The Wolf King and the Wilted Flower
But more so, toward Maya.
He kept insisting that Maya could one day create beautiful white flowers just like her mother, one of the legendary Ronas who ever existed. So he kept ‘polishing’ her with whips. Yet time and time again, Maya’s magic never improved. The only flowers Maya could grow were black, wilted, crinkly, and disgusting. That made him more annoyed. If he knew Maya would be a defect, he would have had her killed at birth and just kept her mother, Freya.
Oh, he missed Freya. Missed the beautiful and fragrant white flowers she could summon. Freya’s flowers were white, pure, and delicate. Valir regretted her death. Especially because Freya left a ‘defect’ Rona as her legacy.