Ankyra Sound Now it’s two long years of waiting around to die

it was frustrating to come to terms with the fact that he was not nearly as hot-headed as his sister was, and certainly did not react with the same sharpness that his mother did. this meant that illidan was in a world on his own, most of the time. while he preferred to keep his mind rational and approach his problems using only logic, this was not the method that his sister was very fond of. it seemed that she was doing everything she could to convince him of her reasoning. challenging as it was, illidan would not allow for his emotions to overtake him. the more she tried to convince him, the more he was growing frustrated and overwhelmed.
 
“no, it’s a complicated plan that you have cooked up because you’re upset and worried about her,” illidan growled softly before turning to his sister with a cold expression. “if you’d stop with these angry battles, you might be able to see just how absolutely childish all of this sounds.” the words came out far angrier than he had anticipated they would. part of him envied her ability to sink into her feelings and hold fast to her opinions based around them. the other part of him was so bothered by this, that he was losing his grip on how carefully he could keep his cards to his chest.
 
raleska was quick to state that vercingetorix would only ever be an enemy to them. illidan spun toward her, bristling. “he will only be an enemy for as long as you treat him that way. your hostility will be the reason we see issues from him. you cannot push and prod at others and then expect them to pledge their loyalty to you, raleska,” the young ghost snarled to her. “you cannot make him into the man you think he is with your anger, no matter how much you would like that.” the painful truth was that as much as they all wanted verx to be a villain, he had not done anything wrong to them in the time that he’d been there.
 
the dark girl went on to say that if illidan was smart, he would put the former drageda wolf on watch, and that if he didn’t, she would do it. this seemed to be the last straw that he could hold upon his back. illidan froze in his tracks, looking to her with a weary rage that had sprung up from these last few words. “you would be so selfish that you would take away two of our best members from the borders in order to follow after a man you have no proof against? i will tell them that they are only to tend to our claim, and you will go and search for our mother before making any more demands.” the way his words were placed was done in a tone of finality. he would not have raleska jeopardize the entire pack – erzulie’s children – because she didn’t trust a single member. they had much larger worries on their plate.