'Oh Ameira... If you only knew how much you shamed us both tonight. Thanis' pack is one of the largest around, in both property and membership. Their warriors are strong and fierce, loyal to a tee and above all fearless. Their healers are some of the most knowledgeable in the area. Their bellies are always full and even with that the prey in their lands are innumerable. And all of this they were willing to share with us.'

"But ..." Ameira was silenced with a single look from the was opposing her, a femmes whose coloring and blood Ameira shared, and whose womb she had occupied - her mother, Sygnus. Sygnus had once been considered the most beautiful lass in all of the lands, her form a lithe yet muscular shape. Her ivory coat was shined and even, and above all, her entrancing lavender gaze set fire to any brute who looked into them.

It was the sign that she was to be the queen of the lands. Just like her mother, and her mother's mother, the unique trait was passed to a single of their pups, no matter how many litters or bairns they whelped. It was always a lassie that was so graced by the gods with the ivory fur and violet gaze, and with their coming of age, whichever pack they belonged to always fell ill, be it scourge, fire, famine, or war. It was the signal that the pack was to pass Tor's Lily - for that was the title they were given - onto another. Never would a Lily remain in the pack of her mother, for these two conditions were the law of Fenris to prevent Tor from favoring a single pack for too long, for he was a jealous mate.

When she had been promised to Orion, Ameira's father, it had been at quite the cost. Boundaries had been redrawn, wisdom shared and armies loaned. But so desired was Sygnus, that the steep price was happily paid, as owning the most beautiful lass in all the lands had set Orion's pack at the top of the hierarchy. Once the top three packs had proven their worthiness by putting their Princes against one another in battle, the bidding war for her paw in marriage had been drawn out for months as all the lairds had sought to win the fair maiden. Her parents had picked the top contender, not leaving Sygnus any choice. The stipulation, of course, was that Sygnus was expected to be able to bear a litter within the first year. That she would be fertile. It would only be after the first pups were born that the payment would be given in full. Though she had been granted that full year's grace period, her parents had urged her to rush it as much as possible, for a scourge had come upon their lands and they needed the help before the winter destroyed them fully. And thus, Ameira and her many siblings had come to exist. But of them all, only Ameira shared the beautified grace of their mother.