity to be that worthy of our help?" Tatia asked him with an uninterested look.

"I do, Tatia. She is more special than you know. I know that great things will come from her."

"Hmm. If you say that she is worth my time, then I too will lend her my assistance." Tatia's Russian accent was giving that 'I don't care' attitude of hers a more biting edge.

"You will need to take this seriously, Tatia." Dietrich seemed to be warning her.

"Oh my, King Dietrich, are you saying I am incapable of taking something serious? I am offended."

"I was just making sure you were prepared." Dietrich laughed. "It is good to have you on board."

Before long, we had a little more than two thirds of the group on board with us. We were going to be working together to protect Trinity at all times. I never wanted to see Reece end up like his mom had. Losing the one you love can destroy you; that would be hard on anyone, but I knew that deep down, Reece was a lot more sensitive than most people knew.. I will protect him by protecting Trinity, and vice versa.