I know, quests and stuff aren't exactly how you may remember them in the game, but, hey.
A wail of grief, pain and rage escaped the Khajiit, who sat next to the charred body of her leader, an ebony dagger in hand and blood dripping from the corner of her mouth.
Nazir and Babette stood in the doorway, their clothing and hair singed from the flames that had destroyed their Sanctuary... Their family.
The beast blood in Alani was raging, howling for vengeance, demanding the blood of the men that caused such destruction.
In time.
In time, they will all pay.
"M..." Her voice wouldn't obey.
"Damn." That was better. "Mother... wishes to speak to me again."
To her credit, Alani didn't shed a single tear, though her vision blurred as she stood jerkily, brushing past Nazir, who knelt beside Astrid's body briefly, before following the Khajiit.
As the Redguard approached Alani, she turned, and uttered five simple words.
"The contract is still on."
"What?"
"You heard me. Amaund didn't take back his contract. I'm going to kill the Emperor."
Nazir sighed, "Fine. But don't get yourself killed, you hear me?"
"Oh, I won't. Can't say the same about Emperor Titus Mede II, though."
However, when she exited the Sanctuary, as she whistled for Shadowmere, she made the mistake at glancing, absent-minded, at the fir tree near Shadowmere's pool.
There, Festus Krex's body was pinned to the tree-trunk by over a dozen arrows.
Her scream split the chilly night air.