Sneaking Out Past Curfew

Venom knew Plague would be concerned, that was one reason she hadn’t quite invited him into Ashen lands with her. She did try, but today was not the day for all of that. Maybe she did need to sit and talk with Plague before that happened. He teased her back as she leaned into his side, and her told her that he most certainly did want to know who and what that had been before he arrived.

"No, not unreasonable.” She agreed with him as he spoke his concerns. As he should be. Venom wasn’t just any woman, and she had been doubting her time with Maverick since he rescued her. However much doubting there was encouragement. He pulled her out of the darkness, and Venom felt safe in his arms. He was either the best actor that ever lived, or he was beginning to care about her too. Plague waved a paw at her when he realized she was stalling and Venom let out a soft sigh as she pondered the beginning.

"I was coming home from my trip right after Hattori left.” She hadn’t said his name in so long, it still left a bitter taste in her mouth. "He was being cheeky and toeing the border but…” She chuckled to herself and smiled softly at the memory, wondering if she should really share with Plague. "He’s the one who made the rope swing at the southernmost shores.” She didn’t know if Plague had been up there, but she was almost sure the pups had been there. ”He convinced me to try it out and I… had fun.” Venom admitted to him softly as she leaned into him.

"Then the mongrel had to go and push my buttons so I chased him off.” The Empress finished out her recollection of their first meeting and looked up to Plague’s verdant gaze. "I honestly didn’t think I’d see him again but a while after that I was scouting the gulley and I fell on the leg I injured when we were young.” She went on then, explaining why she found herself trusting him. "He found me, he might have saved my life.”

"Venom"