Boring him was the last of her worries.
He was not there to serve as her entretainment either, though in the past he she had seen her more like a clown the image of him now was different. She had finally been slapped by the cold truth: out of them two, he was the best man.
At least now.
She knew in her heart that she would not be able to carry the pack upon her shoulder by herself, but she also was aware that she wouldn't be able to get him to cooperate with her -- not while she still stood as Alpha. Change among the ridges of the Spine was innevitable, it seemed, and now that she understood that she could see it all clearly.
If you can't fight 'em, join 'em
With a pleased expression flooding her dainty features, she pursed her lips before answering the Ostrega's question. The one that would serve as their verbal contract to finally make peace.
"I'll step down from leadership" she began, her tone coming out like a lulling purr that threatened to put him into trance, "If, and only if, I have the freedom to 'extend' the Moretti line into the Spine she barked, implying that it was time for her to claim hormonal desires. She had been thinking about it silently for a few weeks now. Even before she had realized she couldn't juggle a crown and a child at the same time she had already decided it. And seeing she was going to get one of them taken away, she might as well fight for the other.
With her neck craned forward and her ears perfectly poised to her his response she waited, her pale eyes piercing into him with a strange mixture of respect and arrogance glimmering above her iris.
She knew that calling her request a 'demand' would only create havoc in the prideful male's head, but there was no way to hide that her words were meant to be an ultimatum; one that she sincerely hoped he would agree on.
After all, a growing pack like the Spine would need heirs, and who would be better to birth them than the legitimately appointed Queen herself? Besides, Mordecai had no mate -- and had shown no interest in taking one. Young blood was needed in the pack, not even Mordecai could fight against nature's arguments.
