Terms and Conditions

She had been certain that after she laid out the real truth of why she needed him in her life and the role he would play in it he would at best give her a bit of sympathy, but would ultimately decline the request. The more she thought about the arrangement and the longer she considered what it would mean for whichever male she offered this life to the more it felt like an unfair trade. She worried that the only kind of male that would be interested in this kind of scenario would be one that was hungry for power and would take it simply to be as close as possible to the head of the pack and that wasn't the kind of wolf she wanted in such a close and important place in her life. Albion had every right to go back on his agreement now that the stakes had changed, but instead he surprised her by simply saying he was uncertain and following that with the agreement to follow her and see what this life she offered him was like, deciding to hold off on his final decision until they made their vows.

Her gaze lifted to find his as he spoke, genuine surprise causing her brows to lift over her dark gaze. It truly was a selfish thing she was asking of him and a position in her life that purely allowed her to give her heart over to someone who her laws say that she shouldn't and if he decided to go through with this then she would truly owe him more than she could repay. For a moment she didn't know what to say, but slowly her expression softened with gratitude and she breathed a slow sigh, the relief visible in how her shoulders relaxed. She knew that it wasn't a firm agreement and there was a lot that could change, but it took a weight off of her to know that she hadn't entirely wrecked the arrangement that her mother had set up and she had a chance at bringing him into their pack and seeing if this was a relationship that could ever work.

Avacyn stepped closer to him, tipping her muzzle up to press a kiss to his cheek before leaning back with a warm smile. "Thank you, Albion. This means so much. We have plenty of time to get to know one another and see if this will work for both of us... I don't think you'll have any reason to make a firm choice until about this time next year. If there's any point between now and then where you feel like you want out of this just tell me. I won't hold it against you and I won't try to make you stay," she promised. "If nothing else I'll just be happy to have you staying with us in Elysium. I hope you'll find it to be a good home for you."

"Avacyn Mendacium"