she slept with wolves without fear
Goddamit he’d died quickly.
She storms back into the kingdom, more than a little disappointed that her first assignment for the queen had ended so early and with so little excitement. She’d wanted so much more. She’d been hoping for it to be some part of a bigger plot, of a plan to maybe even take over the kingdom … but it had only ended with the quiet king reportedly dying in the jaws of some animal on the beach.
Pity.
But her annoyance is forgotten soon after she crosses through the blasted flame border. She notices almost immediately that a very small group of horses has gathered, and her curiosity is instantly peaked. She slips up behind them and arrives just in time to hear the old winged mare (Gallows if she remembers correctly) propose a mutiny.
It appears she’s arrived at exactly the right moment.
She listens quietly, mind sifting through the new information. The mutiny itself does not particularly surprise her though. Demian has been absent for a while (even the little shadow mouse she had attached to him has not reported back in some time), and the kingdom has become stagnant. They need change.
The bay mare quickly offers herself as the next queen and the two stallions that have bothered to arrived quickly offer their support. No surprise there - Fennick and Gallows are the two most active members of the kingdom, and from what little she knows of Fennick, he does not strike her as the most confident of stallions. Not really much of the leading type, at this point in his life anyway. As for herself, she has no designs on the throne. She much prefers working from her shadows.
She grins, and inclines her head slightly. “I see no reason to disagree with your offer. Long live the queen.”
for the wolves knew a lion was among them