Blackwater Islands sleeping with the moon and the stars

Akantha bit back a reply that could have sounded slightly disparaging, and instead nodded. She looked away and crossed her legs at the ankles as she lapsed into a thoughtful silence. Kalika's subservience was proving to be far more than a game, and it was becoming clear to Akantha that she could, in fact, call upon her ambassador-in-training to oversee tasks that the Matriarch would otherwise not relieve herself of. The pressures of leading the coven while answering the requests of the Mothers, was becoming a burden far too heavy to bear on one pair of shoulders alone. 

She cleared her throat, "If you would like, I will teach you more now before we part for the evening so that you will be better prepared when the time comes." Akantha said as she turned her gaze upon Kalika again and gave a flick of her ear.