the prettiest people do the ugliest things

Quote:She had chosen delegates to send to do this alongside her so that no member of Olympus would be overly burdened and unable to perform his job at home. She could have easily asked one to stop to the neighboring pack and seek to know whether an alliance was possible, but she thought better of it. The borders of Olympus and this new pack touched in the same place they had when it was Valhalla and when it was Niflheim. Natalya thought it best that she, as the Matriarch, directly approach the wolves that could either pose the greatest risk or the greatest aid to them. Her talent for diplomacy and a level head was something she prided herself on more than almost anything.



The large female carried herself at a leisurely pace to the shared border of Olympus and what she would come to know as Arcanum, planting her feet firmly on the Emerald Valley side. She tilted her head skyward and loosed a summons for the alpha before settling on her haunches to wait. She wasn't sure what to expect from these new neighbors, but she knew what she hoped for. If they could not be allies, she hoped that their relationship could remain neutral. It would do no good for her to have to build an army of children to defend their border against a threat so suddenly imminent. She hoped that this alpha was an experienced adult, not a child as the most recent ruler of these lands had been. Mainly, Natalya hoped for an informed conversation that would create peace, if nothing else. Perhaps she would find more, perhaps much less.