OOC: Also, before her challenge to Marzanna to become Cove Queen!

She had come to speak with Ailill and let him know what had just happened with the Inlet. Bjorn had burst into her home and defeated Warsaw to take control of the Inlet. Though Bjorn said they could stay, there was no way anyone would considering the betrayal. Warsaw and Bjorn were once friends, now made enemies. Ysabel and Bjorn were once lovers, now she hated him. The worst part was seeing him take back the land she was born in despite knowing why she was there. He knew she was trying to keep her distance from him because of her feelings. He knew she loved him and he had said the same thing back to her. Was that all a lie?

Now Nyimara struts herself across the frozen tundra that was supposed to be her safe haven. That nasty mare thinks they have won, but she is dead wrong. One day revenge would be hers. Wow…Ysabel strikes the ground with a hoof. She has never had such terrible thoughts before. I mean she has hated Nyimara for a long time, but she never thought about her death until now. It was almost as shocking at the sight she now was seeing. Her white face peeks through the brush to see her new lover cuddled up with Siobhan. Shock froze her to the ground even though there was no ice. It wasn’t even cold here, but she suddenly felt chilly. What was happening here?

Ysabel turns away from the scene and gallops off to the other side of the Ridge. She paces the beach debating to going back home…wherever home was. She has lost almost everything and now there was the risk of losing even more. Her friendship with Siobhan, a mare she admires, and her new bubbling affection for Ailill. It was obvious by the closeness of the two that something special was there. Ysabel debates over what she saw for hours until her mouth was so dry, she found it miserable. She travels to the closest source of water, but this is when she finds herself face to face with her newest problem. She stares in shock for a minute or two before the words just blurt out.

”Are you and Ailill lovers?” Her eyes widen. She did not mean to say that out loud, or even mention it. Not yet. Her throat clears as she nervously glances away from Siobhan. ”I’m sorry it’s not really any of my business.” But was it? Did she not carry Ailill’s child within her belly? ”How are you Siobhan?” Her eyes return to the mare as she tries to change the subject.