Fate Draws Us Together

This chance encounter turned out to be full of surprises. The delicate blossom of a woman introduced herself with a series of quite regal sounding names which indeed went along with her royal status within this pack that seemed to be named Ashen. His brows lifted with surprise, his smile widening a bit. Beautiful, gifteded, polite, and a lady of importance in another pack… she was becoming quite the valuable meeting of chance indeed. She was far superior to any woman he had come across in the several years he had been searching at the very least. And yet she still managed to continue surprising him as she explained how Ashen and Elysium, which turned out to be Manea’s pack, were quite familiar with one another and that she was going to be the diplomat for them. He chuckled softly at the coincidence of it all and replied, “Well, my sister has always had excellent taste when it comes to finding the wolves she keeps around her. It seems that hasn’t changed in our time apart.”

He listened intently as Ikigai explained the direction of Manea’s pack, directing him to the north-east to find a land bridge that stretched out into the sea. It made him extremely curious to find this place and see what his sister had come up with for their new home. “I do certainly appreciate the directions,” he replied with a small nod. At the very least now he knew where to find Manea once he was ready to make his return to her. After such a long stint away from his family he was ready to get back to them as soon as possible… but he had his sights set somewhere else first. He had always been told that there was one special soul mate for each of the Mendacium wolves and that when the time was right they would be drawn to them, but after nearly two and a half years of searching he had begun to believe it was all bird shit and he should just accept whatever suitable woman he came across. And now, just as he was about to finally throw in the towel before he got too old to have his children, he lands in front of a fae who checked every box he could possibly come up with who just so happened to be moving to his sister’s pack. Perhaps the Ancients hadn’t given up on him just yet.

“I’m glad our paths happened to cross, Ikigai. I’m looking forward to living with you in Elysium soon enough,” he said with a charming smile and began to turn as if he was going to leave, only to stop and turn his gaze back to the Ashen princess again. “Actually… It sounds as if the trip would be too far for me to take it tonight. If it wouldn’t be too much of a bother perhaps I could stay here for the night head that way in the morning?” He gave her a small tip of his head, adding, “Only if it’s not too much trouble, of course.”

"Deimos Mendacium"