Pride's mental voice carried wariness as he assessed the cave before them. "Master, this place radiates powerful energy. I can sense the queen inside. She has gotten stronger since the last time I saw her...She might be more powerful than I now."
Arthur raised an eyebrow at the news but nodded in the end.
Aether bounced excitedly on Arthur's shoulder, apparently immune to whatever fear-inducing effects the Bone Cathedral was supposed to generate. "Master, it looks like a really big mouth! Are we going to go inside the mouth?"
Arthur's smile carried predatory anticipation as he studied the entrance that represented the heart of hyena power in the region. The Cackle Queen awaited within, surrounded by her pack and protected by defences that had never been breached by hostile forces.
That record was about to change permanently.
