She didn’t quite know what she was looking for when she told Tepi to find and take Arturio, the presumed white king, and someone who might know of him. Still she needed to do something, and something needed answers first before she could decide what it was exactly. Why did the dark male hate him so much for starts? Was it something she should be concerned over? Or was it just some disagreement between two men? What had happened that made one loath the other so and potentially vise-versa? She recalled Arturio wanting to meet with her when he reigned over Asteraia after all and she was very excited to meet him, just his time had been short and she too had things to attend around her pack it being spring and all. Now though it seemed it was time for her to get a few answers, perhaps not all, but maybe at least establish a bond of friendship.

Stealing had never been her family’s preferred method of gaining members or information. However with everything going on Zelda knew she had to be a little more… subtle in her attempts in contacting the former plains king. After all it was part of the ‘deal’ she made to get Whisper and Archana back, and now that they were safe she still needed to keep her promise to Aspis too that she would get him out as well. So she didn’t want to risk that, and so she had sent Tepi to do this knowing it might make them angry.

It hadn’t dawned on her quite yet that her cousin had failed, that before her stood a wolf that was close to Arturio until he had spoke, his unique accent touching her ears before replying. ”Oh.” She said looking a little sheepish her gaze averting nervously and her ears tilting back. ”I.. Uhh.. assume that my cousin tried to bring you here? I’m sorry for the less than polite treatment, but I promise I did it only under the best intentions. My family doesn’t like stealing that much, but I had to do this as secretly as I could and that seemed the only way. So I truly apologize.” She said bowing her head deeply to the male before her, who given the circumstances seemed rather placid about the whole thing.

After a few moments she lifted her head, ”I’m very happy you sought to seek me out on your own though, Dirk, it makes things easier. You see, I’ve recently come across the King of the Moors, Blackthorne, I have recently retrieved two of the three children he had taken in order to get that throne. His terms had been that I not help Arturio in anyway, nor move against his pack personally. You understand, don’t you?” She asked almost pleadingly, she wasn’t helping Arturio, not technically yet at least, as far as she saw it, but it might be seen differently by others.

”I just… wanted to know what was going on between the two that made Blackthorne say such a thing as a deal. I never formed an alliance formerly with Arturio while he was king, but apparently there is some sort of… quarrel… between the two. Do you know why? I would be most grateful to you if I could get some answers.” She asked him lightly, she knew she wasn’t exactly in a position to be asking this wolf favors or information, but he was here and if he was willing to help she would be very thankful to him, and perhaps he could even carry this message and information to Arturio too. Zelda wanted peace and calm after all, and if these two were going to be fighting she wanted to at least know why and see if it could be quelled.