He left the group a bit ago, making his way around the valley which the ball was being held. Already the sun seemed to be slowly going down behind the trees and my gaze was still searching for someone who looked like they could be helpful. I talked with a wolf here and there, a few from Taviora that I knew from the past, like Zeltzin, I spotted the Alpha male from Iromar, Cenmatl, though I knew him from here as well, it seemed things didn’t change, though he was fairly tight lipped, I wondered if it had to do with our diplomatic situation between the two packs or what. I even spotted Ame, he seemed very different from when we were kids, he sported scars and seemed pretty rugged, I knew he was a loner now, and you could tell, though he was floating around the Alphess of Spirane of all wolves, which was… interesting.

None of them really seemed to have what I was looking for though, so I set my sights on finding Ceres to see what was going on with her and around Taviora that everyone was being so quiet about. She was still my ally if no one else was. I was her mentor after all, intrusted her with Taviora’s assassin duties, but I couldn’t really find her. Perhaps it was because it had been so long, I still had this image of a short, spit fire child that annoyed the ever living piss out of me, but I also had a spot for her in my heart because of that. I felt bad for leaving her at such a bad time… but my own family had suffered a great blow as well and needed me. Father was losing his mind, and mother lost her child, me a brother and then I come to find out I was an uncle upon my return. Though I will continue not to breath a word about them… Paschar was gone I gathered too now… I shake it from my head though, but a voice reaches my ears.

It had a smooth and almost sultry tone to them I was confused at first at how anyone like that would know my name or what I was up to. I immediately put on a facade, a smile touching my features trying to look so innocent and surprised before I turn slowly and I am met with familiar white eyes, though they were on a much larger, adult like, feminine body. My grin was wiped off my face faster than bats flew out of hell and was replaced with a slightly agape jaw. ”Ceres?” I said quickly trying to reclaim my composer reminding myself very very very quickly how young she is, though another annoying part of me also tells me ‘she’s pretty much an adult’ which I kick aside quickly. ”What makes you think I of all wolves would be causing trouble?” I say though perhaps not as smoothly as I would have wanted too. It just… caught me off guard how well she had grown, she was a beautiful young woman, and I hated that I was pretty certain she knew that too. She certainly wasn’t being shy.

Though I think her next words thankfully snap me out of it. My gaze narrowing and my lips tightening as she dares INSULTS my own perfect fur and figure. ”Excuse me I will have you know I am more glamorous and clean than ever thank you very much. I even groomed myself to perfect before coming here, combed through with absolute care so that it all laid perfectly for today.” Vanity. My family’s well known weakness. Though I am greatful that she did so because it allowed my to be more indignant that shocked now.

”ANd look at YOU, you have blood all over your face. What you don’t have an ounce of civility to even clean yourself right?” It wasn’t that bad but there was clearly a bit of blood from a meal on her cheeks yet that she missed, or like she had splattered it, it was on her chest a bit too. ”Where you butchering something or eating it, good lord girl I taught you to keep yourself better than that!” Again… I am happy for the distraction of being placed back into her ‘mentor’ slot. It was where I needed to be and I had to stay there.