Council of Myths: Origins by Samantha Renee

Author:Samantha Renee [Renee, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798987520703
Publisher: Samantha R Pollum
Published: 2022-12-27T23:00:00+00:00

CALLUM

JUNE 14TH, 2015. NORMANDY CASTLE GRAVEYARD

“Cal!” Ursula whispered from the mausoleum.

I snuck in, having taken a detour from my path to the stables.

In the last several weeks, life had continued as normal, but my brothers and I remained powerless to do anything until the queen forced a vote on our freedom.

The only way she could truly do that was with allies.

Last night, I’d sent a message to Ursula asking her to meet me, not for our usual rendezvous, but so I could recruit her help. As part of the younger generation of nobles, she would be a perfect ally, and I imagined she could help convince many of the nobles to get with the times.

Inside the mausoleum, I said, “Thanks for meeting me.”

“What’s up?” she asked.

“The queen is going to fight for us,” I said. “I told her how, but we need people to start talking it up.”

She raised her hand. “Say no more, I already know where this is going. Don’t worry, Andre and I are on it. But you know he’s going to want a favor in return, and not the one-time arrangement thing.”

I nodded, grateful that she was willing to help. Of course, I was curious as to what else Andre could possibly want. “Okay, shoot,” I said.

Ursula replied, “Same-sex marriage. When the time comes for that, you gotta scratch his back if he scratches yours. And my husband would like his uncles to come back into his life, and to get his cousin out of fucking servitude.”

Yeah, that was doable.

“Consider it done,” I said. I had no hesitation whatsoever in helping out those causes. I knew about Ramses’ uncles and cousin, which was a situation and a half.

“Good,” she said. “So, who do we need to start talking near?”

“Well, who do you know that is firmly on our side?” I asked. The only people who counted were the nobles with actual titles and the privileges that came with them. They would get to vote. We had to get the majority of them on our side.

Ursula crossed her arms. “Max, for sure,” she answered. Andre’s brother, which was no surprise. “And if Max is, I’m sure his daddy will be easily persuaded, if he hasn’t been already. I’ll make a subtle inquiry with my brother, but it may not be as easy with my father. The issue has simply never come up around him, so I couldn’t tell you how that one is going to go down.”

I nodded while she thought.

“I think Brookersbank and Gracefield will be behind you, but I can’t be one hundred percent sure yet. I’ll get back to you.”

That was a possibility of six. Not nearly enough, but better than I thought it would be.

“And aside from my father, who is firmly against?” I asked.

“Hemonton, for sure,” she answered. “You can probably count Mayford out too, considering what happened with his son.”

That was fair.

“I wouldn’t be too keen on Folley or Koronia being on your side, either. Crossfield is probably not going to be convinced, because you know how he is.

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