Blacktail Deer Plateau Yeah, my trap going techno

I'm assuming the pack generally knows about the Lasher/Blue Willow arrangement...

When a familiar voice called her name, Junior felt a thrill run through her, followed by a wash of trepidation. Dante's presence was at once welcome and unwelcome. She turned to face him, struggling against an urge to cover her face. Her ears fell back slightly at his question and she shook her head dismissively.

"I'm fine," she said, formally deciding against telling him about her run-in with the Nereides female. "I'm just going through my ugly duckling stage, I guess," she joked. It was hard to make light of this, yet Junior didn't have many options. "I'm going to be a beautiful black swan one day, you know." Heh.

"Hey," she said in the next beat, "can I ask you something? Sorry, it's kind of random. But what with Lasher and Aunt Willow... I've had pups on the brain. Um..." Junior paused, thinking of how to word her query. "Is it usual to let, like, subordinates breed? Isn't it normally the Alphas that breed? Do you... do you intend to take a mate and have pups?"