Eleanor's POV

(PRESENT DAY)

I walked in through the thick steel door of the drawing room where the king was and sat at the seat opposite him, I wasn't gonna courtesy this time around. Already things were going against my initial plan and I couldn't say I was stable, I was confused.

“You sent for me?” I asked.

“Have you lost your manners? You want to become the king–”

“You don't need to go into full details. Yes, I want to and I want to have my mates with me as well.” I uttered with a steady firmness, looking at him eyeball to eyeball.

His head was cocked to the...