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Corey and me. "Together we review the applications of the warriors. Blood Oaths are very draining and I would only be able to do a few at a time. Since I'm pregnant, we decided to forgo that vow. As a compromise, Corey and I meet the new applicants outside so I can look at them through the Earth. I haven't come across any whose intensions are questionable. If the warrior passes both of our assessments, with Gregori's assistance, I take their Oath of Fealty and then an Oath of Secrecy. They're bound to me, but not as tightly as Corey wants them to be."
Corey huffed out a breath of frustration. "There are too many new faces. I'd rather they swear a Blood Oath."
"Not every Lycan is in league with the Servants of the Glorious One ," Ushna reasoned. "I trust what Tristan glimpses of them. You want absolutes, Corey."
"How can I not?" Corey moved his blond braids off of his shoulder when he reached for the back of his neck. "With so many new faces, the number growing every day, we're going to slip up, and someone will see you without the ring of illusion… how do we keep them from saying something to the wrong person?"
I understood Corey's worry. "So far, I haven't made a mistake. After the pups are born, we'll announce my lineage. That's only two months away at the annual Alpha Sanctuary meeting. I'll continue to be cautious. If I am seen, they've already sworn an Oath of Secrecy. You'll pull them aside and remind them of their vow but I don't think that you'll have to."
"I'm not so much concerned over the warriors seeing Tristan pregnant as I am over the rumors these men bring with them," Jory said. He reclined in the chair and balanced on the two back legs. "You said these men come with stories of priests. You'd think their appearance at the Order of Anat compound would cause talk of some kind. It's big news, especially among the warriors."
Jory pointed at the laptop sitting in front of him. "Not a word. If what you've been told is true, and the priests are heralding the return of the true Lycan King, then there would be chatter."
Stan riffled through some reports Corey had given him. "All of the accounts given indicate the warrior didn't speak of the priest or their message to anyone but Tristan. In every report, it's the same. The priest approached a warrior and told him, " If you seek justice and wish to serve The Law then seek out the clear waters of Oklahoma ." After the conversation, the warriors claimed they were aware of where they needed to go."
I remembered the way the new warriors had stared at me. I wondered if they suspected who I was. If so, they kept it to themselves.
Jory let the chair fall forward and started typing with quick, precise key strokes. "As far as I can tell, the priests haven't mentioned you or Ushna by name. It's hard for me to believe the assassins don't know or suspect. Between the Warrior Order and the Magi College, someone has to put things together. Hell, Tristan, you sent Caspian's head back to the Master Magi of the Triad, Kevah Khortdad, with a note. Signed, sealed, and delivered. Who in their right mind would challenge him like that?" Jory gave me a huge grin.
Stan glanced up at me. "That by itself wouldn't have been an issue. Alphas are arrogant, they take the security and safety of their tribes seriously. But include the public arrest of the captain responsible for approving the fake orders, and Caspian's body had been hung in the college courtyard, and then the arrival of the priests. All it would take is one person asking the right questions, and we could have assassins coming out of the woodwork."
Corey passed Stan and Jory another report. "General Shay Thomlain hasn't called Tristan to apologize for his warriors invading claimed territory illegally."
I couldn't help but smile at Corey's disgruntled tone. He was a warrior, not a politician. He wasn't tactful on his best days and Goddess help you if you pissed him off. Corey was deeply offended at the general's lack of regard for me,