Three beautiful raptor sisters live in a lovely wood near excellent hunting grounds, and are happy and content. Then a very foolish prince rides into their woods, and is so oblivious to the fact that he's being stalked by the youngest sister, even after she eats his horse, that they conclude it must be a trick. The villagers must be fed up, and have sent out poisoned bait.
They need to find out what else the humans may be planning. They need to investigate. One of them needs to go to where the human pack leaders nest...
The youngest raptor sister offers herself to the prince as a replacement steed, and his ego is sufficiently large, and his wits sufficiently lacking, that he takes it as his due rather than a cause for concern.
Much of the court is smarter than the prince, but not that much smarter. There is, though, a very intelligent princess, married off to the prince for political reasons, who has her own skills and talents.
This is a lot of fun, and I won't say anything more. Just go read it. Highly recommended.
I received this story in the 2019 Hugo Voters Packet.
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