build upon the foundation [Ashen Meeting]

Toxicity took stock of her pups and geared her attention towards the meeting. She was congratulated on her pups in front of the pack and she found her eyes glued to the pups rather than any prying eyes around her. She didn't look back up until well after Venom commanded everyone else's attention. She handed out promotions and then moved onto more personal matters. While Tox could have guessed long ago with how fallible the Klein women seemed to be to any servant which fell under their power- even resulting in dog pups. Not to mention how glued they were to each other- Hattori often smelling heavily of it. Still, she knew Hattori was not a man of faith and would not accept him as a brother, in-law or otherwise.

It was foolish, really. In the span of- what- two seasons she had met this man as a servant and now he was not only her mate but co-alpha. Toxicity was always suspicious of him and perhaps this was a power grab. If he knew of Sirius and Deathbelle's past relations, who's to say he didn't aim for that same aspect specifically to groom Venom into a relationship with him? But that would be giving him a lot of credit. She leveled her gaze at each of them, her expression entirely neutral. Before Hattori spoke up, Toxicity quietly ushered her pups away from the meeting- she cared not for what he had to say. Besides, it was almost prayer time.