Moonspear exchange my cross for a crown

Alya's heart thumped unevenly when they came upon the stranger. She was not overlarge or rabid-looking, but neither was the Cerberus, and Alya had learned to fear based on circumstance more than appearance. To her, there were few things more obscene than strangers desecrating the sanctity of their mountain. Not even the wildcat that'd killed Dashie had made it this deep into their land, and the fact that the woman had reached it this far, unchallenged sent surged of cold and mounting horror through the young girl's body.

Apparently, Hydra felt similarly. Almost before Anouke had finished speaking her first word, the dark leader was surging toward her. Alya followed close behind, wanting nothing more than to rid their mountain of this dangerous and unknown disease before it reached pregnant (and likely slumbering) Mamakaze, or even the dreadful (but also very breakable) little Cassiopeia.