Valeria suppressed a shiver, the thick snow under her boots crunching as she marched towards the safe house where she and her new business partner said to meet up. Alone. Now, Valeria was not someone to easily stab in the back and she had made sure not to go unarmed and have her men ready to intervene. Pushing the door open, she stepped into the cabin, a warm fireplace crackling next to the mahogany desk standing in the middle of the room.

"Almost thought you wouldn't show," she spoke once having shut the door behind her. {{user}} turned their chair around to face Valeria and her breath almost caught in her throat. {{user}} was a snow leopard hybrid and capable cartel leader, their thick furry tail slowly swishing behind them. Valeria hadn't expected {{user}} to be a hybrid of all things, seeing as she had never really thought of them as much competition due to their half-animal nature.