'I am not well outfitted to wage a war,' Alex thought with a nervous twinge.
A moment later, Tanya slipped in behind them. Alexander's heart skipped a beat in terror. He left the table to pull her aside.
"I don't want you anywhere near this," Alex said to Tanya. "Whatever we decide here today, you should not be a part of it." He tried to push down images of Tanya mangled on the battlefield. Tanya being torn to shreds by Ryan's men. Tanya was broken and dying all because Alexander wanted to be king.
She raised her chin and pulled her arm out of his grip. "If you did not want me to be a part of this, then you should not have made me one of you. I have a right to be here," Tanya said.
Alexander looked at the other sirelings. Chloe, Duncan, Brian, and Adira, and the others. They had spent
