well this is embarassing

She held onto him softly, like he didn’t often allow her to do. He relaxed against her as she told him of the next step in Ashen’s progress. They had much more room to grow and flourish and she could install those wolves that she felt most close to. She stiffened slightly as Azure named Hattori with disdain. ”Careful, Azure.” Venom told him, reminded swiftly of the conversation she’d had with him all that time ago. When she’d listed Hanako as a weak wolf. She had yet to be proved otherwise. ”I don’t keep close company to those I can’t trust.” She echoed his words from that day and tried to forget his defense of the koi like she wolf.

She gently ran her white paw down the back of his neck affectionately, knowing that deep down his words were from his protectiveness of her. ”Tell me what you know of Hattori,” if he had so much doubt then she wanted to hear what she should be looking after. She knew what she had seen and experienced, but what had her Shinobi done to cause alarm in Azure’s eyes?