"And? Why do you ask?"
She shrugged, turning her pretty, petite head. "I wondered about the structure of the herd, is all. You know I am not like you," she added, "And where I came from, things were far different."

I'd imagine. Nacht grumbled. "I see. But you assumed Trar will die soon." Nacht much did not appreciate her implication, as if Lihua had expected that he, the most loyal buck in the herd, would betray the Overlord.

 "Just a scenario," she replied in an almost sing-songy manner.

Despite several attempts to make a short end to the conversation, but Lihua had stubbornly refused. Finally, finally, Trar returned with three powerful bucks. All Nacht recognized about them was their muscular build, heavy antlers and early shed of velvet. Clever, he thought approvingly. Nacht himself did not come out of velvet particularly early, but he was killer the minute he did. Nacht nodded at them coldly.

"Nacht," Trar pulled the large black-and-silver buck aside.

"I want Lihua," he told Trar immediately, in a low voice.