what do

She told him she wasn’t going to cry and leaned against him. Uh-huh… really convincing. She seemed to absorb what he was saying and then affirmed that she wanted to keep the pups. Well, that was good, otherwise Ash would have had to keep a good eye on her until she gave birth to them- assuming they were, in fact, his.

Arpeggio asked if he wanted to keep them. Oh, if she only knew. He blinked at her, ”Of course… they’re my children, aren’t they?”

Ashmedai was well aware that she belonged with Abaven and all of that, which obviously wouldn’t do as a home for any children of his. Rhyme and his mistakes had clearly proven how Abaven could ruin the Imperialis line- or any line. Like, for real, was everyone there really totally okay with the whole Rhyme fucking his cousin and a whoever else the other mongrel was? Like… as their alpha? When he couldn’t even control himself? Well… it WAS Abaven. Which was why his pups couldn’t be raised there. Now how was he going to break that to this poor girl? Furthermore… where could they be raised…

Legion. Surely Chaos would take them in if Ashmedai promised to also join and be a good boy. He couldn’t drag this poor little girl to the pirate cove, now could he?

His mouth was a little dry- he knew this wasn’t going to go well and he couldn’t explain why just yet. Should he explain they couldn’t be raised in Abaven and say it was because of Rhyme and his whole… bad relations? Could Ash say that he was an enemy of Abaven?

”I think… you should move in with me so we can raise them together.”