Chapter 96

  “One who is queen, and has a kingdom at her disposal,” I replied, not wanting to argue with the Fae prince, but also ill-equipped to deliver his wishes. “The brethren would march behind you, behind their Prince Rivyn. Please, my prince. Take up your sword on behalf of your people.”

  “I cannot,” he replied, dismissing the notion as impossible. “Not now that it would be in opposition to the Court. Such a thing is unconscionable. She is not of the direct bloodline of Uyan Taesil, and you are,” he continued. “Many of your people would follow the bloodline rather than a foreign queen.”