With her chin propped up on a tight fist, she stared at the large male. It had been a while since he had made his own deal with Hades. She was rather proud in aiding the merger since it seemed to be mutually beneficial to both parties. She liked to observe him every now and again--just as she was doing now. He was always so silent but always seemed to have an aura of hostility about him. There was a part of her that could sense his annoyance at her gawking at him, but it wouldn’t stop her because she really wanted to know what was going on inside of that head of his. “You really are the strong but silent type aren’t you?” She finally asked, pushing up from where she had been sitting to get closer to him. “I like that about you. I don’t want to hit you as much because there’s a lot less nonsense being spewed from your mouth.”  She grinned at him. “No that I would be stupid enough to hit you if I felt the desire...but you know what I mean.” 

Elsa wasn’t sure how long it had been. She wasn’t sure she’d slept... But she also wasn’t sure she was entirely awake. Somewhere lost in the shock and anguish. Dreading what she hadn’t seen but had no choice but to believe- She’d failed... She couldn’t protect her people... She was a queen of a fallen kingdom. A queen without anyone to rule. 

It hadn’t stopped snowing since they took her. Foggy and cold like her horror. She acted almost entirely on instinct alone at first, struggling as best she could until she was too tired to continue. Lashing out at her captors whenever they had to untie her from whatever post or tree they’d roped her to while they rested, only to bind her again so they could keep moving. Her hands still ached but it didn’t feel like anything was broken. She couldn’t use her magic the ways she’d wanted to but she managed to harass one of Shan Yu’s men with a permanent flurry to follow him around. But even that gave her no pleasure.

Her decision had been made. Obsidian having long since flown off to deliver the message. Khojin knew the likely consequences of what she was about to do, but she was willing to risk them. Sure it may have been a better plan to just vanish without a trace but, she knew that would only make it more likely for her to be hunted. Which, she determined would be far worse then what she was about to do. After all it put Ebony at risk as well. And that was something she was not willing to do.

Once the camp was completely set and secured later she steeled herself and approached her father's tent only pausing a moment when her twin stepped out. Neither said a word to each other, nor did he even spare a glance to her as he headed off to whatever task he'd likely been assigned. Her glare followed him a moment longer before it faded with a sigh. It was time...

She didn't bother to announce herself before stepping inside. Her father likely already knew she was there, he always did. "I need to speak with you." She stated simply, thanking her years of training for helping her to keep to absolute terror she was feeling out of both her voice and presence. "Though I already know you're not going to like what I have to say."

❝ Don’t take another step! ❞

Magic tingled in Raven’s fingertips as purple hues scanned the utter darkness for any sign of life, but she saw nothing. However, she could feel a power concealed within the shadows as if was observing her for whatever strange reason. Was she afraid? A smidge but she tried hard to conceal it with strong self-confidence besides what did she have to fear? If anything maybe she was overreacting and the power that was concealed in the shadows was probably just another normal creature of the shadows who had been sent to watch over her by her mother.