Arrow Lake it's broken

VERY sorry for the holdup on this!!!! and sorry it's so short >> <<

if renard trusted any alliance, it was one built on a mutual enemy. what the saints were was unquestionably a mutual enemy, built solidly on that kid's near-death at nyra's jaws. astara's pawprint in the dirt made that clear, whether she spoke or not.

and if donovan knew letting nyra come back to the canyon unscathed – letting her cry at his feet and then driving derg off when he tried to object – would lead to this, he would still have done the exact same thing. 

wasn't that the problem.

renard dipped their head in agreement. they would be glad for ursus' help. bodies were bodies wherever they came from – praimfaya's contacts and ursus, so far as they were concerned, would be the same use. if they couldn't be quiet and quick about this – and they couldn't – then numbers was a fair substitution.

otherwise, they were content to let praimfaya lead, eyes sharp and ears forward over the curl of their smile. there was a time where the most talking they did was the taunt before their jaws snapped shut. the court raised its soldiers to listen and to follow orders, its executioner to kill. what was the use of a blade that questioned instead of cutting when you brought it down?