"Why do they defy me like this, sweetling? I am their mother! I only want the best for them!" Makio sprawled a little more over the bed, pouting in a sulky hiss.
"They are also grown enough to know what they want for themselves," Karen sighed; why indeed, as though Kunimasa who Makio had raised would be anything other than willful, the way Makio had been, even, and . . . Karen had raised Yonekuni herself and well knew it took an act of the kami to force him into anything . . . if it was possible at all, "particularly when it comes to something like their mates, my darling. Would you have been swayed from me?" she asked, returning to the bed.
"They can consort with whoever they like! I have chosen good mates for them, it is not asking so very much that they comply with their mother's demands!" Makio waved a hand, and Karen bristled, a hundred little betrayals making her hackles prickle and her temper surge as she opened her mouth to roar.
Choices Betrayed (Sex Pistols; Makio/Karen)
"They are also grown enough to know what they want for themselves," Karen sighed; why indeed, as though Kunimasa who Makio had raised would be anything other than willful, the way Makio had been, even, and . . . Karen had raised Yonekuni herself and well knew it took an act of the kami to force him into anything . . . if it was possible at all, "particularly when it comes to something like their mates, my darling. Would you have been swayed from me?" she asked, returning to the bed.
"They can consort with whoever they like! I have chosen good mates for them, it is not asking so very much that they comply with their mother's demands!" Makio waved a hand, and Karen bristled, a hundred little betrayals making her hackles prickle and her temper surge as she opened her mouth to roar.