I'm not ruled, I'm wise to the needs of my people

Phoenix hummed. "He's matured well from the scared little thing we first found..."

"Mmh. And he's gotten his dads wrapped around his little paw."

Phoenix tossed her a sly smile. "You're the last one who can make such a statement, darling. Your mama is wrapped around your little paw, isn't she?"

He teased her, smirking.

Isabelle blushed and turned away.

Snowball meowed up at his father and then stretched his front paws out toward Phoenix's face again and kneaded the air a little, looking expectant.

He chuckled. "Such a powerful kitten, ruling an empress~"

A few maids hurried into the room to place food down on the table.

Phoenix hummed and patted Snowball's head before lowering him so that Snowball could rest his head on his chest and look out at the world.

Of course the part of the world Snowball was most interested in was the table of food.

But Snowball's bowl wasn't full of meat yet.

She hadn't done that yet.