Innocence is in the mind of the guilty
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Honrin had arrived at his parent's house in the early hours of the morning while his mother and youngest sister were still asleep. His father and brothers however were awake with worry in their eyes and hearts for the two females. Temo had not been able to stay long though, needing to head out to do his duties to the pack. Honrin should really be up in the abbey with Pripyat and Ansui looking after the temple and gardens, helping any who wandered in seeking council from them but Ansui had heard of Jace's fight by the ocean and had sent the younger male off to go see his old friend and make sure she was okay. It hadn't taken him long to reach the house through the snow drifts, he was part of the arctic like his mother. His lupus which was the smallest of his forms had allowed him to quickly move through the snow , his narrower chest pushing it aside like the bow of a ship. He didn't know where his three sisters were and had hoped to see Pandora at their mother's house as well but she must be off with uncle Ookami practicing or something, he smiled as he thought of his sister and his love.

The boy had quickly shifted into his optime once he had reached home, a feat possible for him as she shifted a lot like his mother did to keep her body always ready and tuned up for emergencies where a quick transfer between forms could mean life or death for somebody. As a byproduct of this it mean he had to eat a lot of food to keep his energy up which had led to his skills as a hunter being always constantly sharpened. His ever present bow and quiver of arrows was tied around his chest and rested against his back. And he joined his two brown brothers and black father in a discussion of how best to care for Jace and the new baby, Victory. He thought it was a fitting name given the fight his mother had endured to keep all of them alive.

It was strange that he was not the first one to notice her, usually he was aware of her presence before she had even revealed herself but today the lights fell silent in regards to her arrival and he silently cursed them for deserting him even in a matter so trivial. His amber orbs came to her form and he breathed in at how beautiful she was, as he always did. He understood why his father loved her and despite feeling attachment to her that was not very platonic he had no interest in trying to take her for his own and steal her away, she was his father's as his father was hers.

He stood to greet her, quickly moving around the sofa to embrace her with his brother who had shifted. The small child was the center of attention and curiousness. None of them had seen her yet, only Temo and Lady X'yrin had seen the newest child. He breathed in her scent and stored it away in his mind, he would always remember it along with the other seven that were of his own. They did not even know her name for she had not told Temo of it either, only Jace and maybe Lady X'yrin knew that so far.


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