Wren didn't take long. She entered shortly after the kiss, raising a fist to her chest to salute Odina as she would she Chieftess, before moving further into the room, eyes tactically assessing the atmosphere to know whether the mace on her back would be needed.

Odina rose, as Sigyn and Wren entered, "Thank you both for coming some quickly but time is of the essence and I want you both a head of what the King is doing...what he is having me do," Odina nervously picked and gouged at the ends of her nail beds, "the daughters of Cambria will begin etiquette training in Skia beginning at the age of six and ending at twelve. All girls currently within this range will be taken to schools set up by the coin of the throne to receive a proper Nevermerean education. When they return to Cambria, if they so choose to, they will enter a military training program here. If they choose to remain in Skia, they will be trained there. This is the announcement he wishes me to make..."

Wren didn’t hide the disgust from her face. She knew this day was coming. Nevermere wanted them as their conquest, not as their ally. They wanted Cambria to become Nevermere. Isolde had said it all along.

Her eyes cut to Sigyn, and the other woman surely saw the fire in Wren’s gaze. She returned her attention to Odina.

“You intend to say these things? To demand this of our children?” In Wren’s eyes, it was an opportunity for Odina to either be loyal or not.

Odina didn't take her eyes off of Wren, "Should I sacrifice my own two daughters back in Nevermere?" Wren didn't seem to understand Odina had them to lose should she go against her nephew, "But if I side with him I would be damned here and so would P'ol, I would lose what little trust I have gained with Cambria...What is my solution? Can we stand on our own against them? I'm here with the two of you seeking some guidance....We are literally on borrowed time, he wants the announcement made now."

Wren didn’t know Odina had left children in Nevermere. Why? They were already in enemy hands, it seemed, and at their mother’s bidding? Was she even the Cambrian loyalist she claimed to be? Wren said nothing. She had nothing to say.

Sigyn spoke, but the Valkyrie remained quiet. Her face betrayed how disturbed she was.

Odina glared at the silence of Wren, "You are such a inspiration Wren, standing silent and doing nothing, you can go since standing on the sidelines is your thing," and Odina would turn her full attention to Sigyn, "Gather the elders and we shall take this before Cassian."