Hello, Chimera Here.

Avantika was in her room when a familiar voice bellowed across the castle. She didn't give herself time to think before running over as fast as she could. No one else in her pack was going to be alone with him. Not if she could possibly avoid it. She was running so fast so that she could be first, but also so that she wouldn't chicken out. She had to show that she was brave enough to help the Hallows, and she had to protect the pack members who didn't know who the monster was.

The king was sprawled out on his side, using a pack as an armrest. For a second, she thought he was injured and wasn't sure how to feel about it, but no, he wasn't. He was just lying on a pack border looking supremely unkingly. Well, he'd never been polite. She walked up to him, trying to hide her nervousness. "Welcome to the Hallows, sir," she said stiffly but politely.

"Speech"