"What's your plan?" Nakia asked. She paced anxiously around the room, glancing from time to time at the door T'Challa had left through. "Are you really going to let him stroll over there and declare Erik Killmonger's claim to the throne illegitimate? He'll probably be dead at Erik Killmonger's hands before he can say a single word!"
"Matriarch Sologon's children possess her iron will and resilient bodies."
"Don't brush me off with that. Fourth Dynasty blood runs through all of us, and besides, you aren't the one I want to ask." Nakia retorted to a member of the Dora Milaje. She looked toward Shuri, who sat silently to one side—ever since T'Challa agreed to take the Heart-shaped herb, Princess Shuri had fallen into a deep depression. Sitting in the corner with a furrowed brow, she repeatedly worked through her plans, calculating the odds of success, whether the nobles who had submitted to Erik Killmonger would now recognize the document's legitimacy. And all of that depended on T'Challa taking the Heart-shaped herb and making a full recovery.
After escaping Wakanda, Princess Shuri's mind had rapidly matured.
She had once sought help from the nobles who had served under her father, but every single one had refused. Only because of the favors her father had bestowed upon them had they refrained from arresting her and handing her over to the new king. Now another path lay before her: using the Gene-modded Warriors along Wakanda's borders to carry out this coup. According to the captain of the Hellfire Knights, known as the "Executioner," the Hellfire Knights had always been prepared for war. If she asked the Emperor of Latveria for help, she could resolve the matter as quickly as possible and return her brother to the throne.
Yet Shuri reluctantly recalled the Emperor