Tiny droplets of silver slid from her coat, weaving their way through the wet hairs on her flanks and falling directly into the lake once more. She parted her lips and expelled cold air out of her lungs in the form of a dreadful sigh, she didn't like showing others her emotions but the feeling of defeat itched under her skin and demanded to be felt.
The toxins the collapse of her reign had left in her system slowly evaporated from her body --at least a good part of them-- while her injuries still stung and her sides ached, her head felt lighter after her little ritual had been completed. Slowly she clawled out of the water, pressing her nose lightly into the man's shoulder as she passed him by. Once out of the water she allowed the water to drip into the soil beneath her feet and then when most of the water had been drained from her coat on its own she shook herself and sent water all around.
"stay or go" she barked into the emptyness, not even facing in his direction as she spoke.
