You will remember me
Avalon's gaze flicked briefly towards another presence, a child of Katja judging by scent, and to the young one she would give her a nod of greeting as well. Katja would return her greeting, though followed by a long rant of what she was not here for. Avalon kept her cool, a slight brow raising as she let Katja speak uninterrupted until the woman finished. She didn't know what was going through Katja's mind initially, but Avalon had never expected an alliance nor peace treaty between them, and that assumption in itself was uncalled for and quite unfair. "I don't know what kind of wolf you peg me for, Katja. But I assure you that is not what I meant. I never expected an alliance or peace treaty between us, nor coming to you to speak of politics. I am no fool to go begging for one, as I'm sure others have tried and failed." Her voice was stern, though remained respectful despite Katja's obvious anger.
She flicked her tail, pondering what to say next. But it would come easily without much thought. "I've spoken to Lykos and learned some things that he's apparently learned from you. Which is more then I myself, knew about." She recalled the conversation she had with her son versus all the conversations she had with Vereux, and she had to admit..she had learned more from Lykos. "Vereux neglected to tell me exactly what after Yfir except that he got swept away in a storm and has not gone back since. Why, is beyond me. It was he who called at your borders, but he didn't wait long enough for someone to show. Which I must say I was not pleased with. I remember when I was first introduced to you, and I've had no intentions to bear any ill will towards you."
She knew eventually this day would come, and the fact that Vereux had made an oath to Yfir, was something she could not ignore. Loyalty was something that Avalon took seriously, and Vereux could not lie about it. After all, he had the Viking symbol upon him. As much as she wished to think otherwise...perhaps loyalty was something the Armada just didn't understand. "Katja, he took an oath of loyalty to your pack and your ways. I've tried to convince him time and time again to right his wrongs, and he refused to do so until it was too late." She had thought about this moment long and hard, for weeks in the event it ever happened. Yes, he was her mate. But as an alpha, she had to think of the pack as a whole. "I will not keep you from the justice that you seek. He did make an oath, and he broke it. I would do the same were I in your position." She was not saying this to avoid a fight with the woman. But thinking back to her conversation with Bass, she would not risk the pack for one member. But she did need to know at least one thing. "How, may I ask, do you intend to punish him?" It was her right as an alpha to know, was it not? Her stance nor features would not waver either way. She wasn't weak. She refused to be what others were. |
