"Was the King your ancestor?"Sienna asked curiously. She was talking with Tyrell's mother and the Tiger's tribes ancient traditions were irking her sensitive nature.
"Not exactly, but we still appreciate all our ancient Kings. They gave us their lives by protecting our tribe," Ellaine smiled.
"Apart from those poor women who died for their fun."Sienna noted."They had no chance to have children at all, they had no descendants and nobody is proud of them!" she bit her lips. She felt so sorry for women to be exploited like this! She could not imagine how the women would build the whole arena by themselves!" Did those men have two left hands or what? Leave such work to females...?" she thought. If it was up to her she would make it collapse under the Tiger's King's lazy ass...
"You judge too fast, but it is understandable, you are still young."Ellaine smiled softly."Do you not enjoy watching warriors fight in the arena?" she asked curiously.
"Only if they are not forced to do it and they do not kill each other."Sienna nodded."But honestly, sometimes they are too much."
"Even your mates, hm?"Ellaine smiled cheekily.
"Even them. They do not know when to stop."Sienna nodded. "I like to see their fighting technique, not their bones," she added.
"Well, I heard something about that..."Ellaine sighed nodding her head.
"Yes, "Sienna nodded as White Tiger's flesh flashed in her mind..."That was definitely too much!"She gave Ellaine a knowing look."I think men like to fight by nature but females should not be forced to fight if they do not want to. Nobody should be forced into anything!"Sienna summarised it.
"Ahh, how much I missed a young mind in the house."Ellaine smiled cheekily."Well, lucky for you, the female fights are not in our tradition any more from the times of the Crystal Emperor. He changed that..." she sighed, nodding her head.
"How? Tell me more about the Crystal Emperor, please?" Sienna asked extremely interested, but Tyrell's mother shook her head...
"Let's not talk about sad things of the past. You are finally here, so let's celebrate." Ellaine smiled at Sienna but the young Queen noticed the tears in her eyes's corners.
"The Crystal Emperor must be a sad story to her for some reason."Sienna thought and decided to wait. "I will ask her about it again at a better time..." her mind raced.
"So, how do you like your new dresses?" Ellaine asked.
"A lot." Sienna smiled. "You surely worked so hard on them but I don't think I will wear that armoured one."She shook her head."Please if you can put it somewhere to preserve it! To warn the future generations... "Sienna looked at her softly. She could feel the energy from old objects sometimes because she was so sensitive and that armoured dress gave her serious creepers...
"You are right."Ellaine nodded."And this one too," she picked another dress. "It is too small, I made it in case Tyrell picks a girl from our tribe. We never thought he would be King one day."She explained...
"Why? Was he not the strongest tiger as a Lord Protector? "Sienna asked curiously.
"If no female wanted him, there was no point in hoping he would be a King. The King has to have a Queen to ensure the heirs. Our Tyrell would not like girls from our tribe anyway. They all were shushing away from him," Ellaine was chatting quite happily," because of his snake friend...I still don't know how they went on so well together," she shook her head.
"Well, the men are just different."Sienna smiled gently.
"You should not choose them both, but I'm glad you did. I'm happy my Tyrell is alive and well," she kissed Sienna's cheek."Come I will show you our garden."Ellain chirped.
Tyrell's mother took Sienna down the stairs to the back of the house, where a beautiful terrace was leading into a park-like garden. It was actually a huge park where everyone could go, but Ellaine called it her garden...
"Beautiful, is it not?"She smiled at her daughter-in-law."I'm going to prepare a nice lunch for us, so go look around and have a walk, you need to get hungry. Feel free to explore here, our females are lovely, and maybe you can make some friends."Ellaine smiled caringly and chucked Sienna out!
"But I can help you with making the lunch, "Sienna offered sweetly.
"Nonsense, "Tyrell's mother chuckled," we all know that you are forbidden to cook!" she chuckled. "We have a wooden house, you are not going even near the kitchen, dearie. "
"Ok, then," Sienna bit her lips sheepishly and went. Ellaine made her feel like a kid again!
Meanwhile, Tyrell found his father. Tyrion was sparring with his friends. Tyrell had to agree that his father was still at his full strength.
"Here, is my lost son!"Tyrion stopped fighting and came to Tyrel cheekily..."Come fight with us baby King..." he smiled and smashed Tyrell's abs with his fist covered in iron armoured glove...
"Not now father ."Tyrell smiled.."I came to greet you. I left my Queen with Mother, so I should head back."
"Sure...I will come as soon as I finish! I long to have finally lunch with your little Queen..."Tyrion nodded eagerly and then he stopped to think for a second. "I hope you tried that top position as well..." he chuckled at Tyrell fatherly.
"Yes, father. I tried many very good things!"Tyrell's face reddened as a tomato.
"Good, son...so let's hope I will be granddad soon."Tyrion nodded satisfied.
"See you at the lunch, father..."Tyrell bit his lips and turned to go back.
"Hey, where is my greeting?"Tyrion grinned lifting his hand into the air pretending to be upset at his forgetful son.
"I salute you father! May you stay strong and prosperous."Tyrell officially greeted his father...
"You may go, son. Don't let your Queen wait too long!"Tyrion nodded graciously and continued in his training session.
Tyrell smiled under his nose...His father was always cheerful. His mother was always sweet and he was sure they both would love Sienna dearly...He secretly hoped the house tour was over as he walked back.
"King Tyrell, might you help us, please? "His old childhood friends pulled him between themself. They were discussing the new fortifications and they wanted to ask him something so they called him to talk...Tyrell felt so good to be between his people. It was like when he was home again. Sure, the tigers did not talk to him much after he befriended Sharchan, but now he was their King, so it was his responsibility to listen and help his people...
In the beautiful garden park, Sienna took a deep breath. It was indeed lovely and fresh, with colourful leaves on the ground and trees swinging in the soft chilly wind, she felt relaxed and free. She strolled on the stony path enjoying the scenery when she heard the girly chatter. "I will have a look as Ellaine told me."She smiled and walked forward curiously.
The three young pretty tiger females were climbing the trees, they were dressed in light trousers and long shirts with lots of trinkets, which made a jingly noise as they moved. Their hair was styled beautifully in high half buns with flowing tresses, similar to Tyrell's mother's hairstyle.
Sienna noticed that the Tiger females were very strong. They were climbing the trees as fast as acrobats...
"Hi, "Sienna smiled and watched how they swished high in the tree crowns for a moment.
"Come, climb with us, dear Queen."one of them invited her cheerfully. She wore a light pink shirt dress and had sleek black hair styled in a bun.
"No, thank you. I don't want to break my leg."Sienna chuckled.
" Are you so clumsy, dear Queen?" The Tiger female in a yellow silken shirt sat on the wiggly tree branch comfortably and giggled.
"Sometimes..."Sienna nodded relaxedly.
"Shush, Sabie! Did not you hear that our Queen fell from a tree before? For a spider!" another one chuckled. She was dressed in white. She had a white knee-length dress, wide silken trousers and a wide golden belt. Her shiny brown hair was in a styled half-bun and decorated with trinkets same as others.
"Did you know, that before your visit, we had to pick all the big spiders and take them away?" she said to Sienna with pretentious sweetness.
"Aaa, that is so nice of Tyrell," Sienna smiled."Thank you so much for being so helpful..."
"You seem too touchy!" the female in white continued, "Scared of everything! How can you be the Tiger Queen?"
"Well, Tyrell became the King for me," Sienna nodded."He fought really hard for it."She decided to reply even though she saw something was going on with the female in front of her. She could feel the slight animosity seeping from her words.
"Yeeeh! And still, you did not even mate our Tyrell properly..." the female in white chuckled...
"What are you talking about, Tara?" the girl in a light pink shirt tried to shush her.
"Only the truth, Leonie! The big strong eagle saved her! She was not even that hurt, a few days later not even a scar...!" Tara turned to her friend to explain quite loudly for Sienna to hear.
"Did you pretend, then...?"the girl in light pink, Leonie asked Sienna surprised.
"Why would I?"Sienna shook her head." You seem quite freely spoken..."She looked at them a bit surprised at their interrogating questions." But it is fine! You are wild tigresses after all." she smiled gently.
"Well, you should prove to us, that you are worthy to be our Queen!" the female in white, called Tara said satirically.
"I don't need to prove anything to anyone. I'm your King's mate, so I'm your Queen if you like it or not."Sienna furrowed her brows, she did not like the tone she was spoken to. It was getting too much!
"But you will have to earn our respect."Tara grinned.
"That is up to you. I will not force you into anything."Sienna looked at her firmly.
"Then we can just mock you all we want! Are you a weak Queen then?" Tara swished with her head down hanging on the branches as a cheeky monkey.
"Your provocations mean nothing to me, I will still like you the same, as my people. "Sienna shook her head and smiled sweetly. She found this whole conversation ridiculous!
"But what if we don't want you to be our Queen...and kill you, hm? By accident..." Tara swished down and stood in front of Sienna suddenly.
"Then you all will pay!"Sienna said firmly." I will not wish Sarcos's wrath on anyone."Her eyes shone wildly with tiger-like strength.
"Are you hiding behind your Kings," Tara chuckled as Sabie and Leonie watched from the trees a bit unsure about her words.
"Don't try to make enemies, there is no need! I come just to visit here, so why all this?"Sienna asked firmly...they started to take it too far! Sienna was friendly, but not stupid!
"We despise weaklings. We kill the weak."Tara looked at her strongly. She tried to look like a predator and Sienna noticed she wanted to enjoy a fight...
"Really? Hm, we need to change the law then, I will talk to Tyrell about it."Sienna nodded."Thank you for telling me."
"What? "Tara shook her head confused.
"I think I talked with you enough, Tara. Leonie and Sabie, have a lovely day."Sienna glanced at the females in the trees and turned to leave...
"Does really nothing enrage her?" Tara turned to her friends who still sat on the trees and spread her hand theatrically.
"Kind as it says..." they both chuckled a bit surprised at Queen's calm stance but all three of them followed Sienna on the trees. They were trying to enrage her a little and were braved up as they saw her dismiss Tara so easily.
"Well, we understand you don't like to climb, maybe you are too heavy..." Sabie chuckled.
"Your King likes it, so you can call my curves whatever. Still not my problem if you don't like how do I Iook." Sienna shook her shoulders..." These females are so childish..." she thought as she was walking on the way out of the park. The line of the trees was finishing there and she hoped to lose her annoying company."So lovely females indeed, there is no way of making friends at all."She thought a bit satirically of Ellaine's words.
"But you should not be our Queen anyway, you did not pass any tests." Tara frowned.
"That is also not my problem. Talk to Tyrell about it!"Sienna shook her shoulders again and finally left the park.
"Why are you leaving us, dear Queen?"They all called after her mockingly and giggled wildly.
"Because I want to! "Sienna shook her head and left to find Tyrell. He was talking to a group of warriors. He noticed Sienna just coming out of the park, so he left them to hug her waist.
"So, how do you like it here?" He smiled gently at her...
"Not much, you need to change the laws, so they will not kill weak members here."Sienna looked at him seriously...
"This was already cancelled by my great grandfather."Tyrell furrowed his brows.
"Well, then I do not know why that childish female offered to kill me then?"Sienna shook her head to herself...
"What? "Tyrell furrowed his brows.
"By accident!"Sienna grinned satirically."Sorry, my love, I was thinking it is normal here and we have to change the law..." she smiled gently at him.
Sienna watched as Tyrell's expression darkened. He felt as if he would go kill his entire tribe! He hugged Sienna tight and kissed her forehead. Then he grabbed her hand and turned to his warriors.
"Gather all the people..." he ordered them. "Find out who breached the Sarcos's law," he ordered firmly.
"What is going on?"Sienna watched with furrowed brows as suddenly all mayhem broke out around them! People were running and shouting in anguish!
"You did not need to do this!"Sienna stayed pale as she started to realize it was all because of her.
"It is the law! Sarcos decided. Threaten you to kill you is an act of grave treason..."Tyrell said to her seriously.
Sienna touched her mouth," I should rather not tell him this! Well, I wanted them to stop killing the weak! What now...?"Sienna thought as she looked at Tyrell in awe.