Lucy now sat alone staring blankly, deep in thought.
Just outside spring-crest pond, those who had vanished from Lucy's presence, reappeared and looked back at where they came from.
"What do you think?" Lusa asked and there was a sigh just beside her.
"Her? She seems exactly like I imagined her." Kylna answered.
"It's weird, I'd say. Even amongst us, we are weary of her. Her name makes my hair stand." Xier chuckled.
"Is this the effect you hoped for Matriarch? We have seen her and we are even more weary of her." Vion asked and the grand dowager empress chuckled.
"You don't understand. The trait of the direct blood line is loyalty. History has proven that the direct bloodline always have the rest of the linage in mind. Why? Only she can tell you that. But things have escalated to anot
