Drawing :>

Texas was walking towards the human village with his parents, who were a bit nervous.

"Are you sure nobody will attack us?" Mexico asked.

"I hope not," Texas said.

"Reassuring," America said.

"I'm sure it will be fine... they won't attack until prompted," Spain said. They made it to the village, where there happened to be a town hall meeting.

"Hm? Oh damn...," UN, the mayor, said upon seeing the therian royalty. (idk if it makes sense for UN to be mayor but this whole book doesn't make sense so I think I'm ok)

"Hi! Um... funny story... I just so happen to be a therian prince and um...," Texas said.

"... I hope you aren't looking for revenge for the whole 'Confederate' incident... I was very much opposed to it. This meeting was actually about banning therian hunting altogether," UN said.

"Oh, perfect, because we were wondering... We're throwing a celebration to welcome our son back to his kingdom, and he wanted to invite his village," America said.

"No weapons allowed, we have strict security who will aggressively escort you back home if you are found doing suspicious activity," Mexico said strictly.

"And I'm making churros, in case you're interested," Spain said.

"I am definitely attending. You look very handsome by the way," Britain said, pinching Texas's cheek like an ole grandpa dude. I wish I had one of those still. Texas smiled, especially seeing the kids crowding the orphanage windows. He waved at them, and they came out to say hi.

"Can we go?" One kid asked.

"Of course! Everyone is invited!" Texas exclaimed. The kids cheered, and the villagers happily talked amongst themselves about the exciting prospect of seeing the therian empire.

(Sorry this chapter is short

Also, I got another idea for a good ole way to extend this book (i.e. add another villain to defeat, that way there is more tension, and it doesn't feel like the book is just dragging on for romance sake, because I still want to develop their relationship a bit more, but don't want to feel like it's dragging, y'know?)

However, I am unsure of the villain I want to choose...

Because if you've been following recent news uhhhh yeah, it's pretty bad

And I don't want to choose this specific country because Idk if that seems uhhh... too soon?

Sooooo

If you have any alterior ideas...

Maybe I'll choose a good country doing bad things, however give them a redemption arc....

That's probably safer

So if I use a country that's not actually -that- bad as a bad guy, pls understand that it's not because I hate that country or think of them that way, it's simply because I needed a villain and they'll redeem themselves later-)