Chapter 22: Arc 2, Qarth

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Rhaenys Blackfyre(One day later)

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Rhaenys looked out over the rows of tents that were surrounded the City of Qarth. On the tents stood two banners, the most belonged to the Brotherhood of the Old Gods, and the lesser belonged to the Company of the Rose. Since Jon One-Eye joined their siege everything moved faster than it would have with just the 5000 thousand men from the Brotherhood. Now they stand at 6500.

And from what their spy inside the city said was to be true, Qarth only had 2485 men able to defend the city. So if they wanted to they could swarm the city, and with their Unsullied being trained by the Masters of Astapor, being trained in the way of Old Valyria, and being trained in the way the Locksteps were trained, the city would fall within seconds.

But that wasn't the plan. The plan is one of fear and conquest. But also showing the people of the cities of Qarth, Astapor, Yunkai, Meereen, and all the other cities, that they mean something to them. To show them that their feelings mean something to them.

Rhaenys was taken from her thoughts by the two roars that came from behind her. She looked back to see that Līāna, and Tegon just woke from there sleep. She smiled as she watched as her dragon joined the two bigger ones. Raraxes got onto her back legs and flapped her wings and started to bob her head back and forth, all the well opening and closing her mouth.

Both older dragons watched this, both of them just stared at her dragon. Within three minutes both dragons moved. Līāna stood to her full height and flapped her wings, and jumped into the air. Tegon on the other hand, literally rolled his reptilian eyes, and blow smoke at the small dragon.

She laughed as the dragons interacted. Even though the dragons were a huge mass of destruction, they could both be cute and adorable. She watched as Tegon jumped into the air and both Tegon, and Līāna flew over to the ocean. When they were just tiny dots to her eyes, she watched as they both dived into the ocean, looking for food.

Rhaenys shook her head and started walking towards the gates of the city. The closer she got, the more of the men followed her. She stopped when she was only about 50ft away from the gates. She looked up to see that there were archers aiming their arrows towards her.

She cleared her throat and spoke loudly, so that the men on the walls could hear her, "My name is Rhaenys Blackfyre, the one incharge of the small army besieging your city. I wish to speak with the Thirteen." No-one moved, she rolled her eyes and said, "I promise we won't attack." Still no movement until one of the men on the wall turned around and spoke to whom was behind him.

She watched as more of her men moved to stand behind her. To her left was Black Snake, wielding his valyrian steel spear, and valyrian steel shield. To her right was Jon One-Eye, wielding his longaxe. Behind them were 6400 men, leaving only 100 behind to guard the tents. And behind all of them were two of the 'Three Dragons of the Old Gods', in both of there mouths were a large whale.

Rhaenys smiled as the gates opened to see soldiers moving out, she counted 500, behind them came the thirteen. The men moved to the side allowing the Thirteen to stand in front. Leading them was a man with a nose covered in jewels. The man in front went to speak but Rhaenys spoke first.

"Surrender, and you'll live. And if you don't." She shrugged, "I will let you be for a fortnight." She smiled, "That is if the people don't rebel. And you live long enough." She went to leave but was stopped when the man in front spoke.

"Princess Rhaenys," She turned around, "The other members of the Thirteen and I would like to invite you, to have a meat with us." The make spoke with a smile.

She shook her head, "I refuse." and left.

When she returned to her tent she took of the armor she was wearing. But when her hand touched the handle of the shortsword she withdrew it from its sheath. The sword was a gift from Jon, just like the armor she was wearing. But the sword was much more. The blade was a pure black valyrian steel, with dark grey ripples. The handle was red, with a red dragon head pommel, and amethysts for eyes. The whole blade was a sigil of her house.

She smiled at what she named her blade, Redfyre. The blade was made for her hands and even if she didn't know how to wield it, she knew that she would be a threat with this blade. But not knowing how to use it wouldn't be a problem. Soon she will be taught by Black Snake on how to wield a shortsword.

Rhaenys saw the flaps of her tent open. She went to yell at the fool, but was stopped when she saw the greying face of Ser Alliser.

The knight bowed his head, and spoke, "I apologize for barging in Princess. But we got a raven form Mance."

She nodded, "It is okay, Ser Alliser." She smiled at him. He nodded, and she spoke again, "What does the scroll say, Ser Alliser?"

Alliser opened the scroll, and read its contents.

"Princess Rhaenys,

When you have accomplished for taking Qarth. I would like you to go to Qohor.

Both Lorath and Qohor has denied to bend, and will now know what will happen when they don't listen to the dragon. Our spies in Lorath has said that the city is ready for war, and has harvested all the food it could get.

Our spies in Qohor has said that the leading group thinks that their invincible, and with their black goat god, will not burn. We say otherwise. Use 'Plan C' for taking the city.

When your done move to the Bone Mountains. Jon has found something that will be a huge advantage for the Battle of the Dawn.

Mance Rayder, Second in Command, and Master of Whispers."

She nodded, "Send the response, that it will be done."

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Alliser Thorne(7dayslater)

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Alliser stood to the right of Princess Rhaenys, as she spoke with the other captains. On the other side stood Black Snake, with his spear and shield ready if they were attacked. Alliser personally had his sword, 'Oath', a Valyrian Steel long sword, of smoky grey, the handle was a black leather, and the pommel was a miniature blade the length of a hand. But what they did have of the same was the armor and cape.

The cape and armour of the 'King-Emperor's Personal Guards'. They wear different armour than everyone else. Being completely black, with spiked gauntlets, and a jet black cape. There armour is made of a mixture of Valyrian Steel and normal steel. But the most notable difference is the dragon and the wolf on the cape. The symbol of the King-Emperor Daeron Targaryen.

Alliser was taken from his thoughts by the Princess looking towards him. Alliser bowed his head, "Pardon Princess, May you repeat what you said."

A tiny smile grew onto the princess's face, "Our friends, and I were wondering if you might know what the dragons are doing. They have been more active than they normally are. And they are acting more aggressive."

He knew what she meant. Both Tegon, and Raraxes were snapping at whom very got close to Līāna. But most noticeably is that Līāna hasn't left to go get food, nor fly. The dragon has stayed grounded for the last 3 days. But that is the only thing, four days ago they were all active and singing songs with light roars. Alliser knew what that meant. He has noticed it when both princess Arianne, and Lady Joeanna we're pregnant with both Jason and Aliandra.

"Sorry Princess, but the only one that I know is when they were active." He smiled, "I remember a time when the dragons were like that, was when Princess Arianne, and Lady Joeanna were pregnant."

The Princess's eyes widened. It didn't last long, until the Princess started to laugh, "Why didn't I remember that." She looked to him and smiled, "Who do you think is the lucky one, Ser Alliser?"

Alliser looked towards the other captains, and saw that they were as well wondering the same. He looked back to Rhaenys, "I believe it would be a northern lady, Princess."

She nodded thinking the same thing, "I believe that as well Ser Alliser." Alliser nodded. The Princess looked back to the Captains and went to speak but was stopped by a Jon One-Eye entering the tent with a scroll.

"A raven form YiTi, Princess." The man handed the scroll to the closest captain. The captain then pasted it to Rhaenys.

Rhaenys opened the scroll and read the contents. When she looked to be done, Alliser saw a smile grow onto her face. He was the only one, all the captains saw this. She looked up and read the contents out loud.

'To Princess Rhaenys Blackfyre,

The King-Emperor has asked us to help in the conquest of Essos and later Westeros and East of Essos. I have sent 1500 Shis and 1500 Samurais. They will be under the command of my trusted Commanders, Li Xinge of the Shis, and Kaname Saito of The Samurais. They will listen to you and do as you ask. When you get this raven they should be two days out.

I also send a new substance some of my explorers found. A substance that when lit, it explodes. I send it to you, to give it to King-Emperor can do as he wishes with it.

May your battles be victorious, and your enemies fall.

God-Empress, Chang Co'

When Princess Rhaenys finished reading the tent was filled with complete silence. A silence soon broken by a dozen full belly laughter. Alliser just shook his head, at what the princess just read.

The laughter slowly fell to silence again. Rhaenys spoke then, "So that puts us up to 9500 men strong." She shook her head, "I pity the thirteen now. Soon they will be surrounded and have no were else to go."

More laughter grew, and soon the meeting was over leaving Alliser, Black Snake, and the Princess alone in the tent.

Alliser looked to the Princess and saw that she was looking at her lap. Alliser looked to his fellow Commander and saw that he noticed as well. In that moment the Commanders had a conversation and soon Black Snake spoke.

"Princess," Rhaenys looked up to the Unsullied, "You seem down."

Rhaenys looked to her lap, and exiled a breath, "I'm just thinking about things."

Alliser spoke, "What would those things be Princess." She looked to him, "You can trust us, Rhaenys. We have sworn to keep your console, and keep your secrets."

Rhaenys nodded and looked to her lap, "I'm thinking about the dragons behavior. And how their acting more aggressive." Alliser nodded, "You said that when Ari, and Joeanna we're pregnant, they were active and joyful."

Alliser nodded, "Aye Princess."

"But now both Tegon, and Raraxes are being protective of Līāna." She looked up to him, "If what I believe is happening with Līāna is truly happening. I want you are at least a dozen guards protecting her."

Alliser looked up to Black Snake, and saw that he was equally confused, "What do you believe is happening, Princess?"

"I believe we are going to have our very first dragon egg, Ser Alliser." Rhaenys spoke confidently.

Allisers eyes widened. It made complete sense now. The over protectiveness of the other dragons. And the amount of food she ate, and how half the time she was on the ground and not in the air.

But then it hit him. The dragons are able to lay more eggs. A smile grew onto his face, he looked over to the Princess and spoke, "We should probably send a raven to His Grace, and Mance, Princess."

She nodded, "We should indeed do that Ser Alliser. But there is no to send Jon." SHe looked to him with a smile, "He already knows." Aliser looked to her, with a questioning look. She shook her head with a small snort, "Have you ever heard of Wargs, or more commonly known as Skinchangers."

When Alliser heard the word Warg. he almost groaned at how stupid he was being. His Grace had the blood of the First Men, and the Blood of the Valyrians.

The Princess giggled and continued, "Jon has two of the greatest and most powerful blood flowing through his veins. Why wouldn't he know how to Warg. I also believe he is one of the strongest Wargs in the History of Westeros… only being bitten by the Raven, and the Raven's heir."

Alliser nodded. He looked to the flaps of the tents and saw that the sun was going to set soon. She looked to Black Snake, and he nodded, "It's time for training, Princess." The Unsullied spoke.

And just like that Princess Rhaenys stood to her feet and started walking towards the entrance of the tent. She looked back to them and spoke, "Aren't you coming?"

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And just like the raven said. In two days the men from YiTi joined the Brotherhood under the besieging of Qarth. Making the besiegement 9500 strong.

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Li Xinge

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Li Xinge entered the commanding tent of the Brotherhood. Looking to see he was the last one to enter. He looked to find his fellow Yitish captains, and commander. When he found them he walked over to join them. When he stood beside his fellow commander he took the time to look at the captains and commanders of the Brotherhood.

In the center of them was a short woman wear red and black armour, with a red cape with a black dragon, with a shortsword on her left hip. Her skin was a light brown, and had hair of golden-blonde. But the most noticeable difference was a mix of purple and violet eyes. In an instant he knew this was the Princess Rhaenys. And the rumors were not wrong, she was indeed a beauty, and had her own dragon.

To her left was a greying man with black eyes, and grey and black hair. Wearing completely black armour, with a just as black cape, with a red three-headed dragon on it. The head looked to be chasing a white wolf, whom was chasing the tail of the red dragon. On the man's left hip was a longsword. Just form the looks Li, took a guess and said this was Ser Alliser Thorne.

To the man's left was a man with tan skin, and hair going to his shoulders, in his hair were a mix of jewels, and other weird stuff Li, has never laid his eyes on in his left. The man bad a red band holding his hair out of his face. The man had dark brown eyes, which were almost black. The man was wearing light steel armour, with two swords at his hips. Li took a closer look at the man saw a black mark under his left eye. The mark was a 'JW'. Li knew whom this man was. The man was a vetern captain of dozens sea battles, and has became the Commander of Ships to the greatest Company the world has ever seen since Bittersteel and his Golden Company. The man was Commander-Captain Jack Worraps.

Li looked to the right of the Princess and saw a dark skinned man, with little to no hair, but should be a blonde. The man had green eyes, and a straight as all seven hell face, he looked like he wouldn't take shit. The man was wearing a lighter version of Ser Alliser's armour, but sticking with the same colors, and cape. In his right hand was a Valyrian Steel Spear, and in his left was a Valyrian Steel shield. Li knew that this man was an Unsullied, and whom he was. The man was Black Snake.

To Black Snake's right was an older looking man, with white hair, and beard. The man had one visible blue eyes, and the other had an eye patch over it. The man's face were covered in light scars. The scared man was wearing steel armour, and had a long axe in his hand. Behind this man was a man carrying a banner of blue background, with a darker blue rose. He knew what flower that was, the flower was the winter rose, of the North of Westeros.

Li was taken from his thoughts by the Princess speaking. He looked towards her, giving her his full attention.

"Commanders Li Xinge, and Kaname Shaito, and your choosing captains. I welcome you into the camp of the Brotherhood of the Old Gods, and the Company of the Rose." She smiled, "We thank you for coming to our, 'so needed help'." Light laughter broke out from both sides of the tents, "Now let's have a proper welcome." She bowed her head, "I am Princess Rhaenys Blackfyre," he stood to her full height and raised her left hand, "To my left we have Ser Alliser Thorne, Commander of Defences. To his left is Jack Worraps, the Commander of Ships." Both men bowed their heads, and the princess raised her right hand, and named to the other two, "To my right we have Blck Snake, Commander of Spearmen, and Unsullied. To his right is Jon One-Eye, of the Company of the Rose." she then named off the captains.

Both Kaname and Li nodded, and named their captains. When they were done, some of the men of the Brotherhood entered, some carrying wine and ale, and the others carrying horns. When everyone had their horns, some taking the wine and others taking ale.

The YiTi captains and commanders trusting their ally slowly taken sips of the drinks. When Li drank his wine his eyes widened at the flavour. He took the horn from his lips, and looked at the contents inside.

"What some of you just drank was a new wine, our winemakers have found." she smiled, "I would love to tell you what the ingredients, but sadly the makers don't want anyone to know what it is." Li nodded, taking another sip of the wine. And when he looked back up to the Princess, and saw the look on her face. She was completely serious.

"Now back to the reason we are here." slowly everyone looked to her, "The Plan to take Qarth is as i will say. You will follow it down to the bones" everyone nodded, and she continued, "We will not be using the dragons for taking the city." everyone nodded in understanding, "No smallfolk will be harmed. We are here to kill the Thirteen, the Pureblood, and their Warlocks. When that is complete some of the men will hand out food to the smallfolk. And when that is done we will leave 600 men to guard the city and we will decide on whom will lead the city. The person will have to be a man born, raised and lived in Qarth their whole life." Everyone nodding.

A small grin grew onto the Princess's face, "Now here's the plan. And I have someone for you to meet. Someone with great power, and great wisdom."

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Xaro Xhoan Daxos

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Xano stood at the window for his room, and watched as the men of the Brotherhood swarmed the city. Not harming a single innocent and killing all the soldiers of Qarth. He closed his eyes, thinking about how his life will end. Will be be hanged, or will he be beheaded. And will he have his last say.

When he heard yelling from the other side of his door. He knew his end was coming, and it was coming fast. When his door opened, he looked back to it and saw a Qartheen guard standing there with a blade going through his chest, and head. The body fell forward to show a man wearing armour he has never seen before.

Slowly men wearing armour of the Brotherhood entered, with spears and swords. The man entered the room, well cleaning his blades with a cloth. The man spoke, with a YiTish accent, "Xaro Xhoan Daxos. You are to come with us you the Tower of the Undying. There you will meet the Purebloods, the other Thirteen and the Warlocks." he finished cleaning his blades, "That is if you come peacefully."

Xano looked around him and saw that he was surrounded. He looked back to the man, and nodded. The man smiled, and motioned for him to be taken, "Thank you. You made this boring and a waste of time."

Xano then felt something hit the back of his head, and finally saw blackness.

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When Xano woke up, he saw that it was a moon was out, he looked around and saw that he was indeed, in front of the Tower of the Undying. Beside him were the other Thirteen, the Purebloods, and some of the Warlocks, all of them well awake. In front of him were the three dragons, the Princess, and most of the men from the Brotherhood, and YiTi. But what stood out the most were the two figures wearing a long black cloak. Behind him were the people of Qarth.

When he heard noises coming from the Tower, he looked and saw more Warlocks, being dragged out of the tower, some by chains, and some just being led out. Leading them was the man that he met earlier, and another man, carrying a skinny blade.

The Warlocks were lead and then forced to their knees beside him.

When the Princess spoke, everyone looked towards her, "Is that all of them, Commander Saito?"

The man he met earlier nodded, "Yes Princess that is all of them." He walked to stand beside some of the men.

The Princess looked at all of them, "I count one Warlock missing." She looked to her left, an Unsullied, "Don't you think so, Black Snake." The man nodded.

"The tall bald man, with blue lips, Princess." Black Snake spoke.

Xano looked around and saw that Pyat wasn't with them. A smile was slowly growing on his face, but it was broken when the said man came out of the Tower, with a look of complete rage. He was also yelling.

"You!!" pointing to the figure of black, "Why are you here!! You are supposed to be dead! You are supposed to be a dying corpses in the Red Waste! You were supposed to…" he couldn't finish because the soldiers were on him and putting chains on his wrists, and neck, "Get off," he was dragged in the line, "Do you know who that is!" No one spoke. He went to continue but he was stopped by a beautiful voice.

"Shut up, you corpse." Xano looked towards the figure and saw that gloved clad hands were reaching for the hood of the cloak, "They know of whom I am. And they know what I am." Slowly the hood fell to show a white hair slowly falling to stop at the person's arse, red eyes, and light blue lips. It fell to show a beautiful lady, whom looked to be in her early twenties.

The beautiful lady looked over all of them, and when his eyes caught her eyes, he felt a death ranching shiver going down his spine. She spoke again, "To those who don't know of whom I am. I am Daphne Breenster." When Xano heard that name a bell rang in his head, "I used to be a Warlock of Qarth, but was forced out for doing two things that none of them liked." She stopped, looking toward Pyat, "Why don't you tell them, you corpse."

Pyat looked resistant at first but quickly spoke, "She made herself immortal, and has accomplished things none of us has ever done."

"Like what?" Daphne Breenster asked.

"Bringing back the dead, elemental magic, skinchanging, and blood magic." Pyat spoke.

"By bringing back the dead what do you mean?" Daphne asked again.

"No rot, and smell. They looked exactly the same when they were in their mid twenties, and they will stay like that until they die again." Pyat answered.

Everyone that were on their knees looked wide eyes at the woman in front of them. That magic has never once happened. From what the Warlocks, and books say, when someone is brought back to life, their skin still rots, and it smells. But this. This has never once happened.

Daphne nodded, "To prove that his words are indeed true." She stepped aside for the other black clad person. The person reached to the hood, and Xano saw that the hands were a pale white. The person threw the hood off to show, the most beautiful lady he has ever seen. The lady did indeed have pale skin, but she also had silver hair going down her arse. She had eyes of ocean blue, and emerald green, but if you look closer you can see a tint of crimson red. She had a heart shaped face.

Daphne spoke, "Most of you would have heard of her, but this is Shiera Seastar, Aegon the Unworthy final bastard, the Star of the Sea." She smiled, "My first child, and my student." Even more eyes widened, even those on the opposite side of the prisoners. Daphne smiled and spoke, "But that isn't important." her face completely serious. She looked to the Princess and spoke, "I apologize for going on for so long, Princess."

Rhaenys nodded, "That is fine, Lady Daphne." She looked toward them, well walking towards the coward, and yelling of 'Get away' or 'Go Home', followed by everyone else and the dragons going into the air, "If you haven't realised it yet, you have lost. You didn't bow to the Dragons, and thought yourselves better than them." Xano saw Daphne, and Shiera move toward the Tower of Undying, "And now you will die. I gave you a chance to surrender but you still thought yourselves better." Both ladies were beside the Tower, "And now you will have your sentence. You won't die by beheading or hanging." By this point everyone minus the prisoners were in front of the tower, "You will die by being crushed to death."

*CRACK*

Xano looked at the tower with wide eyes. The tower was coming down, towards them. The shock in his eyes slowly diminished. He knew it was going to happen, his death was going to happen but he didn't know this was how it happened. He closed his eyes, and just waited. And the last thing he heard were breaking of bones, and a curse coming form Pyat.

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Rhaenys Blackfyre

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Rhaenys walked back to her tent, all the while smiling at her first victory. The plan worked. Her plan worked. Just thinking on how her victory, made her think of Jon. He trusted her to take Qarth, and she succeeded. Rhae thoughts turned to what might be her reward.

Quickly a deep blush grew onto her cheeks, and she started getting moist at the thought. She rubbed her thighs together.

When the flap to her tent opened, she turned to see Daphne. She turned around and bowed her head, "Lady Daphne. What brings you to my tent at this time?" She looked to see the outside and saw that the sun was about to rise, "It's about to be morning."

Daphne smiled, "There's no need to worry, Princess. I won't be here for long." She looked back to the flaps, and spoke, "You can enter." Rhae watched as five men entered, all of them carrying a chest. They placed the chests in front of her, and left. She looked to Daphne with a confused look. The woman smiled, "Opened the chests, Princess."

Rhae shrugged and bent down to the first chest. She didn't notice the heat coming off of the chest when she opened the led. But when she saw what was inside, a bigger smile grew onto her face. Inside of the chest was a completely purple, with lighter shades of purple mixed, dragon egg. She lifted the egg, and felt the weight it held.

She placed the egg into the chest and moved to the next one. She opened it to show a grey and white egg. The third was a brown and orange. The fourth was a dark navy blue with a lighter blue. And the last a complete bronze dragon egg.

She picked each up, and placed them back down into their chest. She looked to the woman, "Do you plan on sending these back to HQ(Norvos)."

Daphne nodded, "I was, but I thought you might have wanted to know what has happened." She knelt and placed a finger onto the brown one, "From what I feel. The dragons are healthy, and will be ready to hatch in three years time."

Rhae nodded, and went to say something but was stopped by a roar, and flaps of wings. She exited the tent to see Tegon flying towards her tent. He landed in front of her and brought his head closer to her, and that was when she saw the velvet in those eyes. The dragon tilted its head towards the west.

She was confused at first but then remembered what her distant relative was doing in Slaver's Bay. She looked into the dragon's eyes, and saw those velvet bands again. She smiled and nodded. The velvet bands grew and then flapped it wings and moved west.

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Ghost and Nymeria

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Ghost was running somewhere in the Riverlands, moving north with Nymeria beside him. But when he could a sniff of something he stopped and looked back south. Ghost could smell it in the air. He could smell that his master was returning to him. Ghost made a nonexistent whine when he realized what might happen. His master will return to find that he wasn't protecting his pups, and his pack.

Beside Ghost was Nymeria, looking at him with her head to the side. But that soon changed when she could that same smell. She looked back south smelling Ghost's master, and her Mistress as well. She looked back to Ghost and saw that he was looking south with want.

He wanted his master, he wanted to feel his master scratch the back of his ears. Ghost then felt Nymeria lick his the side of his head. He looked towards her and saw that her head was bowed. When she saw that she was looking towards her, she motioned with her head north.

Ghost looked south again, hoping to see his master again. But then it hit him. He could do something for his master. Something that would help them in the future and past that. He would make a pack of wolves and dire wolves for his master. And he would be the head of the pack. He will protect those that are weak, and lead those that are lost.

Ghost looked to Nymeria. And what she saw in her brother's eyes, filled her with the same determination. Ghost licked her forehead. Ghost will be the pack's leader, and Nymeria will be by his side for the rest of his time. He will be the King and she his Queen.