~ TARKYN ~
Elreth's head whipped around to look at him, but she didn't pull out of his grip. He turned to meet her eyes, giving the wolf a moment to breathe. And meeting the disapproval of his Queen.
"Please," he said quietly, calmly. "Trust me."
Elreth stared at him and Tarkyn waited.
He remembered a conversation with Behryn after the war with the humans. Behryn was the former King, Elreth's father's, best friend. He'd been Second only to the King, and an intimate of the entire family. And he was the former Captain of the Guard.
After the war with the humans Tarkyn had sought him out for wisdom on how to handle Elreth's somewhat erratic instructions in the wake of war.
Behryn had told him that Elreth reminded him more and more of Aymora—her adoptive Grandmother.
