Moonsong Glacier Lost in the Shadows

Alaric watched with fascinstion as the other hid his baubles so effortlessly. He grinned. Perhaps he would find such hiding place on the spear.

A grave nod. A pinched brow. I did I'm sorry you had to take up a mantle that wasn't yours. But you are doing well. She is young and headstrong. Hopefully, she will learn and do better.

It had been a cruelty fo Ariadne to drop her mantle and force others to take it up. And it showed a youthfulness and an arrogance Alaric didn't care for. Despite how she felt, she had a responsibility to her wolves. And she had failed.