“Mmm, yes, you thought. Clearly what you thought didn’t matter very much, did it?” he asked, raising a claw, making the guards slacken their bows and remove their arrows. He got up from the chair and paced over to her. She look down and off to the side, still shaking. “As for what I want…” He leaned close to her and whispered into her ear. “Absolute. Total. Obedience. When I call, you answer. When I tell you to do, you will do, and your sister will continue being a pleasant conversationalist. Am I understood? I meant it when I said we would have a use for a griffon like you at Skymount.”