Chapter 11

Joel POV I was looking out the window when a knock divided my thoughts and I heard the voice of one of the royal guards "Your Royal Highness, the elders are all seated already and they are all waiting for you" " Okay tell them I will be down soon" I replied as I mind-linked the royal guard who usually stood at the front of my door " Tell Elsa the maid to get our guest ready to meet the elders and I will be waiting for her at the entrance of the throne room" " Okay, Your Royal Highness " I stepped out of my room and walked down the hallway to wait for Tricia at the entrance of the throne room. As long as she wasn't married to me yet, she was a guest in this pack and my palace. My thoughts drifted again to the baby in her womb and for some reason, I was frightened. The elders wanted me to have an heir and if she was pregnant, it meant that it could either be a boy or a girl. I would very much prefer a male child so the pressures from the elders would lessen but if it happens to be