What secrets she had spun with Sirius were theirs alone for the moment. The coal-hued woman hadn't spoken of their scheme to anyone, though she had been vertiginous with pleasure at the thought of this uprising. It was a quiet and bloodless rebellion, to be certain, but it was one nonetheless -- this was not one packmember sneaking away in the night. She intended to take an entire contingent with her, and it would not do to have their plans unearthed until they were more prepared.
If it were anyone other than Larkspur, she would not have considered speaking on the matter. Yet he had given her children, he had provided for her, and in some twisted way, maybe he did own her -- or at least, part of her, in that he owned half of Salvia, Wretch, and Pandemic. They were his blood as much as hers, and the existence of the children bonded them more surely than any flimsy mateship crafted on words and feelings. Brilliant chartreuse yellow eyes considered him for a long minute, pondering whether he suspected her of adultery and whether he cared, whether he suspected their true intent, and twenty other scenarios.
“We follow the mountain, past the coyotes and to the edge of the water. There's a little thicket there we'd like to call ours soon enough. Will you come?” The question was posed simply and succinctly, and though there was a vague apprehension in her that he might be angry that he hadn't been told sooner, the hybrid thought she knew his answer already.
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