Blacktail Deer Plateau evolution of consciousness

He made a good point, but Fox was still wary. There were plenty of other reasons she could dream up as to why Blue Willow shouldn't be given the same privileges as her. If Blue were allowed to have children, what made her the Beta, exactly? A rank? Fox didn't feel as though she truly outranked Willow if she was given all the same rights. It irked her to no end. The only reason she had allowed the Sveijarn children to be born was the fact that she couldn't bring children into the world during the last season.

“They would be bastards,” she said, unable to keep herself from saying the final word with poison on her tongue. Born out of some inconceivable tryst between Lasher and Blue. And who would the parental duties fall to? Would Lasher be their father? What would Atticus think if he ever came-to and his memories returned? Even if Blue committed herself to Lasher, Fox did not expect that Atticus would be happy if he ever returned to this world. At least in that case, they wouldn't be bastards.

Bastards were no sign of strength. They were a sign that the leaders couldn't keep their bitches in line.