Do What We Must

Her mother spoke, complimenting Manea's drive and stating that an alliance shouldn't be difficult to attain. Iki tilted her head in the opposite direction as she thought. An alliance required terms. There needed to be a trade of some sort to seal the deal. "What could we offer for our part of an alliance?" Iki's inkblot of a tail curled around her hip and all four paws. "I have no doubt that Manea and Alastor will build a very strong pack. With..." Snake slit eyes shifted away from her mother's face as she avoided saying the name that still made them both uncomfortable. "With the change in Ashen's dynamic, we would benefit greatly from another strong alliance." They were already allies with Fenmyre, her uncle Chimera's pack. Adding Elysium to the fold would bolster them on another front. They needed this alliance, but it needed to be worthwhile.

"Ikigai"