<div style="text-align: center">Questor:​</div><br/>Dante sat there eating and watching Laylah out of the corner of his eye. His heart had eased down and he wondered if she had felt it beating fast when she was pressed against him. The thought of it was making him want more. He took a deep breath and let it out slowly trying to calm himself even more. Again he caught the look on Lilly's face. Was the effect that obvious on his face and body language. He forced the thoughts to the back of his mind. he had things to do and needed a clear head. He turned his attention to the two children and panthers. The four of them seemed quite content and happy. When breakfast was over Lilly took the children off to a room where they would be schooled by her. The children wanted to play with the panthers but she told them there would be plenty of time for that after their lessons. They grungelly accepted their fate and the two panthers followed Dante out side.<br/><br/>"You two stay and enjoy yourselves." he told them. Horses were brought up for him and Laylah and Michael. Soon the three were riding out into the great farm. During the ride, they saw a couple of farmsteads, with the owners in the fields tending to the crops as children took care of the animals. They waved at the trio as they passed by and it was amazzing how such a ride was relaxing to Dante. These were his people, their contentment meant a lot to him. They came to a forest and entered it, along not a road but a path that wound through the trees. Finally they came out of the forest into a very large clearing. All around it was trees, concealing what lay within. There were a number of long wooden buildings, barracks, an archery range and other training facilities for sword and shield training. There was at least several hundred men and women there, all training and drilling. It was a Military Training Camp. He looked over at Laylah to see what her expresion was at seeing it.<br/><br/>"One can not rid my people of the council with out force. Some have large military forces themselves, though like me they keep that and their location secret." he told her. "My father and I have a plan. An ambitious one at that. We want to get rid of the Council and go back to the old days of a Monarch. My spies in the human parts of the world have discovered that they are slowly massing troops and equipment for another war with us. They feel that now that your people are gone they can concentrate fully on defeating us. The Council is ineffective and would not be able to deal with the threat. They sqawble about land and such that they would be more likely to try and protect their own possessions." he began riding further into the clearing. "My friends have similar camps like this one. They want me to take control of the government and proclaim myself as King since I am the rightful heir to the throne. But to do so now would cause a civil war among my people, making it a ripe time for the humans to attack. I would need the support of more of the Lords before such a thing would be possible and that is where the hard part is. "