and when i breathed
my breath was lightning
She has come a long way from the scared girl who stumbled her way into the Jungle so many years ago. The Jungle too has come a long way. Rhy remembers standing on the border of the Jungle for a day, no one ever finding her. She finally gave up and simply plowed her way into the dark, dense kingdom with no idea what she was doing, with very little idea of how to control the electric in her veins. Perhaps, in a very basic way, she was not so different. She plowed ahead without much fear, but then again, Rhy has little to fear. She is electric, she is a lion, and she is already dead.
She slips into the meeting early on, knowing that this is coming and what will be said. Though she is somewhat surprised when Lagertha nods her forward, and it feels strange to be standing facing the kingdom, rather than facing her Queen. She’s never sought the crown, just the best for the Jungle, whatever that might mean. And she’s almost a little shocked to be here, but still, it’s no so different from leading the peace caste. Mostly.
Lagertha speaks and so far, there’s little dissent. Even from Rhy, who once upon a time wouldn’t have dreamed of manservants. But once upon a time, she wouldn’t have slashed her claws across someone’s chest and enjoyed the warm blood that flowed from the small cuts. Once upon a time, she wouldn’t have thought herself capable of killing the monsters at the end of the world either. Now, after all the things she has lived through, manservants feels vaguely appropriate.
She is not quite as a gun-ho as Lagertha about running straight into a raid, but she’s able to accept the attitude. They were warrior women, after all, even if Rhy preferred peace to war. Still, peace never lasts forever. When Lagertha is done, Rhy figures she might as well stick in her piece. “Peace caste, we need to let Beqanna know of the change in leadershipd. I’d like each of you to head to a kingdom and inform them of our new queen. No more than two horses per kingdom. Please let me know where you are going, and see what information you can find out while you are there.” Knowledge was power, after all.
rhy
the electric lioness of riagan and rayelle
