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to breathe.” Wyatt replied, still holding the dagger firmly in his hand. “Bring me the child!”
    I kept Meg and her baby back away from him while Zayden tried explaining the real reason for our visit. “It doesn’t have to be that way.”
    “It’s the law around here, Zayden. I wouldn’t expect you to understand and as high keeper of the law, I must uphold its customs.”
    “But you can also change them. We’ve come not for death but to solicit life, for both Meg and your daughter.”
    “I cannot and will not see this take place. It must be dealt with.”
    “We’re aware that sons are preferred in royal bloodlines to bring the family honor and carry on their lineage since you now have two but daughters can bring honor also.”
    Wyatt laughed, lowering the dagger with his relaxed mood of amusement. “And what honor could that possibly be?”
    “I’ll let my wife explain for she is one. Adele.”
    He looked back at me and I stepped up to him, handing over Seth and looking to the young King with a light head bow. “Your majesty. What he speaks is true. I am part of a royal family and yet possess a great amount of honor myself. You know what I am.”
    “Adele. A legendary Kalu Assassin.”
    “Yes, and we would like to extend our hand out to your family by asking you to consider letting this young child live so that she may one day become my successor and lead the future team of Assassins.”
    “A member of my bloodline leading the Assassins?” Wyatt thought aloud, almost seeming pleased with the idea while tapping the tip of the dagger’s blade against his chin and still holding his infant son in his other arm. “Hmm. Does sound—feasible enough but I am not of Kalu.”
    “But the child is.” I replied quickly, trying to get him to see our way. “Through her mother. That part of her will always be there and the honor of her success will reflect on her father, the breeder such a perfection. Hintins will find strength and pride in their Princess.”
    “I see but you’re also asking me to throw out hundreds of years of traditions for this one small opportunity for honor which I already have plenty of.”
    Now I was getting worried. He started to seem willing until his last comment but we couldn’t give up. Zayden stepped forward with Seth still in his arms. “Then let us seal your interest with an added proposal. You do this, you let them live and have your daughter become a trained Assassin and we will heighten your honor tenfold by offering you our son.”
    “Zayden!” I suddenly looked at him from the surprise. This was not something we had discussed at all.
    “It’s all right, Love.” He assured me, turning his eyes back to Wyatt.
    “An arranged marriage with the world’s best? Simple. Doable. Easily managed but is it profitable?”
    “An alliance with us through means of marriage would ensure that if you and yours are ever threatened or challenged, you have Seni’s army at your back.”
    Wyatt smiled and nodded his head. “That would be profitable indeed and refusing it would be—impractical.”
    “Then you agree to these terms?”
    “Let me see my child.” Wyatt said, putting away the dagger.
    Meg grasped Cadence a little tighter in her arms while turning her body away. She didn’t want him to have her, worried of what he might do. I was worried too.
    “My child.” Wyatt said again, holding out his free hand.
    Zayden turned to Meg and gave her a slight nod. “Go ahead.”
    She still didn’t want to but her feet slowly started to move forward towards him and her arms extended out, handing off Cadence. We paused while he took her and brought her close into his body like he was cradling her. “Hello, little one. It seems like today is your lucky day. Welcome to the family, my darling Princess.” We looked at each other with smiles to Wyatt’s acceptance of the child. This seemed to be working out. “What do we call her?”
    “I’ve been calling her Cadence.” Meg