He was pretty sure he'd get a reaction out of that one, and wasn't sure why he felt the need to tell him. It wasn't to stoke the fires of his anger, and it violated the rule of things staying in the room. He let his hand move to the nape of Riley's neck, fingers tightening around it. "It is. You can feign ignorance as soon as you leave this room, or you can demand the right to see the treaty. The original. He never darkened this room, and I do not FUCK whimpering, pathetic creatures that sell their own flesh for the smallest bit of power." His own eyes went dark, solid black like obsidian. "Remember that, because you would not have been invited in if you'd shown even a glimmer of the hunger for power he showed. He was, " Tao paused wondering how to phrase it with the same disgust he felt. "He was a jackal, only seeing to himself and scavenging off of his pack. You are a wolf." He pulled his head forward and kissed him hard, tongue going over sharp teeth and tasting himself and a bit of the bile he knew had come at his admission.