we need to have words

At her reply Azure managed to raise a single brow, an expression of disbelief though he'd not go so far to voice it. However complex their relationship, she was still his Empress and his vow to her still remained. If she was choosing to lie to him, he chose to assume there was a reason behind it no matter how infuriating it may be. At the very least, he owed her his trust. "Very well." The heir replied, equally cautious. "I've missed you too." His eyes roamed the rest of her body - a more thorough inspection should there be more of her injured that he missed at first glance - though his gaze lingered a little long, the silence stretching with it.

Eventually Az drug himself closer, sliding his belly across the den floor until he was nose to nose with her. His lips fell apart slightly, his tongue slipping across his teeth. She smelled so damn good, though in the faint background Az could smell him. For a fleeting moment he almost dared to ask - how much more than a 'warrior' was this koi-wolf to her? To his Empress? He pushed the question down, for fear of hearing the answer. "I.. I came to ask you a favor." He admitted, his voice rough. Never had he felt so much pull towards another, and while occasionally a woman's scent had caught his attention similarly it had never came from someone he already had such strong feelings for. Az shuffled forward a little closer - moving slowly should she ask him to stop - to aim to run his nose from beneath her chin up along her cheekbone and up behind her ear. "Though truth be told, I'm having trouble remembering what it was."