Disclaimer – I do not own the Legacy of Kain series, Eidos owns it. Don't sue me because it would be a waste of time. Umah is a bit out of character.
> thoughts
The Fall of the Lioness
How could this have happened? Only a few hours ago I was at Vorador's side, his favored lieutenant. Now I will die like a traitor that I am not. I admit that I did betray Kain, but I never swore my allegiance to him. He trusted me, I could see it in his eyes. He may have even loved me, but I didn't return the feelings. Maybe with time things would have been different. But maybe they wouldn't have. Vampires are creatures of love but I only felt affection from Vorador. The others obeyed me from trust and duty, but didn't care about me, to them I was invincible.>
She felt the ground beneath her with a new clarity. She knew she would die and there was nothing that could change that. She had fought so hard, so long and it would all be for naught. In a way she was a doomed lioness, courageous, strong, and queen of her domain. But the lioness would fall someday, would die and the cycle of life and death would go on without her. She thought this to be ironic that she lady of the Cabal was fallen.
She also knew some of the prophecy and realized that in the grand scheme of things that she wasn't important. She knew that Kain would fight his battles without her. She at least was thankful for the fact that she wasn't the scion of balance. She wouldn't fight the fates for millennia.
It all works out, this fabric of time. The winners fall and the others get their oblivion.>
She saw him move for the final blow and knew it was useless, but protested her death one last time. She smiled inside and knew that once again she was a pawn in the game of death. She felt his claws rip through her and screamed hating the kiss of death.