Welcome to the court

My dear child

Soon you’ll meet the wolves

And oh,

It has been so long since they have had fresh meat.

They’ll circle and stalk

Learn your weakness

And then they will strike

For your power and your wealth

For your title

For the benefit of holding a queens leash.

But my daughter

My darling princess

When they lunge for your throat one day

You will show them that you too,

Have fangs.

That you have the blood of witches and dragons in your veins

That you are not simple prey

And that their future Queen

Is no one

To be trifled with.

Oh, my darling child.

You will teach them what it means to be ruled

You will show this court

That queens do not bow

That your claws are something to be feared

That the power of our family is not only inherited

But earned

So make them tremble

Make them shake

And show them what a true wolf looks like.