"Classic parental disapproval." He rolls his eyes. Garou didn't force marriages but breeding is important to his kind. There had been many heated discussions about who he should mate with for the best chance at breeding true. In the end he had done what he wanted, chosen for himself at a very heavy cost. "Loving someone should be easy. Find the right person. Choose each other. The rest of the world makes it hard. Sorry that happened to your sister."

His long life has been very lonely for that reason. They have to keep their kind a secret, yet choose a partner they might be able to produce pups with, and they can't breed with their own kind. Ash has always felt that their rules and laws are set up for failure. Or at least to always give those that lead them some kind of leverage to wield against them should they need it.

"There's something I want to ask you but..." He sighs. "Might be a touchy question."