In the past season, Alastor had met more of Manea's extended family and learned so much of their customs than he had expected to. The way she drew the others to her was a testament to her charisma and ability as a leader. She was born to be the Matriarch of the family. Yet of all the Mendaciums Alastor had met so far, one stood out to him far more than the others. Imperia. The young woman that bore none of the family's usual gifts of mutations, and her coat—while striking and unique—was as plainly colored as Alastor's own was. Both wolves lacked the unusual and glamorous colors of the rest of the family, and neither had any mutations to speak of. But while it had never bothered Alastor, he knew what it felt like to be an outcast, to be shunned and felt like he was lesser or broken by those around him. The Mendaciums certainly didn't intend to make Imperia feel that way, but Alastor knew those emotions would happen nonetheless.

In an effort to get to know the wild card of the Mendaciums, Alastor had asked Imperia to meet him at a small taiga forest just to the north of where the family was residing on Alias Island. He wanted to have a heart to heart, to see where she was coming from, where she had been, and who Imperia Mendacium was. Maybe it was his attempt to let her know she wasn't alone; that someone else in the family knew what it felt like to be outcast and strange. The dark-furred monster of a wolf waited for her to show up, sniffing the air for traces of entertainment. He thought they could get better acquainted while hunting something fun, like a bear. Or, if she was more interested in it, he'd be more than happy to spar with the smaller woman. The day would be hers to decide.


"Alastor"

Warning: Alastor is an explicitly mature character for violent and sexual content. Read his threads with caution.
As his mate, Manea may enter any of Alastor's threads not marked Private.
____________________

Imperia wasn't really happy with Alastor inviting her to chat, yes to talk to him. Why on Boreas from all wolves would he been the one to call her out here? Poe, well she wouldn't surprise, but Alastor, someone she had never talked to face to face was a different story. She didn't know his reasons no she cared to know, but she saw it as an obligation, as a must so she would go to see him. Hoping he wouldn't waste her time, she felt nothing but wish to end the pirate queen's life after insulting their leader. Oh how she wished to eat their heart and make them cry, beg. She had no time to for this but well, quietly the female would go his way.

She was aware he didn't have gifts like her, but his size and colors were indeed nicer. She couldn't tell if she could emphasize with him, she never did with no one. She didn't feel anything, anything about nothing and no one. She was cold, she loved no one nor cared for anyone beyond family ties, beyond a job. Leaving their Island's domains she went to the Taiga Alastor had planned to be their meeting place, a place where whatever he wanted would be done. "Alastor." She called. "What do you want?" She asked, coldly, dryly. No hesitation, no emotions, just to the point, to the business.

""

Imperia showed up promptly, not leaving the dark brute waiting for long. Good. Alastor despised being ignored, but it also showed Imperia's commitment to his wife. She had no obligation to come see him or do anything he asked. He held no power, and yet she still did as he requested. She showed up with a curt and frosty greeting, if one could all it that, and asked what he wanted. There was no formality, no warmth or friendliness. It was brutal and honest. Alastor could work with brutal and honest. "Follow me," he said in low, husky rumbles, turning to start loping off through the sparse pine trees along the edge of the rocky shore and frigid waters. He wanted everyone in Elysium to be at their peak performance for when Manea needed them to rise up with her and take their pack by force. Secretly, he hoped it would be from the scurvy pirate bitch, but he wouldn't care whose blood he spilled to make his wife smile.

The world was quiet, with only a faint whisper of arctic wind rippling through the pine trees. In the dim twilight of the strange world, Alastor seemed to blend and meld into the shadows, moving fluidly through them like a fish through water. He didn't say a word while he led the way through the forest, his nose twitching to catch the scent of another predator on the wind. It was a scent Alastor knew well, and one he would never forget. Grizzly bear. "Everyone will need to be prepared to fight and kill when Manea calls us to take her pack," he stated simply. "I know you're angry about the pirates. I am too. We'll get our revenge on them one day."

Alastor turned abruptly and stopped in place, facing Imperia, who looked like she'd grown an inch or two in the weeks since Manea's fight for the pack. "You and I aren't like the others, but that doesn't mean we aren't the deadliest. So today we're going to be violent together." He left the decision up to her now. "There's a grizzly bear nearby. We can kill it together. Or we can fight." The bear was dangerous—but Alastor was arguably more dangerous than it was.

"Alastor Mendacium"

Follow me . Was the first thing the large male said as Imperia approached him, eyes remaining cold, unreadable expression. She felt nothing, her heart was empty of emotions, only emptiness. She should she feel something she had never been given? Why should she give others what she had denied all her life? And it wasnt like she had the ability to feel in the first place. She never did, nor she needed it now nor any time soon. She simply stood there before following him as requested. But keeping her distance, from behind. Being mates to the matriarch for her meant Alastor was also above her, being wanted one or that was all she could guess from him. If Manea chose him as soul mate, he had as much importance as for her to try staying away from his level.

His next words were a fact she already knew of. She was born ready to rip throats for her family even if none had shown that for her. Being lesser than the gifted ones, she knew no one would fight for her, nor give a fuck if something happened to her, but she cared not either. "I will. I will make them scream" That was a promise she was willing to see fulfilled by her own fangs. She kinda liked his proposal of some needed blood bath. A bear, well it didn't matter. A kill was a kill. "Any plan?" She had one but again she wouldn't act without being told by who she saw as superior.

""

Imperia's remark of how she was ready to make them scream drew a dark smirk across Alastor's lips. Oh, he could already fantasize the sweet melodies they could make those fuckers sing, and it would be glorious...! Soon—not now, but soon. There was much work that needed to be done first. Manea had to have her pack. She had to finish gathering the family and establishing their home. Then they could see about a bloodbath on pirate lands, assuming the dumb lucky bitch's group stayed together that long. He didn't put it past the careless whore to simply fall to the wayside and disappear into nothingness.

She asked about a plan to kill the bear, and although he could think of several, Alastor found it far more fun to live life in the moment and roll with the punches. However, he could see the glimmer of an idea hiding in Imperia's purple eyes. "Sometimes it's more fun to take a leap of faith with no plan. And sometimes it's more fun to see what others can create." He motioned with a flick of his head towards the rocky mountains nearby. "The bear's scent leads that way. A grizzly. It's probably holed up in a cave hibernating for the winter. Would you like to do the honors and show me how you make art? Consider me your assistant."

A flash of brilliant white fangs amongst jet black fur, and Alastor waited for Imperia to take the lead. Although he knew his position as Manea's mate gave him a modicum of power, he never carried himself as any more important than anyone else. After all, did he not bleed the same as the others? Imperia would get the chance to be in charge today and show what she was capable of.

"Alastor Mendacium"