Outside perspectives

Not even a moment after she questioned her nephew about Asla, she glanced up and saw the tan and gray form of her sister appear behind him. He only just began to speak when Asla shooed him away to go play with his sister, the golden furred boy running off dutifully to go find Satira. Briar smiled slightly to her sister and followed her into the den, settling on the fur she was offered across from her. There was no pleasantries or nonsense with Asla. She was pretty much always straight to the point on things and that was something she appreciated from her sister. Her uncertainty must have been more obvious on her face than she realized because Asla immediately pointed out how it looked like something was on her mind and Briar smirked. She was going to miss her perceptive sister when she left.

"Artorias came by yesterday with some supplies to share from The Hallows," she told her, jumping right into things. It was background details that didn't mean much, but it painted a picture and helped ease her into the topic. "I went to greet him, but I could tell something was off and he told me how he had met this man with a pack in Auster that allows all kinds of things - including having a harem of women." The sentence still felt weird in her mouth and she gave a little shrug when she said it. "I guess meeting that man made Art realize some things and he told me how he had lusted over the slave he brought back with Dad and... well... has felt some stuff for one of his sisters too." Feeling stuff for Lia was more understandable because she knew how nonchalant Lia was with sexual advances or offers. The part about his sister... that threw her off a bit more, but it still hadn't stopped her from giving him the freedom to follow his feelings.

Her ears flicked and she frowned a little, looking to Asla curiously. "I told him he could be with other women if he wanted to as long as I was still the most important one in his life - got to be his mate and rule with him and all that - and as long as he told me who he was sleeping with... Do you think that was a good idea? Should I have told him not to? Should I have broken up with him?" The whole concept of being with multiple wolves was so foreign to her that the whole idea baffled and confused her, but Artorias had seemed relieved with her understanding and grace over the situation. She wanted him to be happy and to be himself in every way, she just needed another perspective on the whole thing.

"Briar Fatalis"