Gyrfalcon's Keep This world falls on me

"People can surprise you."  He agreed that she would likely excel at it should she wish to rise to the challenge, but he hadn't wanted it himself, so he definitely understood her desire to keep out of the mess.  It tied you down, limited where you could go and what you could do.  "I doubt she'd be able to get away as much to see new places, though if she was Alpha.  She'd have too many Alpha duties."  Likely the heart of the issue, though that was one of Dante's more minor issues with the role.

Charon's other question, though, circled back and caused Dante to look sharply at him.  This kid had to be joking.  What was with the laser focus?  Her ears twitched with irritation, and he frowned.  "There's more to being mates than just thinking someone's awesome.  If wolves went around becoming mates with everyone they thought was 'awesome', they'd have so many it wouldn't be special anymore."  Well, at least, Dante imagined so for some.  He had a harder time meeting wolves he thought of as particularly great, but he was an oddity he assumed.

"Why are you so interested in it, anyway?"  What'd this kid know about mateships, let alone to be so pushy about one?