POBee 136.2 - In Bee-fense of Her King
Belissar’s eyes widened. The banquet had concluded and the sigmaka departed for home. He was currently meeting with Chief Rohsuak and the bee queens to discuss what had happened.
“Really? They were going to attack us?!”
Chief Rohsuak nodded, no smile on her face this time.
“I believe Fourth Queen Pezuya planned on it, at the very least, whether or not the rest of them were in on it I cannot say. Her reaction to the bee army was too extreme, and then there was Second Queen Berbiya’s hasty conversation with her. I’m guessing she was hoping to ambush you, but thought better of it once she saw the soldier bees.”
Belissar frowned.
“They would really do that? Just attack us out of nowhere after all those talks and agreements?”
Chief Rohsuak sighed, letting her shoulders droop.
“In the end, Sacred Den Master, agreements are just that. Unless enforced by power, whether yours or someone else’s, they can be broken at will. …I must admit that we ourselves have done so in the past, when necessary to survive.”
Belissar ground his teeth.