Myrine's voice emerged with the clinical precision of someone presenting a strategy that had already been calculated and accepted.
"The creatures are drawn to Jack Kaiser specifically. Removing him from the capital would remove the beacon that draws them. His presence within our borders creates an indefinite crisis. His absence resolves it."
"You're proposing we exile him," Queen Morvana said, her voice sounding genuine despite her disdain for humans. "The honored guest solving a domestic issue that we have welcomed becomes a problem we cast out."
"I'm proposing," Myrine corrected without hesitation, "that wartime protocols be activated. King Maelor assumes absolute authority as the kingdom enters a state of crisis. And that Jack Kaiser be deployed to address the threat he has attracted using the power he carries."
