something better than in the middle

She watched politely as the young man showed a bit of trepidation before explaining that he and his bird were indeed the source of the voices. He mentioned his companion getting trapped and Belle was sure that she would do the same for one of her companions were they to get stuck, but from the exchange between the two she couldn’t help but grin.

The Empress chuckled at his joke as well as the distant voice that emerged from the cave moments afterwards. ”Sounds ungrateful, maybe you should.” She prompted amusedly before he introduced himself. She wasn’t familiar with his name and she’d only heard of the pack he was from. For a moment she debated about using her alias, sometimes wolves changed around her after learning her position.

”Deathbelle Klein, Empress of the Ashen Empire.” She decided she wanted to be honest with the so far easygoing man. ”If you’d like, I’d offer my help in releasing your friend.” She added graciously, curious about the spitfire that was trapped in the mine.