You wouldn’t dare
"As I'm sure you've heard the rumors and I know your brothers talk to you about everything, you're wise beyond your years."
He sighs "There's been a rise in recent attacks in our villages boarding the mountains. Something big is building out there, I know you can feel the energy growing. The threat of darkness is closer than we realized and we have begun preparing." He stopped for a moment.
"Why wasn't I told about the prepping, when was this decided. You know I'm an asset father, we all are" I asked referring to my brothers.
"Your brothers were given their orders recently and were told to keep a lid on it as we had more arrangements to be made before we could go more public."
"So you kept me in the dark. Why?" "Because bug, you were the last arrangement to be made." Was his response.
Shock is what I felt first and then fury. I was livid. I can't believe he would even say something like that. What was I an object to be organized? I could feel the rage building with my fathers words. As well as fear.
"Excuse me?" I began to stand. My mother used her magic to command "sit down and listen this is serious, do not embarrass us and act like a foolish child, do not test my patience right now."
I sat down against my will knowing that it wasn't my mother that spoke to me in that moment but MY queen as a member of the royal family I am literally forced to obey." Yes, my queen" the rage boiling under my skin.
"As I was saying" he started again "your brothers have been given their orders and now you are to be given yours. This hurts me more than you know, but an alliance must be made," sadness filled his voice as he continued "things beyond our control are in motion and we have come to an agreement with the nearby territories, that if the two strongest clans become one, the rest will follow and join us under a new banner." The weight of his words settling " for the first time in 5000 years a woman was born into one of the two leading clans, at a time where a union between clans can save Elysium. It has to stand for something? So it's been decided by the council and us"
No
No. No. No. No
"You are to be married"
He said it. He really said it.
Panic rising to an all new high. I was shaking. I was angrier than I've ever been. I was scared. I've never been more scared.
"No" I said as I stood up.