Eleanor's POV

"Both!"

This word shakes me, I shift my body in amazement.

"Are you sure I'll opt in for the fight lessons?"

"No, you have to. It's compulsory as the queen. You need to take this course aside from your Academy training lessons. Why do you think I attend the Academy even upon being the king?"

“To fulfill custom, otherwise I would have bypassed this for those who are Lycan Princes.”

"Well, I know that's true."

"In case of a war attack you can defend your people," he snaps. "You know our country is one of the shifter world's powers?"

I nod to him. “Yes, it is.”

"So you...