"Your actions only confirm I have made the right choice in naming you my heir to the throne." Niall spoke smugly.
F%$k! How could he do that to me? I am not even fully fairy, which my family reminded me of often, and seriously under prepared to rule an entire race. Not to mention Breadan is now just one of many enemies. Even some Brigants have a problem with hybrids let alone allowing one to rule them.
"I decline." What do you know his smugness disappeared but not completely?
"You cannot mean that child. It is the dream of every fae to have the honor of the crown."
"I am not every fae. That crown you are so proud of comes with more problems than it is worth and I have no doubt this is some ploy." My vampires growled and stood. OOOhhh! 'Vampires'? Why do I feel like Godric is mine too? Wait, think on that later.
"I only want what is best for you Sookie. This is not a game. Now, say your goodbyes and return to your rightful place with me." He spoke with a note of finality. As, if I am an infant, though my 35 years may be paltry to a being as aged as he.
"I am well aware this is no game. I have been a pawn in all of your political machinations and skirmishes for too long. I have found where I belong and I will not be leaving. I have bonded myself to King Northman and I will remain at his side. You have declared open season on me by declaring me your heir….. You knew my answer did not matter because I would have to kill your enemies anyway… because they would come after me to prevent my ascension no matter my answer to you." His silence is my confirmation, the fu*%ing bastard, "You have brought blood as my wedding gift so blood will be my bride price; the blood of your enemies and their lives, we will take from them, when they come for my life, this is your bloody bride price. Now get out." I shook with rage, barely containing my light. Niall disappeared with a pop knowing he'd reached the end of my rope.
And come they did. Enemies of all shapes and sizes materialized from thin air over he next few days. Fae, dae, vamps, and witches; anyone Niall ever pissed off thrown in with some half-breed haters. Niall has been around a few millennia so the list of enemies was long. My vampires and I are stronger though and we had a taste for revenge.
The culmination came on the night of our wedding. Some errant water fairies and ambitious demons attacked just after our ceremony ended. It was a blood bath, all the attacking forces were slain and a few on our side. Our joining became known as the Red Wedding.