The strength of the pack

His heart was still heavy. He still hurt after he witnessed that cruel day. There was nothing more he could do though. At least not now. Elias had paid part of his debt for Domina's life when Ace partially blinded him and left his face heavily scarred and disfigured. But Ace wouldn't just settle for that. A life for a life... He thought grimly. It was only fair. Ace decided that it would happen one way or another, with either him or Elias paying the price when the time came. He did what he could to keep his mind off of his darkened thoughts, and he was sure Actaea and Ignis were trying to do the same. He was sure they hurt much like he was, the trio connected in so many ways that it seemed they were all so predictable in the eyes of one another.

He was sitting alone in one of their dens when he heard both Shaye and Rhyme call the pack together for a meeting. While normally he would have been glad to finally join Abaven in their first meeting since he'd been here, he just couldn't really find the will to be anything but broody as of late. He'd been getting in fight after fight with other predators, the evidence visible on the many fresh wounds that were beginning to scar. With a sigh, he gathered his two fox kits and slowly lumbered towards the meeting.

When he arrived, the only ones there besides the alphas was the former slave boy, and to his surprise, Actaea. Then again, was he really surprised? She had been doing a lot, always training and working. He didn't doubt that she was doing just that to get her mind off darker things before coming here. He moved to sit on her right side, shoulder gently brushing hers as he quietly nuzzled her neck. His gaze fell on Shaye and Rhyme then, remembering that Shaye and Tana had recently had pups. He knew Shaye had been pregnant, having scented it quite a few times. The question that he was sure lingered in the air was 'who was the father?' Well... he was pretty sure that would be clear when those puppies were old enough to come out. He was far from stupid. He was highly observant, almost nothing slipped past his radar. He had thought Shaye was cute at one point, but if she suddenly had a mate, then that changed things. Even so, he kept his thoughts to himself for now as he waited for the rest to get here so the meeting could start and he could get out of here.

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