@FaiIedLeader « my hand and instead of our armies marching against Arkadia, I called for patience. The growing anger at my protection »

@FaiIedLeader « of skaikru intermingled with the unsettling feeling that we were on the precipice of something. As I stood upon the »

@FaiIedLeader « balcony gazing out upon a sea of rooftops, decayed with time, the fine hairs on my arms raised slightly, though I imagined »

@FaiIedLeader « the chill air had coaxed their reaction. The chill air and the night's red moon. "Blood will be spilled," I whispered into »

@FaiIedLeader « the stillness, knowing it would be a sleepless night. Drifting thoughts clutched at an image of a dark-haired woman, »

@FaiIedLeader « scars upon her features, brown eyes ablaze with something like disdain. Ontari, my mind offered the name. Tomorrow, I »

@FaiIedLeader « would send scouts, I decided with a slight tilt of my head. The decision did nothing to dispel the feeling. Only morning »

@FaiIedLeader « would bring revelations of the red moon, the blood, and who might breathe their last.

@FaiIedLeader At first light, I dispatched scouts toward Azgeda's borders. Though members of the coalition, their loyalty seemed fragile »

@FaiIedLeader « at best. Unease crawled beneath my skin, and restlessly, I found myself pacing along the balcony as we awaited word. »

@FaiIedLeader « "Heda." The voice of my advisor drew a look from me, emerald eyes flashing in his direction expectantly. "King Roan would »

@FaiIedLeader « not lead his nation in open war, breaking the coalition." The uniting of the twelve clans was the heartbeat of my time as »

@FaiIedLeader « commander, resting at the core of everything I hoped to achieve. With the threat of the Mountain Men eliminated by Clarke, »

@FaiIedLeader « Titus' assumption no longer seemed to apply. With a different heda upon the throne, Azgeda would make their move to seize »

@FaiIedLeader « control. "Ontari will come, Titus." His fingers were steepled before him, and silently, Titus stood in a posture that made »

@FaiIedLeader « me think of penitence, of forgiveness, of skaikru and the brutally slain army I had sent to protect them. "How have the »

@FaiIedLeader « natblidas been training?" Titus' hands dropped to his side, and he took a step forward. "They train well, heda. They will »

@FaiIedLeader « be ready when the time of conclave is at hand." His tone was almost sad, and I lifted my hand in a compassionate gesture. »

@FaiIedLeader « "And Aden?" I asked. "Perhaps I will observe myself." His eyebrow flickered briefly, but he made no comment except a »

@FaiIedLeader « soft "as you wish, heda," before retreating from the room.