Animals were loyal? “As long as you continue to be the one who feeds them.” She said, eyes down casted as she thought, not in weakness. “But someone comes in to feed them in your place. Or with a preferred meal… how those loyalties shift.” Was she talking about the animals? Or the human beasts?

Ish brought them back to what had been the problem to begin with, her hazels flashing up to his face. Her voice low, as she put up a shield around them, forcing the humming louder so no prying ears could overhear her. “I trust you will ensure she will be safe. Always. In any of my absences, you will ensure our daughter climbs to the top. However she needs to, with teeth and claws, whatever she has to do.” Her eldest son had already done well, proving him offspring from Hiram himself.