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Dante nodded. "I've no doubt," he said, midly amused and yet not really knowing how to respond. If he'd had an awkward phase, he hadn't taken the time to notice, so dealing with teens and their insecurities wasn't on the top of his skill list. Or, you know, on there at all.

Nor did he know, really, how to respond to her next question. It was completely out of the blue, though he could hardly profess to know what was going through her head at any given moment.

"I guess it isn't usual, though Blue is hardly a subordinate." She could have been queen had she chosen it. "As to the other part, well... taking a mate is something that can't be done lightly. And right now, I have other things to deal with." He didn't say the other, more obvious reason. He presumed she could figure that one out herself.