"You will sleep here for the remainder of your time here. Understand?" Shade's icy blue eyes watched the black she-cat standing before him. Blacky's fiery green eyes scanned the sparse room but he noticed an excitement in them. Why? No cat liked this room. It's sparseness did allow for new cats to learn the hard way what life could be like without anything, like the wild-no Clan cats. He almost grinned at the thought. So much information. Too bad he had to let them go. But he made sure that is they ever told anyone he would kill their kin, even the kits. Well as far as they were concerned.

"Thank you Shade." Blacky meowed shocking Shade and causing him to look at her carefully. She was honest and genuine. That was not a surprise. But what was a surprise was that she was so content with this. Hopefully she wouldn't leave for the Clan cats.

Shade nodded and motioned her inside, "Stay in here until I come back for you. Understand?"

Blacky nodded and went inside. Shade gave a nod of approval before walking down the hall to the stairs. He went down from the second floor to the first. He sighed and went to the basement. He heard nothing but once he was in the basement spotting his father's pelt was easy. He waites on the last step for anything from the tom.

"Is she in the sparse room?" was the monotone greeting.

"She is settled and content." Shade replied cooly.

Ice gave a nod and was silent for long moments before turning to his son. His green eyes aged but wise, "Don't lose what I've taught you. She is a notoriously quiet and bashful cat. Those cats cause trouble."

Shade resiste the urge to growl, "Yes Sir. I will ensure it is fixed."

Ice narrowed his eyes before turning away, "You better. And find a mate that is suitable. I cannot rest well in the Beyond knowing you failed me. Your sister is a failure already, don't be another failure Shade."

Shade bit his tongue to keep from saying something he knew would cause trouble. He turned and climbed the stairs back to the first floor where he let out his breath. Why was he so concerned about him choosing a mate? Shade understood Ice's concern but sometimes it was a bit much.


So this took waaaaaay to long to update. Sorry. Adulting.

Aside from that I think this was pretty good. Could it have been longer? Yes. Did I have more to add? No. Is that partially why it's kinda short? You know it!

I didn't plan on Shade POV'ing now but oh well. Blacky is the primary POV with Shade as secondary.

Fun Fact: Ice loved his mate dearly but was so heartbroken when she died he shut down his "loving" emotions.

Until next time I hope you all enjoyed this update!