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don't you tame your demons, but always keep them on a leash Camrynn is quick to answer and I am grateful for that. I shift my weight to the opposite side as I turn e head to look at her, meeting her gaze equally. She tells us that she had agreed to compete for the crown for the Amazons, and that is enough of an answer for me. Her follow-up is much too dramatic for my tastes – kill her? Really? After having just told us that we need to fight evil? What is murder if not evil? I shake my head sharply to clear away the sour thought of slaughter.
She continues to talk, mentioning a new king in the Tundra and that the brothers there have allowed the Amazonian choice to join their ranks. I don’t understand what that has to do with the decisions that we are being asked to make, but I suppose that perhaps those that have been trained in diplomacy and politics might have a better grasp of it. It would be easy to be swept away in the logic that Camrynn gives us, but all of it means little knowing that she had come here in order to aid the Amazons. She might have switched sides – and I do not believe the gods would have chosen her if she were not loyal to us – but that does not change the fact that the Amazons appear to be reacting rather well to having been betrayed by our new queen. That, I decide, is what will make my decision easy
“If the Amazons are still willing to offer us an alliance even after Camrynn betrayed them, I think that they are an ally we should keep.” It’s too easy to know that my choice is the opposite of what Camrynn wants, despite all her talk of letting us choose. There were too many rhetorical questions, too much evidence given against the Amazons without solid basis for it to not have been an attempt to sway the kingdom’s choice against the Sisterhood. I do not doubt that the black queen has our best interests at heart, but it is possible, I know, for magicians to be wrong.
“Perhaps the Deserts will be a calming influence on the Jungle. Let them know that we will not stand for injustice, but keep them – a powerful kingdom – on our side.” That is an awful lot to say, with a heavy amount of meaning behind it. I do not know what the rest of those around me will vote, but I am sure that I have made the right decision.
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