08-02-2016, 10:22 PM
I was in the darkness; so the darkness I became.
After the raid, she had returned to her kingdom a victor. A victor of her own battle, but their insolence had lost them so much more. It would be a slow rebuilding process, and she was careful to keep the fledgling wolf pups at her heels at all times. It was hard to tell if there was a change in them, but she nurtured them all the same. It was all she could do, and only time would tell if their doting had been for any kind of good. Beqanna was a fickle place, and it was just as likely they had wasted their time and the wolves would die all the same.
Heavy stomach swinging, she patrolled the borders. Her mind opened she pried through the darkness, searching for interlopers and wrong do’ers and any who didn’t belong. As the wolf at her side cried out, new thoughts reached her. They were of family and loneliness, easy to spot amongst the somewhat darker thoughts of her kingdom mates. When the young stallion spoke aloud, Topsail was not far from him. As she emerged from the trees she tilted her head, eyes sweeping over the unknown male. Though she lacked her lethal teeth now, she was still supremely confident. His presence didn’t worry her overly much, even in her pregnant state. “And you’ve met her.” she said coolly, though her mouth never moved. Instead, her voice was projected into his mind. “And what can the Valley do for young Rael Fire, from the Tundra, who has left home for the very first time?” Pregnant and somewhat irritable given their current situations, she wasn’t in the mood for beating around the proverbial bush.
Topsail
Queen of the Valley