A Queen's Dominance

[I'm not here to pick sides.] I angrily hissed at her, no longer bothering to pretend. [I'm only honouring the will of a friend.]

[Friend?] The queen's tone was full of ridicule. [You are something like a pet, fun for only a while. As soon as he gets bored, he will kill you and offer your body to me.]

[My children could betray, and attack their own queen, in favour of a new one - what makes you think he is any different? What makes you think he will hesitate to kill you?] 

Like the missing piece of a puzzle, it finally fell into place and I understood the nature of her demise. The bloodstained room wasn't something that simply existed as an accident. Her words echoed with a bitterness and loathing that was difficult to ignore and I truly felt sorry for her. 

Unfortunately, we had run out of time.

As if someone had thrown a switch, the entrance to the hidden chamber burst open and the swarm of hostile wasps flooded in.