Maeve is queen-no, was queen-of the viper shifters.
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Twenty-three year old Maeve Silverbone is the next royal in line for the serpent throne. She's relentless, a perfect tracker, and one of the top warriors in her division; essential qualities to...
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"I swear to the mother above," she hissed, trying to control the temper of her voice, "I will absolutely—"
"Yeah yeah," Maeve dismissed with a wave of her good hand, "Kill me, hang me, erase my existence from the world. I get it, I truly do." She pushed past her, grabbing an apple off the counter and turning to lean against it. "So much anger towards a rival." She took a bite out of the apple as Ryu's mouth twisted into a sneer. "However, do enlighten me dear Ryu, what exactly did I do to enrage you so much?"
Ryu laughed coldly. "For starters, you disobeyed direct orders from the kin—"
"May I remind you Ryu Lennox that I am a queen myself." Maeve's eyes were wreathed in flames. "Hence, it is against my ideals to kneel to a king who wears a crown studded with every life he's taken. Especially, when he's taken many of my own people's lives."
Ryu stood still in the middle of the room. "You've taken many of our lives too," she said after a moment. "More than you would ever know, Silverbone. You've taken the lives of the people who meant a great deal to all of us."
Maeve racked her brain to think of anyone who she had killed that fit the description. She came up empty handed. "Like who?" she asked. "I'm a soldier, Lennox. I'm no assassin. I take out armies, I don't do targeted kills."
Alright, that was a lie, but still, she didn't take out too many people during her time as an assassin.
"The former rulers of Fengari. Drayce's parents. You killed them. Six years ago."
Maeve stopped breathing.
What. The. Hell.
She grabbed Ryu's arm before she could leave the room. "That's quite an accusation, Lennox." The underlying snarl caused Ryu to bare her fangs dripping with a poison that she could smell. It was a sweet smell tickling her nose as she stared into those deep brown eyes. "I hope you have evidence to support that preposterous claim."
