Larksong Grotto truth coming out of her well to shame mankind

Tavi speaks first, with anger, and Thuringwethil watches the way she shifts it between the two darker wolves. Her defense is high and she opens her mouth to speak, hesitating as she's spoken down to. The young leader tenses and narrows her gaze. Even without Esaro showing up at her door, she would be considering it. The threat is there. Saena had made her promise and Thuringwethil wouldn't have it.

"Doing this," she gestures to Reek's presence, the wounds left by the new alpha, "is enough to warrant intervention." If their coalition had come to, Thuringwethil would have acted out revenge. With the Grotto under her paw, Reek one of her own, is an act against Drageda. Tavi finishes and she glances to the other, expecting a different response.

It is then Reek speaks up and she realizes this isn't what he wants at all. His selfish antics, only wanting security, and a sneer crosses her features. She doesn't need the grotto to win the war against the Phoenix wolves. She doesn't need him at all.

"No, they are nothing but a threat to us," she begins but she glances back to Gavriel and jerks her head a little. He shifts a step closer but prepares for departure. "Then you do not have your alliance, Reek. You do not have your security. Sleeping Dragon will take the Phoenix and will leave nothing in its wake," she says and lifts a brow, staring hard at him. Then Tavi and her swollen sides, like Saena. By now her children would like have been born, and if not, the queen would be left for her and Reek's legacy within wouldn't stand a chance. "Perhaps for both sets of your children, you should hope they win."

She lets the thought linger before she takes a step back, Gavriel coming to her side, and she turns to leave.

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