She traveled to the shrine once more, hoping that this time maybe she could meet a new face. It seemed most within the pack so far seemed to keep to themselves and personally Thora could not understand it. Comming from a social family she always had interaction when she was with the Wreckage clan and she was certain that packs should work the same way. What she didn’t realize that most within the pack didn’t have the same way of thinking as she had. She was unaware of the darkness that shrouded this pack, unaware of how her older brother seemed to have been swallowed by the darkness and the stories of the demons that fallowed his fathers side of the family. Cloud still seemed his normal self so she had no reason to suspect something was wrong. She did however find it highly creepy the choices of land the pack had.

Moving past the pale trees she moved towards the circular stones that surrounded the strange pool of water. Her silvery grey eyes curiously looking around for any sign of other life besides herself. So far she didn’t see any, it was a bit disappointing to her. She moved over to the pool and stopped to briefly gaze into the glowing water, before lifting her head and looking around once more. Seeing no immediate movement she took to observing the stones very closely and keeping her ears alert for sound.

Her womb has begun to swell. Only slightly, however -- after all, at this point she is early in her pregnancy and the unborn pups weight no more than a few ounces, but she feel the new weight of them in growing abdomen. But even in her pregnancy, she is silent as she slips between the alabaster trees, ears erect, small rosy eyes watching, searching, wanting. As an expecting mother, the wolfess knows the importance of rest, but she's grown bored and restless with lying in her dark den of tangled thistle. She decides to take a peek around Erövrare and try to get tabs on the private, reclusive wolves that reside within. She spots a younger wolf quickly enough, fur tinged a deep chocolate tone, and her ear ticks with thought. The stranger's scent tells her she isn't an intruder, and so Leera sets her tail up and slips through the trees around the Shrine before approaching. "Hello, little dove," she purrs, but her eyes are careful and watch her with a slight edge. Her widening hips drop to the earth and she sits, tail curling around her paws slowly. She notices the way the younger girl studies the water and the stones near the Shrine. "Looking for anything in particular?" speech action

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Not much time had passed as she stared at the stones before another found her. Not matter how alert she had been, she had not heard the other approach. Maybe she had been simply lost within her thoughts, or maybe the women was just a quiet creature. Her words had been purred and soothing so when she had spoken suddenly she didn't find herself being caught off guard much. Her head turned and her silvery grey eyes looked to the seal pointed women. She asked if she was looking for something.

"Some company really.... It's been too quiet around here," she replied.

She turned to face the women before taking a seat hoping that this would be more then a brief meeting, she wanted to be social with others. She was going crazy with all of this solitude.

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She studies the girl, something familiar about her scent although she's never seen her. At her reply, Leera's expression softens and a small, endearing smile crosses her dark lips. It seems as though the female has grown a bit lonesome as well with all the silence of the pack, and Leera anticipates a light conversation. Her chin dips a notch in a nod and she folds her ears gently atop her crown. "Very quiet indeed," she muses along with the girl, still nodding gently. The gaze that rests on the young wolfess and has an uncharacteristic amount of warmth to it. "Perhaps we can become friends, you and I. My name is Leera Vindictus." It's true that she doesn't have much of an interest with gaining friends, but this little beast belongs to Erövrare -- the loyalty of anyone at this point is something she's after. And the youth, they are the easiest to be manipulated. They believe anything, Leera knows, as long as it's said with a smile. speech action

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The women's expression softened and it made Thora feel a bit more relaxed. Maybe she could fit in here, maybe things would be okay. The women also agreed with her which made her relieved that she hadn't been overreacting. Someone else had noticed how quiet it was. The women spoke of being friends and Thora smiled. She very much wanted some friends and others to talk to around here.

"Nice to meet you Leera. I'm Thora Wreckage." she replied with a smile.

She wondered why it seemed this women was the only one hanging around. Why she wasn't out and about like Ty or Cloud.

"How long have you been a part of the pack?" she asked wondering if she just recently joined. She didn't remember seeing Leera at the first official meeting of the pack.

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Sweet as a peach, Leera decides easily about the girl with a slow blink and a flick of the tail. She returns the eager smile and there's even a twinge of guilt deep in her heart, however this is quickly ignored. Morals have never been in Leera's interest. She'll get what she wants out of this girl, now or later. What exactly that is, however, Leera doesn't know just quite yet. "Thora. What a lovely name," she says with facaded warmth. The surname Wreckage means nothing to her and slips off her brain like water; Leera hasn't heard a the name before. Thora inquires about Leera's time in the pack, which she answers with a sense of pride and ease. "Not terribly long, although I carry the children of the High Lord in my belly so I expect to be here for quite a while." The seal-pointed wolfess turns just so that Thora can catch a glimpse of the slight buldge in her lower belly. "What about you, little dove? What keeps you here?" speech action

It was strange... Hannibal seemed to recognize that she was Ty’s sister, but this women didn’t seem to have any recognition. She was sure Ty would be proper enough to give his last name when he introduced himself.

“Thank you,” she said with a smile.

The compliment on her name was nice to hear and only made her feel better about meeting Leera. She was hopeful that a friendship could become of this meeting. Leera went on to explain that she hadn’t been here long, but what came from her directly after that had taken Thora be complete surprise. The high lord rank was that of Ty’s and no one else’s. Her brother was going to have pups?

Leera moves to show her the slight bulge in her abdomen and she felt her brows raise while she tried to process this news. Leera then drew a question to her and Thora felt herself hesitate for a moment.

“I.... well Tyranis and Cloudburst are my older brothers,” she stated.

It was obvious that Ty hadn’t properly introduce himself and he hadn’t even warned her that he was having pups with someone. It left Thora feeling on the dumb side all because of her lack of knowledge.

“I’m sorry Ty hadn’t told me I didn’t realize he had taken a mate and was having pups,” she said on a more quieter tone, embarrassment was beginning to show within her gaze.

Leera smiles, watching the girl's face for her reaction. Young wolves always like the idea of puppies, and she expects a degree of excitement from Thora, but suddently the girl grows hesitant. Leera's expectant grin falters a little, wondering why the bubbly girl has stumbled upon a loss for words, and what eventually comes out of Thora's mouth wipes the smile off her face entirely. Tyranis' little sister. And she's clueless about... well, everything. Her sinister mind begins to tick away. There are lots of things to do when one stumbles upon family -- it is easy to get someone to do what you please when family is involved. Leera finds they'll do just about anything for family. "Tyranis never told me he had siblings," she begins, although it's not the whole truth. Tyranis and Leera aren't close by any stretch of imagination -- they'd only just used each other for procreation. He hasn't told her about anything. When Thora uses the phrase "taken a mate", Leera shivers. Tyranis has taken a mate, more or less, but she does not consider them mates. Only mated. She notices the embarrassed tone and tries to nose Thora gently in false reassurance. "Oh, dear. Then I bet he hasn't told you he goes by Praetor now, either. My, my. Why ever would he wish to keep these things from his own sister?" speech action

Leera’s smile was wiped from her features rather quickly, making Thora feel even more embarrassed by this whole thing. Ty obviously hadn’t told Leera about his family that resided within his pack. This went from a good start to a crash and burn in a matter of mere minutes and it made her ears fold back against her skull and a light sigh pass her lips. She was beginning to feel like Cloud was her only true sibling around here. Sure they didn’t share the same father but Thora’s mom spoke so highly of her first born children that she couldn’t wait to meet them, but so far only Cloud had been there since Her mom had left.

Leera confirmed her suspicions that she hadn’t been told and Thora’s gaze sunk to the ground. This meeting could still have a good outcome, right? She was hopeful, but right now it didn’t look like it. Leera then gently nosed her, comforting her only in the slightest. Leera blew her away with another big piece of news making her gaze quickly shoot to the women’s face.

“He what!? He... He tossed his namesake?” her brows furrowed as she tried to look for any hint of lie.

She didn’t understand how in the world he would just toss aside the name that came from thier mother. She knew if her mother would find out.... She quickly looked away from the women with a frustrated huff. To many emotions were picking at her and she wasn’t sure what was right to feel. None of it was going to be directed at Leera, she didn’t deserve it.

His namesake? With a tilt of her head, Leera realizes there might be a little more to Tyranis than his impatient, testosterone-fueled ways. Yes... this is good. She stores the Wreckage namesake in the dark folds of her mind, certain to use it later on Tyranis. The more she learns about him and his secrets, the more powerful she feels over him. So far, Thora is turning out to be a better bargain than she's given her credit for. Maybe Leera doesn't even have to harm her. It's obvious that all of this news has upset Thora. In an attempt to gain the girl's trust, Leera curls up close to her and attempts to nuzzle her in a motherly way on the shoulder. "Men, they do silly things sometimes. But to throw away his own family... to throw you away, Thora... how could he? He is no brother of yours. You deserve better." Sweet nothings... all in all, this is rather fun. If she can turn Tyranis' own blood against him, who's to say she can't turn them all on Erövrare itself? speech action

She felt numb, unsure how to process it. She couldn’t understand why he would simply toss the Wreckage name aside. They were family and he was parading around like he didn’t belong to them. Cloud was the only one he knew that Ty would openly admit was his brother. She hadn’t even heard Ty utter the words sister to her. She was beginning to feel like this was not the place for her. The more she found out the more she hated what was going on within the pack. Did Cloud know all of this? She sunk to the ground right before Leera curled herself around her. She knew she would need to find Cloud and talk to him, but what else should she do. Should she go hunt for her mother? Surely mom would want to know what is going on.

Leera continued to speak fueling the mixed emotions swirling within her mind. She didn’t care about herself as much as how her mom would feel knowing that Ty was no longer calling himself a Wreckage. She appreciated the Leera’s comforting, but she just didn’t know what to do.

“I don’t understand,” she simply said.

Leera can't help but to frown; it's clear to her how much Thora's brother means to her, and this news has upset her to the point where she's in silent disbelief. The girl doesn't say much to Leera at this point, and for a split second Leera feels guilty for making things worse with her manipulative words, but in the end she swallows this feeling and continues with her agenda. "I know you don't understand, little dove. Nobody would," she cooes into Thora's ear, the end of her tail flicking with intent. "But you must know that I'm the one here for you now. We share blood now, in a way. And I don't throw away my blood like Tyranis does." Leera hopes that Thora sees her as family, or that she will come to seeing it that way. Leera can play the nice, motherly aunt role. There is nothing against Thora, in fact, Leera finds her rather lovable, but she wants her on her side. speech action

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She looked to Leera out of the corner of her eyes as she whispered in her ear. Brows drawing upward as she considered them for a minute. That must mean Leera herself didn't even understand it. Was it possible that Ty was ill and no body realized it? It could explain the reason for all these sudden and drastic changes in his personality, at least from what her mother had told her. She then went on to comfort her, saying she was here now, and that she wouldn't throw her away like Ty had. She nodded slowly going with what Leera had said. What harm could it be to believe what she had said.

"Thank you," she said.

She was grateful for her kindness, or she believed it was out of kindness. She was naive and perhaps would never know of the true intentions Leera had, but making enemies was not part of Thora's personality.

"Any idea how many pups you'll have," she asked changing to a more happier subject.

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The woman pulls away from Thora's ear to study her face, a false expression of reassurance and tenderness present on the sharp angles of her face. It's clear to Leera that this news has hurt the young girl, which is satisfying, but she withholds this emotion from her visage and insteads nods along to the thanks she's given. The seeds have been sewn. Then Thora asks about the number of pups, and Leera settles back into her uncharacteristically friendly facade. She glances to the swollen curve of her side before answering, "An expecting mother can never be sure, but I'm thinking at least three, if not four." Which is true -- Leera sees no reason to lie about this subject matter. Besides, she is anticipating the birth of her and Tyranis' cubs and finds joy in speaking about them. "Would you like to feel, little dove? They've been kicking." She smiles and turns her body so that the girl can touch their movements against her womb if she pleases. speech action

Her silvery eyes would look to Leera as she began to explain what she thought was in there. To her is was exciting even if one would be in there. She couldn't imagine what it felt like to be in her position. She knew motherhood had made her own mother happy so she could only assume that it brought happiness with it. Then Leera offered for her to feel the movements of the pups and it perked up her attitude. It was something she had never done before and her tail would wag. She would gently move and gently press her nose to Leera's belly, her smile widening as she could feel the movements. Suddenly she drew her head back as one of them strongly kicked where her nose was.

She looked back to Leera's face with a smile.

"Did you and Ty pick names yet?" she asked.

This subject was a lot better to talk about and it even made her excited for her potential nieces and nephews arrival. She didn't know how they would be, but hopefully as pups she could have good relationships with them. She had plenty of energy to babysit if it was needed.

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Leera keeps her gaze trained on the young girl's face, a facetious grin tugging at the corners of her lips. It feels uncharacteristic to hold her facial muscles like this for so long, in forced glee and warmth, and even stranger is it to tilt her chin back and chuckle when Thora feels the pups kicking. "Lovely, aren''t they, little dove? And they'll be your nieces and nephews. Your family." Her voice flows from her lips like wine. She leans in another degree, almost so close her nose brushes against Thora's ear. "I know you would do anything for family, wouldn't you, little dove?" She moves away to groom a bit of fur on her shoulder. Yes, she is sewing the seeds, but kids aren't always foolproof. Unfortunately, they have their own ideas and can sometimes make things messy, but maybe Thora would pay off. Leera stood. "Now, if you don't mind, I am exhausted. Expecting mothers get this way, you see. I think I'll retire to the thicket, and who knows, maybe Ty will come help me think of names." The lithe woman tilts her head towards Thora, and if allowed, would continue to press her head against the girl's shoulder in a gentle, affectionate embrace like a hug. "It's been such a pleasure, Thora. I do hope I'll see you soon." With that, Leera curls away from the girl and in a few silent strides disappears into the trees where the shadows will overcome her. -exit- speech action