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Posted by Wraith on December 31, 2005, 1:19 pm
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His barbs had been expected and she let them slide off of her like water from a duck's feathers, not so much because she possessed such an impressive amount of self-control, which she did not, but because she knew the source. One insult would only lead to another and, as much as she treasured these visits with that icy viper, there was a pair of friendlier shoulders to rest on and she did not want to take too long in getting back to them.
However, the bird did have an hour or two to kill and this business certainly looked important enough to deserve some attention. That, and an earlier peek at her wolf’s campsite had revealed it to be dreadfully crowded. Before she headed back she wanted to be sure that enough time had passed to allow ShadowGaze to fall back into a pain-fogged sleep, and for Youkou and her mate to mosey off, freeing the pups to keep Iceborn busy. Until that happened FrozenSoul was assured her full attention.
And he certainly had that.
Despicable as most agreed he was, FrozenSoul had always clung to his version of honor and since coming to the mountain no one save maybe AmethystEyez herself could accuse him of breaking the few sincere promises he had made. None of Ravenshadow’s kin seemed the least bit concerned that the little silver wolf might end up facing down the business end of FrozenSoul’s thick head, or, if they were, they had not admitted it within her hearing. If she had to place bets on it then she would have said that they would be just as surprised by it as she was.
It was sort of funny in itself that the most foreseeable of targets was the one that no one had thought of. They were all more worried about protecting her privacy than her life. They thought it was the pups he was going after.
Was that really such a bad thing though? Had they all been giving him too much credit to see him for what he was? He was, after all, the same monster he had always been, he had not changed. Raven’s betrayal had not magically changed him into someone more cunning or brutal than he had been before. Not that that made him any less of a threat, it just meant that he was a predictable threat. She did not have to work any harder to keep him under control, she simply had not been using the right bait before.
That was the theory, anyway. She had yet to test it...
Twittering to herself, Wraith once again made a mental note of another loose string that would need to be worked into her plan and decided to go ahead and begin feeling her way around the new situation. "No, it is not. Not unless someone makes it my concern anyways. In which case, yes, I do know where she is, as well as who is with her and in what condition they are in. I knew the same about Youkou, but then, you did not ask where Takedo was now did you? Perhaps if you had been thinking about more than just flirting you would have remembered to ask."
