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It was gratifying when Avicus agreed.  This situation had started when Augur had wrongfully interfered, and more wrongful interference would not resolve a power struggle bound to boil over.  Lilia did not hold Wealda but clearly coveted it; if she would submit to none, then she needed to claim the rank and defend it. 

Masquerade did not argue further, and Redd settled herself back down from where she'd stood.  Her thoughts were known now, but what happened next she would have little part in.  Masquerade would meet with Augur, Avicus with Lilia and Ancelin, and in the end the Rise would be claimed once more.

Pragmatically, Redd saw little to regret in all that was happening.  Even with the inevitable parting with her cousin that was likely to come, she held him no ill will; it was natural for him to support his mate, for them to seek to rise higher than this place would allow.  Just as it was natural for Avicus, mother to all, to refuse to step aside while in her prime.

Nature was not often kind.  It looked after those who respected its many faces.

Three days.  It was a long time to wait, but she knew it would pass quickly.  With no revelations of her own, she lapsed back into silence.