<div class="floatright"><div align="center">(https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/006/763/746/large/lee-do-kyung-cdd.jpg?1501077532)<br/>Elaine Bedegar</div></div>Elaine had been keeping a brave face, a defiant face, but her own tears welled up as she saw her beloved come running towards her. She struggled for words, but found none. She simply struggled against the Juggernaut holding her, reaching out for Larissa with her free arm.<br/><br/>"Oh, I know all about Greymantle's betrayal," Dorokor said. "Every... what is that delightful term?"<br/><br/>"Adventurer?" Kasala suggested.<br/><br/>Dorokor looked almost disappointed. "No..."<br/><br/>"Ratcatcher," Jay interjected, looking rather pleased with herself.<br/><br/>"Haha! Yes, Ratcatcher!" Dorokor said, slapping her thigh. "Every ratcatcher in Greymantle's lands has been coming after us. But then... Greymantle doesn't know that a Bedegar still lives. He was hasty in putting a price on our heads, and never bothered to try and contact me." Dorokor drummed her fingers on<em>Wound</em>'s blade in agitation. "But this Bedegar girl... She is the true bloodchief, is she not? You humans will turn on Greymantle if she is returned?"<br/><br/>"They will!" Elaine cries out. There is a sudden steel in her spine. "<em>I</em>am Baroness now, and I<em>will</em>reclaim my family's seat!" It was a strange thing for a girl clad in nothing more than a wolf's pelt to say, but she held her head high regardless.<br/><br/>Dorokor's good humour returned. "The girl has spirit. And she is clever. The day after we took her, she challenged me to single combat. Said it was her<em>right</em>as a fellow bloodchief."<br/><br/>Elaine's face reddened as Dorokor spoke. "Please. Risa doesn't need to know about that."<br/><br/>Dorokor looked at Elaine, then back to Larissa. Then she laughed uproariously. "Ooh, is<em>that</em>what it's about? You two are mated! Oh, yes. A good match, I'd say..."<br/><br/>Elaine stared at the floor her cheeks burning.<br/><br/>"Oh, but she was so clever!" Dorokor went on. "Event though she lost, she knew she'd won. I<em>had</em>to kill her, or my tribe would doubt me. But I<em>couldn't</em>kill her without ruining my plan..."