Altar of Twilight a bitter pill to swallow

I can only imagine that the kings mate found him charming...and the king, being the ruler that he is, was not fond of having such a lowly creature take his partner and sought to have him beheaded... Am I right? Belharra considered this for a moment, before owlishly blinking in response. "Wot? No. This isn't some fairy-tale story, lassie." Belharra admonished, clearing her throat to continue..

Her eyes caught movement ahead. Story time was over. She thought maybe a fisher, otter, or marten. Something long and languid. "Hey! Hol' up. Isn't it some sort of cosmic crime to eat your own species?" She joked, easing into a gallop behind the woman.