Ashes of an Empire

It had gone horribly wrong in the blink of an eye. The Raid Queen got emotional and left, although with what she said Bellamy could hardly blame her. The woman remained quiet, allowing the words to settle over them. At Artorias’ question, Bellamy turned her gaze on the man. “When the Raider saw what happened we expected war over them coming to retrieve his body. We would never deny them the ability to see him, or move him if they had the skill of a healer to ensure his life. We’ve been doing what we can to stabilize him, but considering before things got this bad my daughter had been maimed in an attempt to mediate, we were hesitant to send a wolf to them and potentially make the situation worse.” Yes they had been cautious to protect their own, but when you needed to worry about yet another raid, siege, or full blown war at your doorstep…

“Despite what the raiders think, we do not want Gilgamesh dead. Had he not lunged at my daughter with her back turned, the incident would not have happened and he would have been escorted out of our borders.” Bellamy sighed. “We are doing the best we can with the situation. Every move we’ve made thus far have made things worse, and I know Ethne is not guiltless in all things. There have been mistakes made, and I do not know if things will ever settle between our packs. I can not blame the raiders for their ire, but I can promise that once we can be sure Gilgamesh is stable enough to be moved by our healers we will reach out to them if they have not come for him already. We only want to ensure that he will live.” And as she had said before the pack would not stop the raiders if they came for him. She rose, gaze flicking to her daughter.

“Our pack will stand against the Syndicate as a defense,” She agreed, echoing Haydee’s statement. “After what was done to Beauregard and his family, and how family and friends were threatened, we would be ignorant to ignore the threat.” Her gaze returned to Artorias. “I will leave Haydee here on behalf of our pack, to relay things back to Saga. I have some matters I should attend to.” She dipped her head to the Lord of Cinder. “Farewell, Artorias.” The woman turned, hoping to beat her daughter back to the pack. If the Raiders hadn’t attacked by the time she returned… then she was going to them.

-Exit Bellamy unless stopped.-

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