The sable hybrid knew little of leadership; she was experienced only in holding a false sort of power, command over her pseudo-siblings and the canines in Eterne. That was a power given to her only by virtue of Mantus and the other Kimaris canines; it had disappeared as quickly as their favor for her soured. This would be a different beast entirely, and the coal-hued woman did not think it would be so easy as to lift her fingers and command. She needed to earn the respect of those in the pack, or so Sirius had told her. There could be no abuse of power in this place; those under her command would be loved as family.
Of course, They would never equal Salvia, Pandemic, and Wretch, she knew -- maybe even Larkspur and Sirius, too, but they would come closer to her than she had allowed many of these Anathema canines. They would be hers, and she would be bound to them in much the same way. In that way, they would be a web of strength, all as one. She would have no disjointed pieces, though she certainly wasn't stupid enough to expect them all to hold hands and live happily forever after in peace. There would be quarrels and fights to settle eventually, and she anticipated trouble as much as she did success. At his words, she nodded and smiled faintly, her fingers still trailing through his mane. She was unafraid of his aggression, though perhaps she ought to have been -- he outweighed and outmuscled her by a great deal.
“They'll be surrounded by strength and stability. That's what we'll make this place of,” she promised, fully intending to make this so with all of hwer power.
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