With the seasons changing the alpha was well aware of what it meant, he'd been through two breeding season’s in the cove. This year was different because he and Moonshadow both had rights to breed meaning if he chose to there could be a possibility of two litters. The meeting which Birtie spoke of had been to ensure the subordinates didn't breed out of turn and that whatever litters the cove had were given their best chance of survival. He did not want a repeat of the previous year, all of Moonshadow's pups if she had them would survive. “Well then you know what it was about,” he stated calmly.
It seemed he didn't have to go into further detail nor figure out a way to broach the topic. She seemed to put the clues together to figure out what he was talking about. Of course now that they were on the subject he wasn't sure how to proceed. This was going very differently than last time and part of him was thankful for that until she spoke again.
She seemed to assume he had someone else in mind he shook his head. “No, you aren't standing in the way of someone,” he assured, “I wouldn't have allowed things to go this far between us if you were.” He fell into a thoughtful silence for a moment before finally speaking, “I was curious about your thoughts in the meeting actually.”