Chapter 52: The House of Mercer

Lord Admiral William Mercer sat behind an elaborate desk in his cabin. He was aboard his premier battleship the Queen's Avenger, in the fleet of the Althinian Royal Navy. His ship was the largest warship in a fleet of fourteen such vessels plus support units including an aircraft carrier, a submarine unit, and a special forces unit. They were the elite guardians of Althinia and her queen. If they had a queen. 

That is what had William so disgruntled this morning. He was rifling through page after page of documents that were starting to come in through their secret intelligence unit now that the missing heir had resurfaced. None of it looked all that great for Althinia who were desperately in need of their queen to take the throne and stop the usurpers that intended to dismantle their great nation.