ZINA
"Listen to me now and listen very carefully…." He spoke slowly. He didn't speak exactly carefully, but not without restraint either.
"Should I ever have cause to leave, whether it be for battle or for the sake of diplomacy, you will be the one to hold the reins. Not my Beta or my Delta, not my Gamma or my Enforcer, not even my Theta, Zina. No, it will be you, the Luna Queen."
Zina gulped, and then swallowed nothing.
"I…I… I mean, why… Why does it have to be the Luna Queen? I mean, can't the Luna Queen accompany you wherever you are going to? Whether it be war or for diplomacy? Must she be left behind?"
Her words were in fact a desperate plea. But it came out otherwise sounding like a bumbling mess. She wondered if Daemon could hear her plea, but for all she cared, the sound of beads smashing against each other on the Abacus strings might prevent her plea from reaching him.
