His ears twitch in reply. Tongue still behind the walls of his teeth.
It is a simple request. One that frees him of commitment to these new children his father would soon raise. It sparks a fire within his chest. Deep and smoldering.
What would her pups even need him for? They would have their mother. They would have their father. They wouldn't have the clan divided in the wake of their birth. There were no royal women who dreamed of ruling once more. No loyal follows that would forsake their Chieftain at the word of their Queen.
The Sun Clan had closed itself to many. Carefully pruned so that the only wolves unrelated to the Chieftain were his wives and the clan's slaves.
Iglux̂'s babies would get everything.
Well, they weren't entitled to him.
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