Seven drops of the Queen's blood fell onto the moonlit snow. They burned little blue holes and vanished. Something crunched in the snow close by and she looked up to meet the gleaming eyes of the wolves gathered around her.

"I saw what would happen... please save her. Please remember. " She pleaded with the glit-eyed shadows, her arms cradling her distended abdomen. The biggest of the wolf pack howled and leapt upon the queen.