White Wings

Venom had lived with the doves of the island for a very long time, they had become a comforting background noise. The sound of them cooing made her feel like she was home. They were part of the reason she could never follow through with leaving this place. The part of her heart that remained loyal to her father and everything he was wouldn’t let her cede control over the shrine. This was Ashen’s home and it was hers, Venom would defend it with her life.

That would include against the she wolf in front of her. As the woman took her last sip and turned to Venom the Empress was more assured of her assumption. There was very little threat from her personally. What Venom needed to worry about was a trap, in case this was just the bait to distract her. Her head was on a swivel, but as sunset gaze locked with the she wolf’s eyes that thought was just as much put to rest.

"Well, at least you haven’t left me a corpse to dispose of.” Venom returned as the girl apologized for drowning on the island’s shores. Her words were dismissive and forgiving, this nameless woman would not catch Venom’s ire. "Tomorrow is all the further your reach goes?” She asked almost rhetorically. With a slight tilt of her head the monarch questioned further. "Do you have any alliance to rely on? Loyalties to keep?” Venom wasn’t cruel but she couldn’t be considered altruistic either. Everything had a price in life. "What is the next day worth to you?” It wasn’t a threat, Venom wasn’t going to hinder the woman, but her help wasn’t without value.

"Venom"