Have to do this right

Venom was quietly contemplating there at the shrine, her sunset eyes on the glowing waters before her as the moon rose over the Ashen Empire. So much had happened in the last year, it was hard to tally all of it within her mind. She sent two of her offspring out to conquer the world, or at least strengthen Ashen’s blood ties. Venom couldn’t deny how much she missed both Iki and Oki. She had worried what it would do to Iki, sending her two siblings out, but she wasn’t so blind not to notice the young Remus there to back her up in her sibling’s place.

The Empress found it oddly coincidental that Remus would find her here as her mind strayed to him. The tall young man approached her quietly, the moonlight shining off of his curving horns and silvery fur. "Remus,” she greeted in return. "Of course, you have my full attention.” She knew he had stepped up as Ike’s best friend, but she wasn’t so sure that was where the conversation ended.

"Venom"