Alyssa made her way between the dunes, leaving behind the impressive sight of Melbourne Castle. Navigating the pitfalls of social interaction between werewolves and “strangers” without Eagene’s presence turned out to be more arduous than their headlong flight from elven lands.
Melbourne’s subjects acted the part of helpful, submissive servants in the presence of their master, but that stopped the second he left.
They were not outright confrontational, just passive aggressive and conniving, undermining her authority and making things go awry to cast her in a less than favorable light with the larger community in an attempt to alter Melbourne’s view of her.
With him gone for a month, the situation has become even tenser, balancing on a knife’s edge. Most of it originated with Sylbia, th
