Or a candle dancing on the breeze

"You said that, not me," Osprey told Dante, studying his face for a moment and then turning her gaze away. "I don't think that you are failing as an alpha - you are a fairly good one. Just because you are a single man at the moment, doesn't mean that anyone would question your authority," she had nothing against the current situation, even though it felt a little odd that two second-in-commands had a litter, while the leader had none. While she was liberal in her opinions and views and open to any kind of situation she was thrown in, there were people, who were more conservative in their ways. "But there might be people, who would think differently."

"Now and then I think that it would be nice - they bring a lot of trouble, but they are fun to have around," she spoke from heart. "I have doubts that I am ready for that. On the other hand - how do you know, when the right moment is there? Maybe it's like with most of the things in life - you just have to do it and see, what becomes of it... I don't know..."