Northstar Vale The year of the wasp

“In passing” was better than being mentioned with a negative tone. After all- he was new still to this familial pack and their ways. Just as strangers were expected to prove themselves before becoming a trusted, ranked member of Sapphique, he assumed the same must be the case here. A neutral remark would have to suffice for now- though secretly he wondered if Viskani might have spoken of him approvingly- and that her son sought to keep Tousaint doubting himself.

I come from a long line of powerful women, He said. Who rule by de sea for many generations…Dey be dere still, grown now to a mot’er pack an’ a sister pack. He stated. De men born into de pack often disperse, to lead full lives elsewhere. He felt no need to mention his wretch of a sister being a thorn in his side. Dere be some similarities, I ‘ave come to understand, between our two families. He knew fully well that Viskani wanted a daughter- and he knew what it was like to be a son.