A Man Who Pays His Bills on Time is Soon Forgotten
Emergency Meeting [select members]
She listened quietly as Acere spoke, eyes closing as she held in a sigh and the urge to scold him as if he were a child. She listened as Heloise said her piece before leaving, and she listened while the others spoke. While they could just go back on their word to Hjarrandi, she knew Ace felt honor bound and she could respect him for that. She's right. Perhaps this is one of the stupidest things you could do," She spoke finally as her gaze opened to rest on the alabaster King. "But what's done is done. We all make mistakes. It's in our nature and no leader is perfect. It's how we learn and grow." She said gently, motherly almost. "That being said, we move forward from here. Though I hope whoever you freed will be made to work off what we paid for his freedom." Her voice was stern. After all, if she had been the captive and someone paid all of that to free her, or any amount, she would certainly work to repay the debt. But she didn't know anything about the man they were paying for...so this was a gamble.
"As for potentially losing Abaven as an ally...I suppose I'm going to have to agree with Shiva. They're not the pack they used to be when Bass led. I don't feel like they would be of much aid if we needed them during a siege. Abaven mostly consists of the peaceful sort. Healers, diplomats...perhaps some who don't even know what they want to do. I can say with certainty that it is nowhere near what Bass once had." She sighed softly as she continued. "We best focus on ourselves. And perhaps ally with those like us. But for now, we will focus on the debt paid to Hjarrandi and the raids to come. I don't want a repeat of a past raid..." She stared pointedly at Dragon before continuing, "So we can agree here that it would be dominance only, or match even with the opponent. Asides from that, I'll help restock what we're losing. And I think it's best this is kept private knowledge between us." While being honest to the pack should be what they should do, she knew all too well how that was also a double edged sword. Sometimes keeping the whole truth from the rest of the pack was the better option. |
