a night so black that the darkness hummed

Potema took a tentative step forward towards the seal carcass as it was moved forward, but was stopped in her tracks from Meldresi's thick tail. The small white pup whimpered up at her mother, but obediently stayed, noticing the looks that the visitor was sending her occasionally. Meldresi kept her eyes trained on Caiaphas, drinking in her words.

The seaside-dwelling coywolf was hiring her Dark Brotherhood to enter a war, dealing an unexpected strike. Meldresi smirked softly at that. Her wolves would thoroughly enjoy breaking through the borders of another pack in a blitzkrieg style. The reasoning, as she expected, was the theft of a child. She briefly wondered who Caiaphas' mate would be, but the thought disappeared in an instant. It was not Dark Brotherhood protocol to delve into those matters, unless it helped in the mission.

Meldresi stepped forward, and with one paw, dragged the sealmeat closer to her, accepting the mission and the payment. "Indeed you have." The dark queen flashed a brief smile at her new client. "Of course, I require information." She looked down for a moment as Potema sniffed the carcass, not daring to take a bite just yet. "The name and location of the pack, obviously, and the name and description of your child. As well as anything specific about the pack in question."