Calling her out was not something she wanted to do. "She has a master's degree in biochemical engineering. Suddenly, every royal starts dying around the time the old king gets sick. It would halfway convince me if some of them survived. Even a vegetable or 2. But nobody lived? And Percival did not get so much as the sniffles!? That can't have been a natural thing. I'd bet all the money I have that she killed them all for her husband." she said firmly. Reilly and Layton looked stunned. "I had heard whispers, but I could never get the story from anyone. This drastically alters my threat assessment of the queen." Layton said in shock. "That's why it's a big game of chicken. She's the queen. There are an infinite ways she could slip us something and we'd never know until it was way too late. But the second any of ours dies, I'd gun straight for her children. She can't have more. Reilly and you don't have good relationships with the king, but you are his mates. You could have more. That's why they have their big binder in reserves. It is keeping me from them."
Doing anything sudden would be counterproductive. Layton sighed deeply. "Until we find ways to get rid of our obstacles without drawing ire from the queen, we need to keep your talents sheathed for now." he said. Anna simply nodded her head. "Thank you for understanding. As our head diplomat, you should probably try getting some court support for Teigan, Ash and Cedar." she said. He nodded his head back to her. "It's quite alright, Lady Anna. I have already scouted a few lords. Reilly's grandfather had a large fortune that could come in handy as well." he said conspiratorially. Anna was more than willing to let him get to that. She could get back to leisure. Maybe she could find some omega prostitutes so she could satisfy her slick kink. Different omegas had different tastes. The fact that she was being monitored was something she did not like. There was nothing that she could do about it though. Anna had already retired from killing random alphas in the dead of night in fights. She also could get practice on the big gun range. Not all of her guns were illegal.
It was not meant to be. They were all eating breakfast together the next morning when the bell rang multiple times. A servant went to answer the door. Layton and Teigan had enjoyed enough hospitality and were going to return to their own mansion later in the afternoon. Prince Robert rudely barged into the room with some paperwork in hand. It looked very serious. "Lady Anna, you are now under arrest. Come with me quietly." he shouted. Anna frowned at him for a bit. Prince Robert was Elisa's second son. While Colbert took up swimming as his hobby, the second son took criminology. With the great resources at his fingertips, he became a superhero. He was a clever investigator and could fight like all the royal children. Every once in a while the news would show some major crime ring he broke after an investigation. He would also personally go arrest leaders with some of his friends. "Who signed off on this warrant? Let me see." she said. He gave it to her. She saw it was the queen's seal. Anna waved it off. "The queen does not have authority to arrest me."
