A cut above the rest

She glanced toward Alastor with a grin as he gave his vote of confidence for her and her ambitions, chuckling softly as she leaned over to give his cheek a grateful kiss. Of course she wouldn't expect her biggest cheerleader to say anything less, but it still meant quite a lot to have his support in an endeavor that was beyond his usual desires. If she had told him she wanted to do nothing more than kill and hunt and fuck for the rest of their days he would have done it happily. Pushing him into supporting her in her desire for power and prestige was probably not the path he would have picked for himself, but he went along with her anyway and she loved him for it. She turned her aqua gaze back toward Ikigai as she spoke up to give her approval for her as well as she gave the young girl a warm smile. She was such a bright child and so well spoken for her age. She was absolutely smitten with the girl and hearing her now made her tail wag gently behind her.

Bringing her gaze back to the Empress as she spoke, Manea smiled and gave a small, understanding not as she prefaced her words with the reminder that she couldn't make any promises right in this moment. It was a reasonable statement and Manea appreciated that rational thinking far more than someone who just caved at the first sign of strength in someone else. As Venom continued and described a pack in the north that sounded unimpressive at best and pitiful at worst a grin pulled across her lips with a chuckle. All she had really needed was a point in the right direction to keep herself from accidentally trying to lay claim to a pack that the Empress favored. A friendship with Venom and her pack would certainly be a benefit for her future conquests, but her biggest goal for this meeting was finding a target and Venom had done that for her excellently.

The Shogun's simple addition to the conversation drew an amused glance from her as she smirked, her aqua gaze shifting back toward Venom once more as she spoke. "So it will be done," she replied simply, chuckling again as she rose to her paws. "I won't take any more of your time, Empress. I appreciate you allowing me to meet with you today. If it's alright with you I would like to return once my children here so that they might meet your lovely family. Your children would be a wonderful influence for them." With that arrangement made and a new plan on the horizon she dipped her head respectfully to the Ashen rulers and began to depart, returning back to their temporary home with a wicked grin on her lips.

Manea | Temno | Ciemny