Arrow Lake it's broken

renard asks the blackbird of ursus the obvious: was she looking for nyra. if she was, praimfaya was not about to stand in her way — running with the assumption that every wolf she meets is like her and is hellbent on jus drein, jus daun and would cut down every and all that stood between her and her target. as for nyra, their singular interaction had been short and a bit strange. praimfaya felt no more loyalty to her than she did donovan. if anything, she feels that the pale woman had what was coming for her. harming a cub was weak and pathetic …almost as much as crying at the alpha’s paws and then challenging a leader. foolish, the cruel commander felt, didn’t even begin to cover it. there wasn’t a word in her bilingual mental dictionary to even begin to convey the level of disdain she felt for the woman.

frostbound gaze watches the blackbird, for a moment nearly misinterpreting her raised tail as a sign of dominance and aggression. she shifts back, weary; ready to protect herself and renard …but she understands her mistake as she watches the ursus woman grab her tail and try to curl it over her back. she understands that she is trying to mimic donovan’s curled tail. a brief glimpse is given to renard, noting that he, too, bears the (tail)tale-tell sign that he is not full wolf but praimfaya is smart enough ( or so she likes to believe ) to figure it out who the blackbird means.

so, the meeting didn’t go well, then.

the assumption does not come as a surprise to praimfaya; she hadn’t really expected it to. from everything she’s seen, donovan was not a diplomat; not truly. he relied on flirtations to get him where he wants to go. a tactic that can only work for so long …and is not adequate enough to build anything off of.

praimfaya watches as the blackbird makes a motion like the severing of a head; and the pieces then click into place. you’ve come for donovan? praimfaya inquires though it was less of a question and more of an observation based on her ability to connect the dots. we won’t stand in your way. praimfaya tells her. the woman’s interests align with praimfaya’s own, admittedly, but she isn’t sure she can trust ursus. none of her contacts seem to. we’re gathering who we can to bring down the saints. she offers the information if only because she doubts astara — who thus far appears to be unable to speak — will rat them out …and maybe, ursus on their side would help even if no one else agreed with her on that. she had thought their alliance was teetering on the edge of a knife all along without any real, solid reason of why they were bothering to become allies with one another. resources? strength in numbers? she assumes it was because donovan needed ursus might. without it, however, praimfaya sees an opportunity to strike while their defenses are down and the fortress is left vulnerable and she was willing to take all the help she could even if it meant forming something shaky, tentative and temporary with the blackbird before her.