All is fair in love and war
bloodshed in velvet shades
as battles burn, but one remains
they call her Queen of Blades
”There is a blade to their throat, Remi, if not mine then someone else’s. Do you truly think Ludo has put all their eggs in one basket?” she said, eyes narrowing, not backing down as the man loomed over her. She didn’t know if Ludo had or had not, but a trickster god likely wasn’t one for such oversight. As youthful as they were, Ludo was ancient by human standards and in those years she was certain they had learned to see around corners. ”I threatened him rightfully, Amalia, there is a true threat against him and his creed, given by the gods you hold so dear. And as far as Wessex goes, she has already threatened to kill my boys once, I doubt she will stay her hand now.” she said to the baker, not backing down from her stance.
”The Ascended will not be harmed, but the Accepted will? The Abandoned and Attuned? Your own husband suffers because of some blight that the Voice sent the Ascended to meddle in and you are concerned for their welfare?” Roana questioned, glaring back at Remi. ”And what about when she strikes again against those who do not follow her? Who will suffer then? Will it be my boys? Aoife?” she said with a huff, turning her gaze back to Amalia.
”I asked Ludo if there were other ways. The only one they had not considered was the Ascended begging the Voice to make peace with the Old Gods. All of the other ways have been tried and failed. I asked them and they have said this same thing to others before me.” she said, her glare fixed on the baker. ”I don’t like it any more than either of you do, but I am clearly the only one with the shoulders broad enough to bear it. So unless you think you can come up with something that an immortal god who has had centuries to ponder over can’t think up I don’t want to hear the whining about right and wrong or better or worse. I said I would do what I had to to fix what I caused by helping unleash the Voice upon Caido again and this is apparently the only way.”
”The Ascended will not be harmed, but the Accepted will? The Abandoned and Attuned? Your own husband suffers because of some blight that the Voice sent the Ascended to meddle in and you are concerned for their welfare?” Roana questioned, glaring back at Remi. ”And what about when she strikes again against those who do not follow her? Who will suffer then? Will it be my boys? Aoife?” she said with a huff, turning her gaze back to Amalia.
”I asked Ludo if there were other ways. The only one they had not considered was the Ascended begging the Voice to make peace with the Old Gods. All of the other ways have been tried and failed. I asked them and they have said this same thing to others before me.” she said, her glare fixed on the baker. ”I don’t like it any more than either of you do, but I am clearly the only one with the shoulders broad enough to bear it. So unless you think you can come up with something that an immortal god who has had centuries to ponder over can’t think up I don’t want to hear the whining about right and wrong or better or worse. I said I would do what I had to to fix what I caused by helping unleash the Voice upon Caido again and this is apparently the only way.”
ROANA
