Can You See What It Could Be?

Her days, which had been busy before, had now become a whirlwind of preparations for Chimera's grand plans of expansion. Ali worked herself ragged as she always did to make sure all fo the herbs and dry goods were packed and ready to go, and had begun to process of curing and salting some of the meat in their larders to preserve them so they'd have meals on the road and when they arrived. Moving a group of wolves was a logistical nightmare on its own right, but moving a group of wolves where one was pregnant, one had recently given birth, and one was only a couple weeks old was damned near impossible. Ali didn't shy away from the challenge though; it was what Chimera had wanted, and she would give him whatever he desired. She was his good, obedient little slave- no, wait... Not a slave anymore. She was just... good and obedient? Gods, this freedom thing was harder to figure out than she'd thought.

She had been surprised when Chimera came to ask her to join him on a trip to scout out their new home. Chimera had ordered her away from him and Viper since the birth of Cerberus, so she kept to herself in the quiet of the den, alone with her muddied thoughts and conflicting feelings. Viper was still out of commission, so she would fill in as his adventuring partner, it seemed. That's how she found herself wading out of the water as she and Chimera swam the channel to the island, emerging like a water nymph with clouded gray fur clinging to every portion of her slender body. She shook the excess water from her and gazed around. The island was significantly larger than their current home, and old abandoned buildings dotted the landscape.

Chimera welcomed her to their new home with a grand gesture, and it was all she could do to keep from smirking and giggling at his theatrics. "Thank you, my lord," she replied in dulcet lyrics, bowing her head to her gracious leader. She hadn't had the chance to do anything else before she felt Chimera hook a claw beneath her collar the way he liked to do—the collar she hadn't removed since he'd given it to her—and urged her muzzle up with a soft gasp from the fae. The sound shifted into a muffled purr while his mouth claimed hers in a lustful kiss, half-lidded aqua eyes seeing the lust in his. That look sent a shiver down her spine, settling between her thighs while demure lips and tongue moved in harmony with his. She had never seen Chimera look at her this way before, and it made her wonder what was happening behind those eyes in his mind to create such an expression. Was he simply horny because Viper and Siren were out of commission for his lust? Or was there something more?

He released her, and Ali's lips separated from his with another little gasp for air. She blinked her eyes open fully, returning herself to her senses and trying to keep herself composed. She'd overstepped boundaries with him by trying to be physically affectionate with him before, and found herself on the receiving end of his paw on her throat. He'd made his feelings toward her very clear that day, and that was why she couldn't let herself feel anything for the massive brute beyond what their relationship had been like before. He had Siren and he had Viper. She could never be anything worthy to him beyond a product with a use. "Right beside you, Sir," she commented while she followed close to the brute's side, sweeping the structures with amazed eyes. "The island is tremendous. Do you have plans in mind for what you'd like this place to be?" Would he turn it into a fortress? A hedonist's paradise? A sovereign country isolated from the world?

"Aliana"