<div class="floatright">(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/04fd85f8-26e8-4c1b-ad91-4015c600383e/ddnn82s-a7766271-8f5c-46cc-bcb2-035ad27b2c54.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzA0ZmQ4NWY4LTI2ZTgtNGMxYi1hZDkxLTQwMTVjNjAwMzgzZVwvZGRubjgycy1hNzc2NjI3MS04ZjVjLTQ2Y2MtYmNiMi0wMzVhZDI3YjJjNTQuanBnIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.ph-3HwiPc0OmaLmpyoQs6J98SYlWynZCgswSaO_4QIU)</div>The Hellhound had a touch of suspicion within his eyes though he gave no voice to it. The Songbirds reaction and wording once again were quite telling. However he didn't exactly trust Thurmgard's motives per say. To him it sounded like he was trying to figure out which concubine was the Empress. It was possible that the dead Empress was a decoy and that the Empress was still alive and this mountain of a man was banking on that.<strong>"You suppose correctly. However I know I can provide for her. The outside world she seems more than happy exploring and riding with me."</strong>He then points out one other thing.<strong>"I also know that she is happy with me."</strong>Thurmgard might press this issue and as he suspected, he was going to have others potentially seeking her for the off chance that she was the empress... or just a beautiful concubine. Either way his decision was made.<strong>"So my answer is I refuse to sell her."</strong>