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The last thing Harlyn had expected was for Mordecai to so easily come to the suggestion she'd been hoping to put forth herself - that they move on from the Plateau.  And yet, there those words were, slipping quietly from his lips.  To her, it was proof once again that the great spirits had heard her prayers.  It was vindication for her also that her faith and trust in Mordecai had not been ill-placed.  There was greatness in him.  She had seen it in the Spine, she'd seen it that night in the moonlight, and she saw it every day since returning to his side.  He would too, eventually.  She knew he would.

Selfishly, Harlyn thought little of what would happen to the Plateau without them.  In truth, she would not have been too worried even if she had.  Were they all to act on her judgment, Lasher and Blue Willow would rise to alphaship over the Plateau and Dante would assume beta.  Or perhaps, he'd even come with her and Mordecai wherever they chose to settle down.  She did very much adore the platinum male, she just felt he had not yet found the right place in the world.  Lasher and Blue would have their children soon old enough to support them and to help the Plateau grow at any rate, so her words came with little regard for the pack they would leave behind.

"I think that you know what it is that I desire, what I've always wanted..." Harlyn replied softly, watching him.  She had never kept it a secret from him that her dream was to lead and to raise a family with a good, strong alpha.  There was one part of it that he likely did not yet know... "It's a future that I want to share with you.. if it's something that you want as well." 

She felt her heart pounding in her chest as she said the words and in the moments of quiet that lingered after she'd set them free.  What would he say?  What would he think?  It had been too much too soon, hadn't it?  Urgently she silenced the doubt in her heart to give him her full attention.  She was not a woman to beat around the bush about things, nor was she one to hide what was in her heart.  She could only be true to her self, step back and let fate do what it would.