What do you Seek?

She was so proud of her pack, and those two words were nearly enough to drag a snarl away from his bared teeth - but as she continued, quickly adding onto her words and explaining, he found himself understanding. His sister was like him - raised in a similar fashion, constantly aiming higher, reaching for greater things, and perhaps trying to impress the mother that had instilled this ambition within them. Starting small He would roll the question over within his own mind - he didn't like living beneath anyone but Morphine or perhaps one of his siblings. It was the only way he knew how to live in terms of packs. Yet Artemis had tried something new - an approach that he wasn't sure whether he could stomach.

She was learning from the inside.

Her confidence drew a smirk from his kissers, her plan was one that he couldn't help but find interest in. Curiosity piqued, he would eye her with a mischief laden glance, before nodding. There was no longer doubt in her loyalty, she had not joined a stranger's legion, she was simply setting up the cards to create her own. If she managed to take the bitch's crown, he would be there beside her - being subservient was not something that Codeine was particularly interested in, but aiding his sister as Queen would provide him with more than being a rogue did. More than joining one of these awful packs that resided in Alacritia ever could.

The silence was not particularly heavy, but he found himself on edge, waiting for her response. Would she forgive him quickly? Or would he find himself proving his own worth? She had been trying to seize their family a kingdom, while he had done nothing of value. Although emotion was not something that he dealt with often, shame prickled idly at the back of his head. He would have to do more if he was going to bear his surname with pride. Yet as he moved to sit beside her she would not push him away or bristle at his touch. Words would not be what bound them again, but a subtle action that he would take a bit of pride in.

It was good to have Artemis back. He would not be fool enough to leave her again.

"This poor bitch will never know what hit her." He would say, and although his words were crude, they were spoken with confidence toward his sibling. There was underlying jealousy, of course - she had outgrown him, and quite possibly outsmarted him... but he trusted her, and wanted to see her prevail - for both of their sake and their mother's. "Ares left?" He didn't remember as much of the boy as he did Artemis, but he did not expect that they both would wander off. Neither male had been their for their mother or sister like they should have. It left a bitter taste in Codeine's mouth. "Where did he run off to?"

"And how's mother?" After she lost Tortuga he had not known what to do or say, and perhaps giving the woman any sort of space had been what started his wandering enough to lose sight of her. Perhaps instead of Queenie's throne, they should be going after their birthright. Tortuga was rightly theirs.