Throne of Roses

Chapter 10

The next few weeks past with Lillian in and out of meeting with commanders and generals of the High Lords armies planing the war against the Valg. Well Lillian was telling everyone what to do and they shut up and followed her orders to the last detail since none of them wanted or dared to piss her off.
On the first day of the war meetings Eris was stupid enough to insult Lillian and say that he was not going to follow orders from a female much less a human. To which Lillian responded by telling him to bring five of his best soldiers and challenged them to a fight. When Eris asked her why she didn't have any weapons on her, she responded with 'my body is a weapon enough.' At which many of the males in the room snickered. After that fight not a single one of them dared to question her, disobey her orders or insult her. And the five soldiers who fought her stayed well away, well once they woke up and were able to walk again.

The Night Court met in Rhysand and Feyre's room every evening to go over the events of the day and what Azriel managed to learn either by himself or through his spies.
'We are not going to win this war, they have an army of no less then 450,000 and we barely have 300,000.' Cassian said.
'We would have a better chance if...' Rhys trailed of looking at Lillian the question in his eyes.
'No.' Lillian responded but after noticing his expression explained further. 'If I do that Baron will make any human that goes to his lands a slave and will dismiss anything I say.'
'What are we talking about? If Lillian does what?' Mor asked.
'Nothing. It's not an option.' Rhys said.
'Rhys... what were you two talking about. Why would Baron enslave all the humans if Lillian did whatever she said she is not going to do. And how would that help in winning the war?' Mor said more firmly this time, demanding the answers.
'Rhys wants me to use the powers I inherited from the goddess of the wild fire, who is my ancestor, to destroy the Valg or at least a portion of them so that you can deal with the rest.' Lillian said.
'You're a goddess?' Amren asked. Rhys though he has never seen the ancient thing so shocked.
'No... she's a very distant ancestor and I only inherited her wild fire.' Lillian said though Mor wasn't convinced that's the end of the story so she raised a brow in question. There was a flash of light and Lillian was in her high fae body.
'I'm also a Demi-fae, I can switch between my human and my fae bodies whenever I feel like it.' At that the inner circle of the Night Court went silent.
'You knew?' Mor asked Rhys and Feyre.
'I had to tell them a while ago and asked them not to tell anyone.' Lillian told them. 'Since am telling you the truth, my real name is Aelin Ashryver Whitethorn Galathynius. Am the Queen of Terassen and the fairy Queen of the west.'
More silence followed her statement. And with another flash of light Aelin was back in her human body.
'Why tell us now?' Cassian asked.
'Because she trusts us now.' Amren said. Aelin only nodded.
'So that's how you beat me in the fight?' Cassian asked.
'My human body is as limited as any other humans. I just had long years of training as an assassin and then with my husband.'
Mor opened her moth to speak but then what Lillian said had registered and instead she asked; 'assassin?'
'When my kingdom fell and my parents were murdered, I was found half dead  by the king of assassins. He took me in, gave me a new name and taught me how to take lives. He betrayed me when I was 17, I payed my debts to him and was going to leave with my lover but... he tortured my lover to death and then sent me into a trap. That's when I was sent as a slave to the salt mines.' Aelin said emotion clear in her voice. After a moment she continued. 'The crown prince and Captain of the Royal Guard of my enemy took me out, they like the rest of the world thought I was just Celaena Sardothien, Adarlan's Assassin, I was to get my freedom in exchange for killing for the king. I didn't kill anyone he told me to, I instead faked their deaths and loaded them up on a ship. And the prince and captain became my friends. After the murder of my other friend, a princess of another country enslaved by the king and when the captain found out I was fae, he convinced the king to send me to Wendlyn not knowing who I really was. Fae were safe in Wendlyn and if the king ever found out he would have sent me to the butchering block. I met my husband then and he taught me how to use my magic so that I could get answers from my aunt. After we came back to Adarlan I killed the king and after the war with the Valg I was crowned Queen of Terassen.' She finished. And was followed by another wave of silence.
When Amren was finally about to say something but she was interrupted by a knock.
'Come in.' Rhys said.
'High Lord, Lady. The Valg have been spotted it seems they are readying for war. High Lord of the Summer Court has called for you.' Said the servant in a shaky voice.