She had tonight.
If she waited for the Wolves to arrive, it would be a massacre. She had to leave before they reached the valley. One way or the other, she should not be here when the Wolf King arrives.
That way, they would leave, seeing that I am no longer here.
So Roxy summoned Lyra, who was heavily pregnant. The beautiful dragon lady waddled and bowed slightly in front of Roxy.
"Don't bother, Lyra." She urged, as she guided the pregnant woman to sit on the bed, Lyra had never felt something as soft as this before, so seeing it, she was about to ask how to make it.
But she swallowed the thought as soon as she saw the brooding look on Roxy's face.
"My Queen, you don't have to worry." Lyra calmly said, her eyes brimming with a fiery light that Roxy knew she could never have in this situation.
"Why do you say so?"
