Moonspear Never Ever

It was difficult to part with @Speedy after their little resort together. Although the hormones had mostly subsided the feelings still lingered. Charon did not love her, and felt that if pups would come from their union it should be his right to do as patriarch of this mountain, when his mate could not. But it was not quite that time yet, and experience taught Charon it was a lot easier to lie until time did come. Charon had rolled and preened his fur until the remnants of Speedy's scent were gone.

And just as quickly as he had gone many weeks ago, Charon returned, King of the Mountain as he had always been. A howl announced his return as the sun started to set and he made his way through the forests at the mountain's slopes towards the rendezvous site, glad to find that the season's scents had settled at last. He decided that he should find @Hydra soon, so that they could both realise that they had been silly because of the hormones and make up. Of course, @Amekaze was still on that list too, although he was more upset with her than with Hydra. His daughter had always been a rash creature and Charon loved her dearly, forgave her easily, but Amekaze was the reason for all of this mess. Speedy and Hydra would not have come into season if Amekaze was the strong Alpha Female that she was supposed to be still, and if she had had her season instead. The mountain needed pups, but now there were two eligible females to provide it with such, rather than the one strong one that it should have been.

Still, he also loved Amekaze and that made it difficult to talk to her. She would never believe him if he told her that that was her duty and that he thought she had failed in it. There was no use in trying to convince her of that. But he needed to get over the bitterness he felt towards her in some other way, still, so that they could see their grandchildren -- and possibly new batch of children, if it took, for Charon was still convinced that they should be born, half-royalty and all, and they should be raised by Amekaze and he as though their own -- grow up.