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“But you did. You are disregarding Ashlyn because she is female and when that doesn’t work, you try to push the blame onto something else. And I, for one, think that a council election should be soon.” King Arthur told him.
“How many of you have daughters?” I asked them. Eight members, including the one in the middle, raised a hand.
“And how would you feel if someone disrespected her for fighting for something that she believed was right? We aren’t asking for you to sign something that would take away rights from males, we are just asking for equal rights. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.” I told them.
“We will be back after deliberation.” The middle one announced before leaving the room. The others followed, and I felt like I could breathe again.
“That was amazing.” Ava exclaimed, hugging me.
“This isn’t over yet,” I told her. Mason and Ian stood up from their seats and came over to us.
“James would be so proud of you,” Arthur said, giving me a side hug.
“I have to run, but we will talk more over dinner. We still need to plan your coronation.” Arthur told him, kissing my temple. After saying goodbye to his son, Arthur left, and Mason wrapped his arms around my waist from behind.
“Baby, you shouldn’t have used your magic.” He mumbled against my neck before planting a gentle kiss.
“I’m fine Mason. Besides, I had to prove a point.” I told him and he sighed.
“Ashlyn, what’s wrong?” Ian asked me, concerned.
“Nothing. Mason is just worried that I used too much magic, but I’m fine.” I told him.
“Ashlyn, are you sure?” Ava asked me and now she was concerned.
“I’m okay, Ava. The more magic I use, the easier it is. And besides, now you can really kick Ian’s ass when he gets out of line.” I told her with a chuckle.
“Now you have to be nice!” She laughed, looking at Ian.
“I’m the nicest fucken person,” he huffed, and we all started laughing.
“Awe, it’s okay Ian, we all love you, even if you are a jerk.” I told him.
“I’m not the one telling you to take it easy.” He smirked.
“Hey, jackass, I also have a protection spell on me,” Mason exclaimed, and Ian cursed.
“Really, Ashlyn?” He huffed.
“Oh, I’ll get to you, you big baby.” I told him, and he pouted.
“Ashlyn, has Ian ever been with a blonde?” Ava suddenly asked me. I looked at Ian and then back at Ava.
“Not before me. Why?” I asked.
“She doesn’t believe me that the blonde in my phone is you.” Ian sighed, and I started laughing.
“What’s so funny?” Ava asked me, confused.
“That was Halloween.” I breathed out, trying to catch my breath.
“What the hell were you dressed as for Halloween?” Mason asked me.
“Why were you in a bikini?” Ava asked, and Mason’s chest rumbled into my back.
“Ian, I can’t believe you still have those.” I exclaimed.
“Okay, now I want to see,” Mason said and Ava dug through Ian’s pocket, pulling out his phone. She held it up to his face to unlock it and then walked closer to Mason to show him the picture of me as a tanned blonde. Ava held up a picture of Ian in his tropical swim shorts and me in my hot pink bikini.
“That’s not you,” Mason exclaimed.
“It is me, oh how I miss these abs.” I said, looking at the picture.
“Where the hell were you going?” He yelled, taking the phone.
“It was a Halloween party, and I was Malibu Barbie and he was my Ken.” I told them. Ava looked back at Ian and started laughing.
“Awe, you make the prefect ken,” she laughed.
“I know, right? But since I’m not blonde or tan. I bleached my hair and got a spray tan.” I told her.
“You look fantastic.” She said.
“Ian, send me that picture. Derek will never believe me.” Mason told him, handing him his phone. I rolled my eyes. I had forgotten all about that Halloween. It was a month before my 18th birthday.
“And you, you are never to go out like that again.” Mason tried to scold me.
“Don’t worry, your son wreaked my abs.” I told him. He squeezed me tightly against his chest.
“Still super sexy.” He whispered in my ear, causing goosebumps to erupt all over my body. Mason’s phone chimed, and I looked over at Ian to see him looking at his phone.
“Really?” I exclaimed.
“What?” He shrugged.
“To be fair, you look hot as hell.” Ava said, and I rolled my eyes.
“Now this year you can be the Barbie to his Ken. Just don’t oil him up, it freezes in the cold weather.” I told her and she looked at him.
“And how was that?” She asked him.
“I don’t want to talk about it.” He said, uncomfortably.
“I’ll text you later.” I told her and she nodded.
Not long after, the council reentered the room, and they all took their seats. Mason and Ian took their seats while Ava and I stood in front of the council.
“Well, Miss Knight, it would seem that you have made quite an impression here today. With a vote of 8-3, the old law will be dismissed and we will write a new law allowing women to be made alphas into law.” The middle one spoke. Ava grabbed my hand, squeezing it tightly.
“We are also going to review these laws you claim benefit the male mate. We will call upon you in about a week’s time to discuss what we have found and how you’d like to go about changing the laws.” Another one spoke.
“Thank you. And I look forward to meeting all your daughters at my coronation,” I told them. The middle one growled, but another one spoke.
“My daughter has been asking to meet you ever since she witnessed you defeating that male student in Prince Mason’s class. She was at the training center that day and was walking by.” Another one spoke.
“And I would love to start up a training class for all the women. I was trained not only by James but by a bunch of warriors determined to make sure I could defend myself. Let me get my schedule organized and I’ll send out a notice.” I told him and he nodded.
“You may have everyone else in this room fooled, Miss. Knight, but I see right through this act.” the middle one said, and both Mason and Ian let out a growl.
“I’ve never been much for acting. But Freya could freeze this entire place into a frozen wasteland, if that’s what you’d prefer.” I told him.
“See, all you want is power,” he growled out.
“I have power and if that were true, I wouldn’t be here asking you to change the law. I would just demand that it is changed and fire all of you and become the council myself. I understand that change takes time, but not for the rights of others. You have had more than enough time with these laws in place. And you have all been ignoring them because they don’t affect you or your friends. Well, that’s going to stop today. King Arthur and Prince Mason are nicer than I am. Just asked the dragon councilman, who is now frozen to a chair, for his disrespect. And all of you, as representatives of the wolf community, should be outraged at these laws that suppress your mates and daughters.” I told them, and a few of them nodded.
“I guess we’ll see you in a week.” The middle one spoke. Standing up from his seat, he left the room.
“I’m impressed with you, my dear. I knew James, and you may look like your mother, but speak like James.” Another spoke before they all stood up and left the room. When the door closed behind them, Ava jumped, wrapping her arms around my neck, knocking me to the floor with her on top of me. We were both laughing as our mates came over to help us up.
“Thank you, Ashlyn.” Ian said, giving me a side hug.
We walked out of the building, and I opened a portal for Ian and Ava. She was anxious about getting home and informing her father about everything that had happened. I can’t blame her. What we did today will go down in history. When they were gone, Mason wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me into his chest. Leaning down, he crushed his lips to mine. I licked his bottom lip and he thrusted his tongue into my mouth, tasting every inch until he pulled away, resting his forehead on mine.
“That was amazing, my queen,” Mason panted out. I was still catching my breath, but I gave him a smile.
“How are you feeling?” He asked me.
“I’m okay. Just want to get home to our babies.” I told him, opening up a portal. I was feeling exhausted, but I’ll take a nap later.
“I can’t wait to show Derek that you were a blonde,” Mason chuckled before stepping through the portal. Shaking my head, I followed him to find that Derek was waiting outside with our babies and Sage.
“Momma,” Gabby exclaimed, running over to me, wrapping her arms around my waist. Mason came over and scooped her up, carrying her over to the others while I walked beside them.
“Babygirl, how did the meeting go?” Derek asked me, before leaning in, giving me a kiss. James reached for me and I took him into my arms while he played with my cheeks.
“Our queen was fantastic,” Mason exclaimed.
“They changed the law?” Sage asked, surprised, as we made our way into the house.
“They did, and I have another meeting next week to discuss the other laws,” I told her, and she wrapped me in a side hug.
“I knew you could do it, or freeze them. Same thing.” She shrugged, and I laughed.
“I told them that after they agreed to change the law. Arthur also made a grand entrance.” I told her.
“Kings,” she laughed.
“Gabby bear, how about you steal some cookies from the kitchen and meet me in the library?” I told her. She squealed, jumping out of Mason’s arms, running off to the kitchen.
“Cookies?” Derek asked, raising an eyebrow.
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