Rjon,
I hope this letter finds you safe in Calvarin. Quite a distance from my current location, but what is the human expression? Better not put all your chickens in one basket.
The news is dire, I fear. No less than four other missives have received no response. I worry our eyes and ears into the eastern country may be blinded. A heavy price for our freedom. I shall perform the ceremony to find any lost souls myself, at the next full moon. We shall not lose them, though a worse time for a pregnancy I cannot imagine. Two of the lost were female. I shall have to bear twins to renew the balance. I am aware of the health risks, but we have no other options at present.
We must, above all, regain the crystal. It matters not how many fall in that goal. Without it, we are truly damned.
The courts here stir, like a shaken bee’s nest. The human king shouts for our blood, and many are the voices that reply. I am above suspicion, of course, but the same is not true for most of our people. I will feel greatly relieved when I hear of your arrival in Calvarin, as will the others. You are key to our success.
We had no time, before, to speak of your mission. Did your research bear fruit? Did you find any additional information on where the crystal is being kept?
I weaken. There is a young knight at court – a raven-haired youth, full of fire and promise. So eager I could almost feed from him at dinner last night. You men, you feed upon fear and glory in terror. I pity that you cannot taste the sweet syrup of sensuality, the juicy spice of a human in heat. One of many differences that allow our culture to thrive, I suppose.
The king will be mad with jealousy. The boy will most likely be killed for my indiscretion, but I shall only get a second, more passionate feeding from the game. They are so easy to manipulate, the humans. If only they could also be trusted or anticipated.
Worry not. I shall not make the same mistake twice. When the time comes, I will slit the throat of the king myself, affection or no. Their treachery may have been forgotten by their people, but you and I, we still bear the scars from our last war.
~Kyuu
*Calvarin is a good distance from where Kyuu is
*4 have not answered letters
*many of those not answered are to her East
*They die so that we may live (?)
*ceremony can be performed to save those souls who have died
*must be done at a full moon (or perhaps is easier then)
*this impregnates the females
*we must regain the crystal
*Rjon is key to this
*Males feed on fear and terror
*Females feed on sex and desire
*humans cannot be trusted or anticipated
*we have scars from the last war