I knew, once, some time ago the female before me had sought the aid of angels, that she had been healed (much to Heyel’s eternal horror) and given shelter within the borders of Diveen. The how or why of the matter truly mattered little in retrospect, more so I had chosen this leader, this queen to come to because Jaidah had chosen Diveen, because of anything would incline the dark and grey female before me only more to my cause then it was surely whatever disdain it was she had felt for Jaidah- something strong enough to inspire a loner to rise up and claim a pack. Maybe I was hedging my bets a little but it had seemed to pay off, if my own plans came to pass I so no reason to turn upon Asteraia, more so it would simply be easier to allow whatever tension already existed between the other packs and Diveen to further implicate its failing leadership- though for now I saw no reason to do so, for now at least I was happy enough to allow Covet to do as he saw fit. Greatness takes time after all and I need that time for so very many reasons. I’m merely providing myself with a fail safe, drawing others into this little game I play because really, isn’t it always more interesting when others play? The Alphess before me had clearly seen fault with Jaidah, whatever that was, as many saw fault in the current leadership of Diveen- those faults foolish enough to put themselves in the one place and further aid my own mission. If for no other reason then to better protect her own pack, surely the female before me could see the use in allowing myself to be a personal ally.

This one though- this one was clever, someone to be watched- her mind sharper then others and for a moment I found myself almost a little agitated that she was really going to make me work for my goal tonight. Then again, what is life without a true challenge? Her concerns as she offered them and I moved to add only further medicine to her wounds were valid I suppose. Maybe I am not any sort of Alpha or politician and perhaps I cannot be blamed for taking some moments to think on this (I was hardly 2 yet, give a boy a break) some of what she presented almost new to my mind as I frowned before finding that easy grin once more, shoulders rolling loosely.

“Your pack will not be implicated. When we come, my brotherhood and I- we will not come as ourselves, we will be unrecognisable and not one of us will hold the scent of any pack. You are not sheltering Hyrule and his friends, you will merely be sheltering Majora and a few loners. Have you ever heard the story of the Majora’s Mask? It is an old story, one told known by no one here. I will tell it to you one day perhaps. Do you like stories?”

What? I can’t be personable? As for why I picked Majora as the name I intended to use I can hardly say, it seemed a good name and sounded nothing like Hyrule at all. If anything it answered her question and surely displeased whatever fears she may have had. It would be far too…misguided to wander about as myself, my brother and I hardly needed that, nor did the rest of my family. After all- we were all of the same family in the end.

“As for the wolves of this pack and what they do- I cannot keep you safe from others but none of my companions will come against you. If anything it is Tobias the Angels find disdain with, not yourself but If you keep to yourself then so will we and one day, when I have a pack- I will make you my friend more officially- but for now this has to be secret, you do understand don’t you? No one can know I was here, no one. If you do agree to allow us to come and go however I will find a way to thank you and help keep your pack safe. I…..dont have very much, I’m sorry but I will try until I have something more to give.”

She seemed a little concerned by the paw I placed upon her chest and perhaps she held every right to be- it was a bit muddy. Maybe she would not last very long as Queen and maybe my efforts would be in vain but for now it was something and something was damn well better then nothing. Maybe one day Tobias would be an issue, after all, there was much blood between his family and my own and yet to me personally…well, he had done nothing and it is on that basis I judge tonight.

“Angelic blood is changing, believe that, if nothing else. I will keep my promise to you, we will not touch any whom belong to your pack if they do not come at us while we are here- that is fair. I will speak to the others when we next meet- remember, I was never here, at least, Hyrule was never here. You won’t recognise me next time we meet. Now- is there any other wounds that need treating or is that it? It will soothe and heal it faster with the medicine I put on it and any infection will be stopped. I’m going to call you Impa, by the way. I don’t know your name- so I’m giving you one. In one of the stories I know she was the guardian of the shadows, a Sage of sorts. I think it suits.”

Another grin had managed to work it’s way onto my features, flashed towards her now with considerable cheek despite the fact she hardly seemed the jolly type. If she had nothing else to be healed then I was content to take my leave- new ally in place.





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