I SHALL SING YOU THE SWEETEST DREAM

Vi had told none of her plans, had told none of her desires to see the destruction of Valhalla. She had expected to face their queen and their numbers alone and yet... So many had come to witness her victory, so many had confidently stood behind her and watched the battle as Erani had ripped into her flesh. Numbers from her own pack and allied packs had slithered in to watch. She had been touched, Sibelle had even been there though her own pack had been challenged for in the meantime... How had the woman fared? Was there a daemon breathing down their neck now, a new queen leading Arcanum? Vi did no know, she would have to send a runner to check soon as she did not feel well enough to go even that short distance alone.

Desiree's words would pull her back to the present, demand her attention as she spoke. The Tortugan queen? Ah yes, Vi had just spoken if that hadn't she? Why did her mind feel so cloudy and unfocused... "I told her after she ripped her punishment from my flesh. Maybe one day we can call for diplomacy from her but for now I believe not. I should like to leave her, she is a relative of Sibelle and most of Glaciem, I don't wish to start that war... Yet..." There was a promise there. If it killed her Vi would either possess Tortuga or become it's ally. But that was in the future, for now she needed to rest and heal. "All will be fine with time my love..." Another promise. Vi didn't want to see Desiree's beautiful form sullied by war or battle...

And then all the nice things came crashing down around her and a I would sigh as Desiree asked of her choice to place Crucifix in charge in her absence. She would simply nod along to this statement, she could give a million excuses, some valid and some not but in the end... She didn't want to... Had they gotten closer? A great ruler? "The pack has seemed to flourish in my absense... But then again you also are a great ruler. I will be taking back my post either way and he will be returning to his old one..." She was buying time wasn't she? She didn't know... But all too easily the truth would come. "I love him... Like I love Sibelle or Scorpion... I feel protective and possessive of them all the time and I trust them unconditionally. It's nothing like the way I feel about you." She would watch Desiree, gague her reaction. It was the majority of the truth after all... Wasn't it?