He hears his father's call and comes promptly like the loyal servant he was. Requiem's approach slows when he takes notice of the stallion standing beside Warsaw. He becomes skeptical of what this was going on as soon as he saw Bjorn. Requiem knew something was up, but he still greets his King with a small bow and gives the grullo stallion a nod of his cream-colored skull. He didn't know how Warsaw met Bjorn, but he could only imagine what they talked about. He was sure his name came up and how he lost against Bjorn and lost Tavas. Warsaw wastes no time and starts scolding his Earl.
"Requiem!" His voice booms loudly in the silence. "You lost the only mare you had to protect!" Requiem winces and withdraws back from Warsaw, but the grey stallion advances on him. "You don't deserve to have Tavas as your mate! She is no longer yours and neither is the Bay!" He yells. Requiem's eyes widen and his gaze shoots to Bjorn, the stallion he had first chased from the Bay on their first meeting. "That's right." Warsaw says as if to read the question on Requiem's face. "This is Bjorn, your new leader and the new lover of Tavas." The look of Requiem's face said it all. The cream champagne felt great anguish right now, but more than his father realizes.
It took a few more minutes, but Warsaw notices something was off. His eyes roam over his son to find a few fresh battle wounds marking his coat and another stallion's scent in the Bay. He knew this scent too..."Don't tell me..." The anger builds in the grey King as Requiem shies away and closes his brown eyes. "I'm sorry." Requiem says in a whisper. "I lost the Bay to Liland." There he said it. Warsaw explodes in anger. "LILIAND!" He bellows and flares with nostrils. His hooves stomp angerly and his tail flips from side to side. "I'm sorry to offer you land that was no longer ours, Bjorn." He turns to Bjorn with fire in his dark brown eyes. "I heard Liland was living in the Ridge so if you hurry I'm sure you can claim the place before someone else moves in. I hope our deal still stands even with this hiccup." He tosses a glare to Requiem. "We will figure out how to get the Bay back to your hooves, but in the meantime enjoy the coming fall in the Ridge and I will send Ysabel over to start your herd." |
