As soon as they reached the penthouse, Raine and Tyrone immediately entered the secret room to have a video call meeting with the rest of the Moonlight Squad members.
Raine faced everyone on the widescreen of the television. All eyes were on her.
"Boss, what’s wrong?"
It was Levi who first talked. The moment he noticed how overworked she looked, he immediately realized that something wasn’t right.
"We need to prepare, and I need all of you for your help," she began as a preface. "This is something serious that involves the safety and welfare of all our people in the Moon Clan. The Convel Society, as you are all already aware, is already waiting for the right time to attack the Moon Clan, and their new King has every means to do this as soon as possible," she continued. "Unfortunately, there is no definitive date and time, so treat their attack like a cunning thief in the night. They might attack when we least expect it, so we must all be on high alert."
Tyrone frowned at the excessive fearmongering, but he understood why Raine exaggerated the situation. No one knew about the story of Nathaniel, who was now the king of the Convel Society, except for him, Lyne, Mia, and Levi. Knowing all these things, Raine had already assumed that there would be war soon between the Moon Clan and the Convel Society.
"Make sure that everyone will be able to protect themselves. Lyne will be in charge of matters inside the Moon Clan while I’m still here. If I can... if time permits, I’ll travel back and forth to oversee things myself," Raine gravely declared. "I still need to discuss the situation with the Mirage Council. This is not just a fight between the Moon Clan, but for the whole of the Mirage Clans."
The three clans had sworn to protect each other should a threat come their way from an outside group. A fight on one is a fight for all.
"But Boss, there’s a problem. There’s already a faction forming inside the Moon Clan, especially now that King Marcus is still in a coma," Mia informed. "Almost half of the Moon Clan Knights and Shadow Beauties were split in half. Some chose to obey Prince Yun, while the rest kept their loyalties to you."
Raine was aware of such matters, but now was not the time for her idiot uncle to let his greed for power blind him from the task at hand. Then again, she was sure that her uncle Yun would cooperate as long as it was against the Convel Society.
"We won’t have a problem on this because Uncle was planning on attacking the Convel Society anyway. If not for me stopping him, he would’ve disregarded Father’s explicit order to not make a move until he comes back," Raine held back a sigh as she relayed. I’ll talk to him about this matter. For now, gather all of my followers and make sure that they’re all prepared at any time to protect our head territory."
"Boss, the Convel Society are all comprised of werewolves, right?" Mia asked. Raine could sense the fear staining her voice.
"There are hybrids by marriage and births as well, but we should consider them all as werewolves. They have supernatural strength and powers, but we know how to defeat them with our own strength, knowledge, and weapons, Mia." Raine reassured. "We are more than capable of winning this fight."
Levi let out a long sigh of his own. That was not what Mia was worried about. She was actually worried that their people would possibly get infected in their fight against the werewolves. If he remembered correctly, Prince Yun ordered the killing of those who got infected during the clash between King Marcus and King Decan before. He remembered how their Boss was devastated during that time because she had arrived late and was unable to stop Prince Yun from killing the infected so suddenly.
"Boss, I think what Mia’s worried about most is the fact that we’re all humans, and thus, can get infected..." Lyne trailed off, unable to continue her own words. Would their own people die by their own hands once they got infected? Would they have to make that sacrifice like what happened to the team that accompanied King Marcus during his treaty talk with the former King Decan of the Convel Society?
Raine understood what Lyne meant, so she said, "No, Lyne. We won’t kill our kind but tranquilize them like we did to Aire. We will have a safe place to keep them until Doctor Janus succeeds in his experiments on how to return the infected back into becoming human," she held an apprehensive breath as she spoke. "And hopefully, it will be soon. I’ll also convince my father that not all mutants are harmful. Aire is one example of a human who got infected, but she still managed to embrace and control the changes in her body."
Raine’s words reassured them. They knew their Boss well, and she was someone who would never back down on her words.
Raine then went more in-depth with their discussion, giving out detailed instructions to everyone before dismissing all except for her three musketeers, Lyne, Mia, and Levi.
"Mia, connect Doctor Janus to me, please."
"Yes, Boss," Mia answered. In a flash, Doctor Janus’s face popped up on one side of the tv screen.
"Princess Raine," Janus greeted with his broad and sweet smile, but his smile soon faded when he noticed the man sitting beside her. "Who is he?!" he questioned.
He grew up with Raine and held a high-ranking position at the Moon Clan, so he was one of the few people who could speak casually to Raine. Even so, the man often addressed her as ’Princess’ more often than not.
Raine smiled at him, "He is Tyrone, my right-hand man." She turned to Tyrone and said, "Greet him. He’s Doctor Janus, our head Physician-slash-Scientist."
Tyrone looked at the man greeted, "It’s nice to meet you."
Janus only nodded. There was a displeased expression on his face as he stared at Tyrone.
"Janus, I called to ask about the progress of my father’s health. When do you think he will wake up?" Raine asked.
"Princess, I can’t discuss it with the others around. Can I talk to you alone about this?
Janus requested.
"We’re hanging up..." Lyne initiated.
But before she could cut the call, Janus interjected, "No. It’s okay for Lyne, Mia, and Levi to stay since they’ve been part of the Moon Clan since birth. I’m confident that we can trust them. However, It’s still safer to discuss such sensitive matters like this without an outsider."