All Chapters of THE LYCAN'S SACRIFICE, Fated To The Beast. : Chapter 121 - Chapter 130

Kael’s Pov "The Old Guard wishes to avoid unnecessary bloodshed" Cassius began. He had clearly rehearsed this. "They believe a peaceful resolution is possible if certain conditions are met." "What conditions" I asked. "First" Cassius said. "All reforms enacted in the past two years regarding human rights and status are to be reversed immediately. Humans return to their previous legal classification." "No" I said. Cassius blinked. He had expected me to at least let him finish. "Your Majesty if I could continue." "You can continue" I said. "My answer to all of it will be the same but you can finish." Cassius cleared his throat. "Second. All humans currently serving in government positions or on the council are to be removed immediately and replaced with beast nobles." "No" I said. "Third" Cassius pushed on. "Lady Elvanya and the child ar

Elvanya's PovEldric came to the nursery on a Tuesday morning with a small leather bag and the expression of someone who had already decided what was going to happen regardless of what anyone else thought about it."She is six weeks old" I said before he even sat down."I know how old she is" Eldric said. He settled into the chair across from me. "I was there when she was born. And then again when she threw a guard across a hallway at three weeks old.""That was a reflex" I said."Everything is a reflex at this age" Eldric said. "That is exactly why we need to start now and not later. Her power responds to her emotions and her emotions are completely uncontrolled because she is an infant. We are not training her. We are training you to help her manage what is already happening."I looked at Luna who was lying on the small blanket on the floor looking at her own hands with intense concentration. The moon ma

Elvanya's PovI waited three days after Kael came back from Millhaven before bringing up the plan. He needed time to decompress and to work through the immediate military responses and I needed time to think through exactly how to present it in a way that addressed his concerns before he could voice them.On the fourth day I asked Lira to watch Luna during the evening meal and I sat down with Kael in the small dining room where we ate when it was just the two of us."I have a proposal" I said once we had both eaten enough that he was no longer preoccupied with hunger."What kind" he asked."A bold one" I said. "You are probably going to say no at first.""That is an encouraging beginning" Kael said dryly."We should do a tour" I said. "Visit towns and villages throughout the kingdom. Take Luna with us. Show people that we are real and that the peace is working and give them something to fight for befo

Elvanya's PovWe were seven days into the tour and staying at an inn in a town called Ashford when it happened. The inn was the largest building in town and our guards were posted at every entrance and Lira had personally walked the perimeter twice before she let us settle for the night.I had just gotten Luna to sleep after a long and fussy evening. The new places were starting to overwhelm her and she had been harder to settle each night. I laid her in the small travel crib we brought with us and straightened up slowly trying not to make noise.Then I heard something outside the window that was not right. A sound that was too careful and too quiet for an ordinary night sound."Kael" I said. He was already awake. He had heard it too.He was on his feet in seconds. "Get Luna and stay close to me" he said.But before either of us could move the window exploded inward and two figures came through it wearing dark clothing and moving fast. Kael shifted into his Lycan form so quickly I bar

Elvanya's PovThe shift happened gradually and then all at once. By the second week of the tour I started noticing it in the reports Lira brought me each morning. Nobles who had been sitting on the fence for months were finally declaring their support for Kael and the names were getting more significant with each passing day."Lord Beaumont committed this morning" Lira told me over breakfast at our temporary quarters in a town called Westergate. "He is pledging four hundred warriors and control of the eastern road.""That is the road I wrote to him about" I said. "The one that cuts off the Old Guard's fastest route to the capital.""Whatever you said in that letter it worked" Lira said. "He signed the pledge and sent it by fast rider.""Who else" I asked."Lady Cordell from the river territories" Lira said. "She was the one who said she could not risk her people. She changed her mind after hearing about what hap