Ivy watched him with her cool green eyes as he spoke. His handsome form still bare before her but she seemed less distracted by it and more entranced by the words he spoke and the way he held himself.<br/><br/>“Yes, werewolves are in abundance and do roam this area more often than we vampires would like. Though, the last time they were an issue was only two decades ago, an eon for a human, but it feels like yesterday for me,” she said thoughtfully and a frown touched her full lips as she recalled how thick the air had been with blood – from humans, from werewolves, and from vampires. How many of her brothers and sisters had fallen that night? How many humans had become a victim in a needless brawl, one that had, at the time, seemed unprovoked.<br/><br/>When he spoke again it pulled her back from the tainted memories and back to the present. She thought of his proposition and then, when he bowed, she returned the gesture once more and, from the way he spoke and held himself, felt honored by his own display of respect; of vulnerability.<br/><br/>“I have no need for wealth or fame, if you could offer any,” she said and a hint of a smile touched her lips when she realized what she wanted. “If you would repay me in knowledge, by answering whatever questions I have, to the best of your ability, then I will host you through your journey. I ask of this of you with the understanding that, should I cross a line and into affairs you, personally, would not like me to know, you do not have to answer,” she said and hoped he would understand her. She was a learner, she never stopped asking questions, never stopped reading, and never stopped yearning for something more than this plane might have. With years of life spent knowing so much about the world around her she longed for something else, something fresh, and she hoped that he would be able to sate this desire in her. Sate the need to know more than what she already did.<br/>