Shadewood Just did a bad thing

He listened, something she seemingly did not take to very well. But even while she did not, she had. A breath passed after she had concluded herself, and he could feel her desire to hide this mess they had made. Such a flavor of distaste was unfound in him- by Sihis above, what if he had wanted to get caught?

“You’ve got a point, Minori. But if you deny order and category, of structure and discipline, what can you claim as a soldier of mine? Simply acting on an order that leaves my lips when you are unable to keep your own tongue?” His smile was not on his face, but it lie in his voice. She was a smart girl, a stone that was not meant to be shaped into a gem, but sharpened and polished into a blade of its own. “I don’t ask much of you. I much rather see what kind you have of your own accord. A mind much broader than any that a simple General could keep. And if I’m fact, you might be ready to step into something more worthy of sleeping with a wedded man.” After all, of you were going to have an affair, why not make it more meaningful? 

He didnt just sleep with anybody.

”I’ve no Confidant. I’ve no one to lay their eyes on your talent and deem you a worthy successor of these woods. But I have myself. I have my opinions. And most of all, I’ve seen your capability.”  

Bringing a deep breath into his chest, he pulled the drapes from the piece he had worked on for a nice minute now, and bringing himself to center with it, to accept this little motion he had, he gave novelty to what she though was ‘just a rank’. 

“I wish for you to become my Heir, Minori. To rule Shadewood in my stead, should it come to be.” Though it we’re something that could be taken away should he see something undesirable in her or if he should come across a better catch. Ears flashed back fluidly to catch her reactions, to gauge her breathing, her movements. He was invested in her.

”That means the only one who can contest you IS me.”