Ecclesiastes 7:1

Venom heard Toxicity’s call and knew the time had finally come that her sister’s children would be revealed. The young Empress felt a flare of excitement light up her veins as she crossed the sand bridge from the islands over into the mainland and the shrine. Knowing of Toxicity’s plan to bring them into the world, and of Hela’s somewhat recent litter, Venom hadn’t pursued her own brood last season. Her broken leg had been the ultimate sign that Ashen was not yet prepared for the children of the Empress.

These pups would be just as special, born into their own mortal vessels to continue the Abraxas line. More than that Venom hoped to see them grow and flourish in the Empire that she tended to. She wanted their childhood to be free of the disasters she and her own siblings faced. The thoughts were shook from her mind as she shook her pelt before emerging from the forest and to the shrine. Hela and Plage’s forms falling in line before Toxicity and her ceremony.

Venom grinned as her sunset gaze flashed over Tox and Obi before she took her place. Her silvery stripes fully developed now a sign that Archon was with her, as he certainly was with all of them now. Her thin frame settled close beside Plague but her gaze couldn’t be pulled from the little wiggling furs in front of Toxicity.