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ᴀsɪʟ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴏʀ ([personal profile] nosco) wrote in [community profile] loccent 2020-04-23 10:08 am (UTC)

[ Relief floods him when her hand lifts to his. Perhaps he has not ruined things after all. He takes the opportunity to take her hand, to brush a kiss across the tops of her fingers and then continues to hold on as he turns his gaze back to hers.

First, an explanation. She deserves as much. ]


When you jumped in front of Juste to protect him from the elk, he remarked a little that perhaps Mason's plea for us to take you in was not negligence but prudence.

[ He pauses, considering his next words: ] You are dominant, mi amor. And if the old ones were not so set in their ways on not permitting dominance fights to include our women, well.

[ He sighs, leaving off the rest of what he may have said because it is largely speculation bolstered somewhat by truth. ]

I suspect that the circumstances in California had cornered Mason and Aaliyah into confronting an uncomfortable truth. You likely outranked the men who had hoped to win your affections. Their behavior had not won your respect - nor your wolf's. They could not sway you. It is likely they were choosing to ignore the truth their noses would have been trying to tell them.

[ He takes a steadying breath. ]

You are more woman than they could ever hope to handle.

[ Adam's Honey Jorgenson is like that. Beauty and grace - and more suited to the top tier of the Columbia Basin's wolves. It is not unusual anymore and that is something that has been called to Bran's attention. There is a werewolf in Arizona who was giving the local Alpha a run for his money. ]

And while yes, for the most part, a great number of our kind believe it is because the fairer sex is weaker - those who keep silent and speak instead in whispers do not challenge the ruling because not all dominance fights are civil. But I am... I am going off topic.

[ His voice grows soft and his heart feels too much like it is lodged in his throat. But these are things he believes Eun must hear. ]

Bran remarked that you, like Anna and like Mercy, are likely to rearrange all of us to suit yourself. Anna is Omega and brings peace. Mercy is a coyote shifter and falls outside of the pack structure.

But you are not the first female wolf to call challenge. There is a woman in Arizona who is capable of standing toe-to-toe with her Alpha. Honey of the Columbia Basin is the unspoken fourth. And while Hauptman's pack is no longer under Bran's protection - wolves talk. Adam believes in running his people like soldiers and if they are capable, gender does not matter to him.

[ He takes a moment to catch his breath, to fuss over small things, like a stray piece of straw caught on her jacket. ]

Times are changing. The young like yourself are not content to just sit idly by and take instruction as if it were truth. There are many of us who support that quietly and discreetly.

But allowing certain privileges means that those who feel threatened will use violence to prove a point. And there are still those of us who do not have the stomach to stand by and watch a brutal display of strength.

Bran will not tolerate such displays here. Not when Aspen Creek is a sanctuary for wolves who need healing, help, or a place to die peacefully. But hypothetically, were you and I elsewhere, and if you were to assert dominance, mi vida. If you were to be hurt... it would force Bran's hand to put me down.

I cannot have that. Not when you are here now. Not when Allah has seen fit to grant me such a gift.

[ He smiles and cups her cheek, a tender brush of fingers to flesh. ] As for your second question, it means 'my soul', Eun.

I know we agreed to take things at a much slower pace, but my heart is already yours to keep.

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