"Do you think my irrational fear and disgust toward him stem from nothing but simple misunderstanding?" She stepped closer, her eyes boring into Leiko's with a terrifying intensity. "If not for the fact that I carried you in my womb all those months, I would have ended your life the exact moment you spoke his name in my presence."
The easy smile vanished from Leiko's lips, replaced by an intensely serious expression. He didn't flinch from her gaze. "But what choices do you have left now, Mother?" he asked, his voice steady despite the pressure. "The current turn of events has backed us into a corner. We are in an undesirable situation, and we need a way out."
"We know now that the Silver Kingdom has the backing of the werewolf godlings who came along with Lunara," Leiko continued, stepping closer to the map. "But we are completely blind to whether Ragnar gained new allies during that wedding, apart from the ones we already knew about."
