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“Marco happens to be a quite common name,” Master Edison said.
“Yes, sir. It was the fact that she mentioned that he was one of the council’s new enforcers and that he was a warlock.” That had several in the room looking at one another.
“There are no new enforcers named Marco. In fact, we do not have an enforcer named Marco. There is a Marc, but he is already mated.”
“When I said something to her, she became quite excited about my accent. She asked if I was from Italy as well, as Marco was from Italy. I told her I was, but that Italy was a rather large country, and I did not know her daughter’s Marco.”
That information there seem to do it, and the room was suddenly in motion. “Atticus, you, Damien, Warwick, and Dante. I need you on patrol immediately,” Master Edison said.
“Yes sir,” they all said as the stood. The left the room without any further instruction.
“Benjamin, I want you to go over to the bakery and tell James and Elizabeth that they are needed here at the council immediately.”
Benjamin left with a wave. I was sure he had already talked to Eli.
“If it really is Marco, he can’t get up here on the mountain, can he?” Dominic asked.
“No. Even if Malorie actually is his mate and even if they’ve claimed one another already, she can’t get him up here on Treasure Ridge. You have to have been cleared by Master Edison or someone on his committee. They have to meet you in person before you can be cleared because he has the mountain warded.” I told him.
It was a relief because Dominic was home alone when I was here at work. As were all of the other mates, beloveds, and Ones. It was to help the peace of mind of the enforcers, and their mates. I’d heard that back at the beginning, when the council was still being formed, there was a set of parents that showed up on the mountain, and well, they were only there because they wanted access to who their son was working for—Master Ambrosius.
“I guess that is a good thing then. But what happens to her if she has been claimed by him?” Dominic asked. “He’s going to be killed for his crimes, is he not?”
I nodded. It was incredibly sad, but there was no other way around it. Marco, as will Riccardo, will both be put to death for their crimes against other paranormals. There would be no option for them to spend time at the prison that was in the middle of Alpha Sergei’s territory.
“Frederick,” Master Edison said, pulling my attention away from Dominic.
“Yes, Master?”
“Please take Dominic to my office. I wish to speak to him a bit more about this.” Master Edison looked to Sebastian who was sitting beside us. “Sebastian, take Drew and Flora there as well. I’ll be along shortly. I need to discuss some things with Sergei and Ambrosius.”
Sebastian and I both nodded in response. I stood and held out my hand to help Dominic to his feet. When he placed his in mine, I gave his a squeeze before I stepped away from the table. Sebastian leaded, Drew and Flora from the room with Dominic and I closely behind him.
“Am I going to get into trouble?” Dominic asked me when we were halfway down the hallway.
I looked over at my One and shook my head. “Why would you get into trouble? You have done nothing wrong.”
“It seems as if I have caused a bit of chaos here at your work.”
Sebastian snorted and then turned around and looked at Dominic over his shoulder. “You have done exactly what you should have in that situation. Master Edison is not upset with you at all. But we all know how ruthless Marco can be and we need to ensure that he is caught if it truly is him.”
Sebastian spoke the truth. If Marco was the one who Elizabeth had been talking about, eventually, Malorie would be able to draw him out or lead us to him.
If it turned out not to be the same Marco, which was most likely not the case, then we would be back to
Searching and had no idea where to look. At this point, there were simply too many coincidences for them to be different people. Both being from Italy, both being named Marco, both being warlocks. There were just too many similarities.
It only took a couple of minutes to navigate Dominic and Drew from the conference room to Master Edison’s office. Once we arrived there, we were greeted by Alistair as well as Rainier.
Alistair was sitting on Master Edison’s desk wow Rainier while Rainier was comfortable in the oversized chair in the corner. I did a double take when I realized that particular chair did not belong in this office. I raise an eyebrow in question and my uncle simply shrugged.
Sebastian helped Drew uncover Flora and get them situated on the couch that was along the far wall. I lead Dominic to the two chairs that were in front of the desk. Once Dominic was comfortable, I sat down in the other chair and reached out for his hand again. Dominic glanced around the room before giving me a look.
“Absolutely everyone in this room is mated. Not a single one of them is going to say anything to you and I holding hands,”I told him through our bond.
Dominic took my hand and once his was once more secure in mine, I gave his fingers a gentle squeeze. I could tell he was incredibly nervous about everything that was going on. I offered a smile and then brought his hand to my face and kissed his knuckles. That finally pulled a small smile from him, but everyone in the room could still tell he was incredibly uneasy.
“Grandfather said he had a few questions. He really is just like anyone else in here,” Alistair said. His head turned to the side and he smirked. “Well, with the exception of Drew over there. But cheetahs are really cool, and they can shift into these magnificent animals. We always look the same.” Alistair gestured up and down his body. There was no man or woman alive that would ever complain about Alistair’s looks. And I was a mated warlock.
