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A hesitance in @Angier Lyall had become obviously clear to Elettra Archer. It was well into the second month of the children's birth and yet still Angier had not made the challenge to take his placement as Lead at her side. Guiness was Second, with no intention of taking the mantel of ruling. He was a Guardian, a Protector, not a Politician. Not a Leader. The place was open, ripe and ready for the picking and yet perhaps the pressure of it all was far too much for Angier to bare. After all, the dark fae had wondered why he never questioned who was the father of the pups. Never mentioned his arrangement within the children's life if he truly wished to 'court' her. He had 'loved' her, he said, a past tense which still played at her mind and though she did not at all question his ability to serve her as a pack member, it became less and less likely he was willing to fight for her as a mate. She was not shocked. His pledge was a hard one made and Elettra would not make it an easy feat for him. Could not.
The rains toyed with her muzzle as they trickled along the bridge of her nose, seeped into the lush thickness of her black coat. The rainy day did not keep her at bay and she relished in the coolness of the air as the Spring was coming to an end by the heat of the Summer months - the worst and harshest of the season to her, she felt. Though Winter's food source was scarce and cold, there had been plenty within their pack to keep warm and well fed as they rested the Winter away. Summer was intolerable, hot, muggy, horrid. She was happy enough a woman that the home she had chosen provided much shade by the long hanging branches of the willow trees.
She breaths deep, the thoughts of her pack stirring in her mind. Of Guiness taking most of his time guarding the den and making sure the children were secure. Of Skana who spent much of her time in the main den, making sure the children could not escape by laying out like a log, blocking them. Tempest and Itai (though she had not seen her in some time and could only hope she was doing her duty) were hard on hunting for the pack and Kasai taking up mantel as the border patrol now with Loath to help in this area along with the hunt if he so chose. Everything was working out. Everything was secure. ...Savor the position as Lead male. Her thoughts wonder then once more to Angier... to Loath. He was a determined man. Seeking to reap the world of the weak and fool heart. Whatever his goal, she made it clear not to undermine her pack mates or allies. His eyes had been hungry, hungry for power and hungry for her. The latter being unknown, though perhaps it would come into the light in due time, Loath knowing of the lack of male Leadership within the ranks. Would Angier have to move even more quickly? Or would the challenge put a further stress upon him, to smash his intentions into the ground?

Elettra's eyes, eerie in pale grey hue, lift, and she sees him - Angier. He was less brooding now that she had been face to face with the pale God. Still, he was everything of the wolf she remembered and she could not help the small smile which creeps over his features. Though he was a man of little action, a part of her clung to the many promises he had made to her once upon a time ago.