Serpents In My Mind

He was pleased that she had been honest with him. The thought that he might not have been at fault and that the problem might have been the lackadaisical pack members he had gathered struck him as pandering. When she admitted he may have been at fault however he understood she was conceding that she didn’t know all the details that had come into play. The thought that a majority of them had been too weak for him had occurred to him, and he acknowledged internally that if he ever came across the blue woman again he would make her pay dearly for breaking his laws, even if Dauntless was no more. “Some of the members I gathered ended up here actually, I think they may have been drawn to me as the Apollyon’s son, although I came to find out later that most of them were his children as well.” He told her calmly, “Those, truth be told, those were the members that gave me the least amount of grief.”

When she mentioned that he was on the right path he shifted slightly and felt the corners of his mouth lift in a small smile, but felt the smile fade as she asked if he hoped to take leadership of the pack. “Not Ruina no, I suspect he’ll want one of the pups from the demon mother to take on after him.” He said without the slightest touch of disappointment. “Although…” He started, an almost mischievous smirk playing on his lips. “I wouldn’t mind starting a sister pack of my own sworn to Ruina.”