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“Your children would still be bastards,” she replied curtly after the lengthy speech that Lasher gave. It did not matter what Blue Willow had already done, or what she might have done if she had been in Fox's position. They were quite clearly not the same wolf, and everybody had known it. If Blue Willow was weak enough to "step out of the way" for Fox to take what she felt was her rightful place, that was her prerogative. If Blue Willow had denied her children, Fox would have obliged. The Alpha's word was law, after all.

They very definition of a bastard was something Lasher and Peregrine did not seem to understand. A bastard was born when the union of two wolves was not made. It did not matter if both parents stuck around. A bastard was a bastard, and Fox would not budge on the issue. If Blue Willow had been so terribly set on having children, she should have remained the Alpha. Instead, she had stepped down. Hell, did Blue Willow even want these kids? Fox had only heard from Peregrine and Lasher.

She had not meant that Lasher needed permission to court Willow, only that Fox would reconsider the option of them having children if they were bound to one another. But she did not voice this. It was of little concern to her now that Lasher stated that he'd no intentions of courting her.

The rest of his accusations she ignored.