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he said. “I’ve heard enough. We leave!” The group of massive Orcs stood, pushing over their chairs, and stormed out of the Majesty chamber.
    Elessar was next to stand, his regal features more apparent now in his anger. He stared at Bellisoria as if he were looking at her for the first time. It made her feel small, like a child about to be scolded.
    “Bellisoria, we trusted you and you betrayed us. You betrayed me,” he said. Bellisoria could hear not only the disappointment in his voice, but the pain as well. She had hurt Elessar; she had hurt her dear friend with her lies and deception.
    “There is much to consider now,” he continued. “You know better than anyone, Bellisoria that it takes years to build trust, but only one lie to undo it all.”
    Elessar and the other Elvin Ambassadors gathered their things quietly and left the room. She watched as Elessar walked away. The emptiness she felt inside was almost unbearable.
    The remaining Majesty members looked on as Valteen approached the table once again.
    “All good things must come to an end, and your time has come, Bellisoria,” he said, and with a smug grin he turned to the other Vampires. “We go,” he said. With that the Vampires stood and followed Valteen out of the chamber.
    The Goblins, on the other hand, had not moved. In fact, Tobias had reached into his vest pocket and removed a small pipe. He filled it with tobacco and lit the pipe with one of the small floating flames in front of him.
    “If I had to guess, that did not go as planned,” he said to Bellisoria.
    His lack of respect infuriated Vallen, Demetrius, and Atamar, and they all stepped forward at once but Bellisoria held up her hand. “Wait, let him speak.”
    Tobias smiled his hideous smile and puffed his pipe.
    “You are going to need allies my Queen; you will need allies in numbers, vast numbers.”
    “What are you saying, Goblin?” Atamar asked.
    Tobias removed the pipe from his mouth. “What I’m saying, Wizard, is that the Goblins will be at your service, should you call upon us.”
    Bellisoria tilted her head to one side and narrowed her eyes in thought. “At what cost?” she asked.
    Tobias hopped from his chair to the floor; Tryson did the same. They both turned and began to leave.
    “At what cost?” Bellisoria asked again, clearly agitated now.
    Tobias stopped before turning the corner into the corridor and smiled. “For a fair price, but of course,” he said, then turned and left.
    She watched carefully as the Goblins left the chamber, then turned to Demetrius and Vallen. She sighed and gathered her thoughts.
    “I’m glad you’re here,” she said with a faint smile.
    “How did Valteen find out?” Demetrius asked. He looked back and forth between Bellisoria and Atamar.
    “I don’t know, but it confirms our suspicions that we have a spy amongst our agents.”
    “Atamar, what of Holly, is she okay?” Demetrius asked.
    Bellisoria placed her hand on Demetrius’s shoulder and her eyes met his.
    “It was not Holly who was killed, Demetrius.”
    “Killed?” Vallen asked.
    “Yes, there were two Keeper Agents, Dante and Atticus, who were sent to the Blackfoot Mountains to send the monthly communication to Alisa,” Atamar said. “Somehow they were followed into the mountains and attacked. When they didn’t report in I assembled another team to investigate—Xavier and Gordon. Atticus was already dead when they got there and they found Dante barely alive. He was critically injured and barely able to speak. He said it was a Viper. The portal to Earth had already been activated. Dante said he lay there unable to move, but that he had seen something pass through the portal. After hearing this I updated Xavier and Gordon regarding the Dalcomes and sent them to Earth. Asha’s team arrived on the scene shortly after and recovered Dante and Atticus, then returned to the Majesty. Dante later died in the infirmary, so that is all we know.”
    Bellisoria could see the