The air in the Great Chamber was thick, vibrating with the collective squeaks and rustles of thousands of Mouselings. In the center, the Matriarch sat perched on her feathered throne. She was tiny, her fur white as milk and her eyes like two sharp, black beads that flicked incessantly, calculating the value of everything she saw.
"You must be the Rose-Tiger." She said and my brow tilted up.
"Rose what?"
When did I get a nickname like that?
Was it because I had such a soft scent from the berries?
But Rose tiger? I didn't think I'd ever get a nickname to begin with.
I like it though.
While I happily danced in this nickname, the matriarch looked at the troller in the rabbit's possession.
She didn't even glance at the rabbits.
It was then that I noticed the kind of gaze she had.
I know anyone who saw the troller would be marveled by the invention, so I didn't think much of it, until I saw her whiskers twitch with pure, unadulterated greed.
