Northstar Vale I can't take my eyes off of you

backdated, b4 yama thread @Reiko

Takeshi had been planning. Reiko was pregnant, Hime was here... the empire was not safe. He didn't trust Reiko's bitch of a sister, no matter how sweet she acted. And so he was determined to assume power before she could- as Reiko's pregnancy would surely create trouble for her in leading. Takeshi was an asshole, yes- but an asshole with plans, and he didn't want other people taking advantage of his pregnant wife. Only he had that right. 

Today he searched for her quietly and with little fervor, strolling through the territory with downturned eyes that followed the path of his own paws. She would hear his thoughts, she would be his audience- and he prayed that she would agree in some ways to his ideas.