Walda watched in stunned disbelief as Danyla brutally beat the five Lizard-Lion Cubs into submission, almost forgetting to breathe or swallow the entire time.
"Is... is Her Highness really this fierce? She can tame wild beasts like this?! No wonder she's tough enough to tame several Great Dragons!"
Only when Danyla told her to fetch the lizard-lion hearts did she come back to her senses.
Unlike Great Dragons, lizard-lions ate their food raw, so Danyla used her dagger to cut a heart into five large chunks and tossed them into the Lizard-Lion Cubs' mouths.
An adult lizard-lion's heart was highly nourishing for them, and they wolfed it down. Their appetites were clearly enormous, however, and one heart was nowhere near enough to fill them. Danyla divided the other two hearts among them as well.
Only after cutting off another dozen or so pounds of lizard-lion meat did she finally fill their bellies. Once fed, the Lizard-Lion Cubs dug a pit together not far from the Great Dragons, lay down inside it, and soon fell asleep.
Seeing the Lizard-Lion Cubs as docile as puppies was a real eye-opener for Walda. She simply could not understand how such vicious creatures had become so obedient after a beating from the princess.
What she did not know was that ever since Danyla had successfully planted weirwoods on Holy Flame Island, she had gradually begun to awaken the warg gift associated with faith in the Old Gods. On top of that, the Blood Flame mark between her brows seemed to make creatures with magical energy readily take a liking to her.
While disciplining the Lizard-Lion Cubs, Danyla had already drawn upon all her magical energy and bloodline power. Naturally, Walda could not perceive what only creatures possessed of magical energy could sense.
After venting her