Petra Venj watched as her queen, and the most important person in her life, talked to her brother. Mara Sov was the queen of the Awoken, and her secret crush. Petra had loved Mara Sov since the Reef Wars, when her love of the queen kept her sorrow at bay as she saw her comrades dying. Petra thought Mara had no idea of her crush, she was wrong. Mara Sov had been aware for many years, and she had nurtured it, because, secretly, she felt the same way. Sadly, her position meant she she couldn't act on it, but that changed after the House of Wolves rose again. With the threat of war once again on the horizon, Mara decided that she'd waited long enough, and cornered Petra one evening. That's where we join them.

"Petra", said Mara, "I need to speak with you". Petra Venj looked up. "Yes, my queen, whatever you need". Mara Sov looked deep into Petra's eyes and said, "what I need... is you". She leaned in and kissed Petra deeply, clutching the back of her head for leverage. Petra melted into Mara's arms, she was finally getting what she'd wanted for years. She leaned into the kiss and caressed Mara's face. They ended the kiss and looked into each other's eyes. "I didn't think you knew, my queen". "I always knew" said Mara, "I always knew and I always felt the same, I wanted to tell you, but being the queen, it didn't seem appropriate." Petra nodded, "what changed? Why can you see me now?" She asked. Mara leaned in close to Petra, "the wolves rebelled, Skolas is out there again, and I know you will try to convince me to let you go after him, I need you here, with me. I wanted to give you a reason to stay.". A thought occurred to Petra, "what about Mcsassyf.. I mean your brother, what about Uldren, what will he say?" Mara sighed. She was also wondering what her brother would think, she was afraid he would disapprove, that he would hate her. "I don't know, Petra, but I have to tell him, he's my brother."

Things on the reef were tense. There had been a big fight between the queen and her brother, ending with Uldren stomping off. The queen had seemed unaffected by his words, but one person knew otherwise, that person was the cause of the argument, Petra Venj, the queen's new paramour. She knew that the queen, her queen, was hurting inside, crushed at her brothers reaction, and she was going to do something about it. She Tracked Uldren down in one of the less used sections of the Reef. "ULDREN SOV, WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR PROBLEM!?" Shouted Petra. "My problem is YOU, Petra, you're not good enough for her and she knows it, why she would stoop to seeing you is beyond me." Petra growled. "You're such an asshole, Uldren, you never once stopped to think about her feelings, you just think you know so much better than her but you're wrong. She's the QUEEN Uldren, I get your job is to advise her, but you've forgotten she's bit just the queen, she's also your sister." Uldren stepped away from Petra and sighed. "You're right, Petra, I did forget, but I remember now, I need to apologize to her." Petra kept on glaring at him, "you better hope she accepts your apology, and if you hurt her like this again, I WILL hurt you."