All is fair in love and war
bloodshed in velvet shades
as battles burn, but one remains
they call her Queen of Blades
Roana was shoved back against the wall, her glare turning onto Remi. Only her training and reflex alone had one hand lifted, guarding the front of her throat from his talons as he pinned her there. Of course, with talons like those, suffocating wasn’t really her biggest concern. ”What the hell is wrong with you, Remi? Are you blighted now too?” she said, anger coloring her tone. What had gotten into him? Where had this anger come from?
”Well I don’t. She threatened the safety of my children to get my sword, and it was all I could do to get it back. You knew I was trying to protect my children and you told the only person who has ever directly threatened them.” she hissed at Amalia, frankly much more angry about that than anything else. Her boys were her world, and now they were in even more danger than they were before. But she was still stuck in Remi’s hold which was problematic. She shoved her palm forward to strike with an open hand at his elbow, shoving her weight up and to the side to try and roll his hand away. He was a much bigger person than her though, so she could only hope that his own inexperience as a fighter by comparison to her would give her a slight edge.
”Well unfortunately they are being used to do the Voice’s bidding and clearly none of them have gone to the Voice to get her to relent, or else they’ve been unsuccessful. It isn’t mine or any one else’s fault she is using them but that’s part of the consequence.” she said her voice constricted from the pressure on her neck. ”Safrin is blighted and doesn’t get on with me. Phoebe told me Frey simply doesn’t care about wars and power struggles enough to help me. And I am pretty sure, again, in their infinite years, the gods have tried everything else.” she huffed, growing increasingly aggravated, glaring at Remi again.
”Go ahead then, Remi. Kill me to save the Ascended, just as I would kill the Ascended to save everyone else. Your act of murder is no more righteous than mine.” she said in a near growl.
”Well I don’t. She threatened the safety of my children to get my sword, and it was all I could do to get it back. You knew I was trying to protect my children and you told the only person who has ever directly threatened them.” she hissed at Amalia, frankly much more angry about that than anything else. Her boys were her world, and now they were in even more danger than they were before. But she was still stuck in Remi’s hold which was problematic. She shoved her palm forward to strike with an open hand at his elbow, shoving her weight up and to the side to try and roll his hand away. He was a much bigger person than her though, so she could only hope that his own inexperience as a fighter by comparison to her would give her a slight edge.
”Well unfortunately they are being used to do the Voice’s bidding and clearly none of them have gone to the Voice to get her to relent, or else they’ve been unsuccessful. It isn’t mine or any one else’s fault she is using them but that’s part of the consequence.” she said her voice constricted from the pressure on her neck. ”Safrin is blighted and doesn’t get on with me. Phoebe told me Frey simply doesn’t care about wars and power struggles enough to help me. And I am pretty sure, again, in their infinite years, the gods have tried everything else.” she huffed, growing increasingly aggravated, glaring at Remi again.
”Go ahead then, Remi. Kill me to save the Ascended, just as I would kill the Ascended to save everyone else. Your act of murder is no more righteous than mine.” she said in a near growl.
ROANA
