Noctisardor Bypass I would any day die for you.

Not really qq.....

He knew she would earn her place, he never said she wouldn't but when she seemed to refuse to look at him, he knew that perhaps he had said the wrong things. But Roman pride would never let him apologize, he rarely did that, in fact if that happened it almost meant a miracle had descended upon their kind. Whenever he apologized, that meant he was truly sincere and had to swallow all his pride to do that, and he hated it. In fact he seemed to only have ever done that to those he cared about, his loved ones, friends and family. "But until then, I will be a subordinate. I won't be your equal until I'm leading these wolves at your side." Shadow knew, deep in his heart that no matter how much he considered her to be much more higher than her current rank, to be one of the goddesses, that in reality she was the highest of the low ranks and he knew she wouldn't be satisfied unless she was ruling as Empress beside him. A part of him yearned for that to happen, for someone to take half the burden of leadership off his shoulders but the proud Roman part of him refused to share, refused to let someone lead beside him, yes, he was selfish. And he knew it.

"I fear that someone else might see fit to rob me of the opportunity, considering it's vacant." Curiousity dominated his features as he sought to look at her again, so was that how it was like in her homeland? Usually it was the relatives, sons of the current Praetor that took over when he died but he knew that perhaps his sons would not be good leaders and he did not want Noctisardor Bypass to fall under weak leadership. However in Rome, Empresses were usually the wives of the Emperor, not wolves that chose and stole the rank. He wanted Betas now, not Alphas besides in his eyes, nobody except for Paar seemed to be able to handle the responsibility. In my homeland, only the wives of the Emperors were ever ruling beside them. Besides nobody I can see can lead better than you do, take the burden of leading and responsibility better than you do. And I trust you to never abandon this pack. Something, truthfully he doubted of some of the others. Such as Adair. But those like Farkas and Tiberius and Flash, he trusted them and saw potential in them to become Betas when the time came. He needed leaders to take over when he left for business or quests and more.

Shadow buried his muzzle into her fur and nibbled upon it lovingly, hoping she wouldn't shy away or hate him in anyway because he couldn't stand it if she hated him although he doubted that. After all, why would she hate him? Males were really clueless sometimes.