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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❛ Never fear the shadows, for they are a part of you. Dark parts of the past that carry what is due. ❜
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She started at Visha and Axar eating like they'd never had a Raskinian delicacy before. Maeve had taken them to the most modest restaurant she could remember. The fancier ones had notorious reputations for hosting black market dealers. And while she'd love to take them there, someone recognizing her would be too much of a hassle for her to clean up.
No loose ends. That was the key rule for surviving in the underground rings.
"Why does the royal palace not serve this?" Her general questioned with admiration. "I'd eat this everyday for every meal."
"It's a Cloudscale Wafer. It's a dessert, not a meal, Visha," she replied, rolling her eyes, "you'd get diabetes or something if you eat it too much." Cloudscale Wafers were wafer sandwiches with pudding in the middle. It had a cloud-like texture and while many people loved it, the foamy texture made her gag.
"Well, thank the gods I'm not—"
"What's diabetes?"
Maeve and Visha looked at Axar as if he'd grown a second head. Had he never gone to the...that's impossible though, royals go wreck havoc in the mortal realm in their free time.
"Uh, have you gone to the human world?" Visha asked testily. While it was known royals did that, no one plainly admitted it of course.
"...Is that a trick question? I thought there were sanctions against it," Axar answered.
"Well," Maeve trailed off, "there are. But only if you're good enough to follow them."
He was quiet. "The Ring of Fangs specifically enforced the sanctions with patrol guards around the gateways. There's no way anyone could go through them undetected. So how...?"
Her general smirked, stuffing another Cloudscale Wafer in her mouth. The pudding filling inside of it dripped onto the table and she swiped it off with her pinkie before licking that too. "Who said the gateways the Ring guards are the only getaways around, hm? There are so many of them, Nicolai, only if you're willing to look."
