Bonds of Trust (Part 2)

"I had countless husbands and children, yet none of them Awakened. Death took them away from me before I could even grow attached to them.

"Even those I offered to share eternity with me, treated me like a monster and forced me to shut them up. Now, all of my subjects are dead and all I'm left with is stone and gold.

"Is this Tyris's doing as well? Has her curse reached me thanks to her blood that runs through my veins? I'm not letting you take everything from me again, you monster! I'd rather destroy everything myself!" Thrud unleashed another spell and a city block fell.

In her wrath and madness, she almost didn't notice an emerald bolt approaching to her position, blasting through the arrays that still defended Hervor from all threats.

Almost.