<span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family:Open Sans">“I might be concerned, wondering what sort of shit Eivind did to you when he took you away the first time. I never thought I'd hear anyone speak passionately about him before,” Alaric commenting, finding amusement in this. “Blink three times if he's making you say this.” More joking, but Alaric could see the built-up affection between them. Even Eivind just walking by, brushing against Blue sitting there on the porch. It all seemed out of place after knowing the wolf for so long.<br/>
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“Or maybe I should be concerned over what you did to Eivind. He's changed. Now, I don't know about you, because I've no idea what you were before, but Eivind isn't the same as he was before at all.” It was why Alaric was regarding Eivind with a little bit of caution. There might be a whole manner of reestablishing going on, and he didn't want to find out the hard way that he'd approached wrong. Seems he was right in just waiting given the traces of blood still on Eivind's throat. For all that though, Eivind seemed in a fine mood that morning. After getting everything inside, and wiping himself off in the kitchen sink, he came back out to sit with Blue.<br/>
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“I'm a little upset that there isn't a breakfast buffet waiting for us,” he commented, knowing that they were going to have to put a little more effort into their meals. Eivind was excited to hunt once they got the mess sorted out with the pack because he wasn't leaving Blue in the cabin alone until he was certain no hostility would be directed towards him.<br/>
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“Synnove has been keeping Sieger on a short leash. He would have been on you two by now if not for her, but you know how vicious she can get,” Alaric informed, “Mostly not happy about the way you up and left the first time, but I feel like he should be used to it by now.” Eivind had never exactly been obedient and respectful. “So you know where we stand in this, and there are more that disagree with Sieger.”<br/>
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“Mm,” was Eivind's response, still pretty irritated by all of it. Blue and he had made a lot of progress, and Sieger was this dark cloud looming over them. Just one more bullshit thing they had to deal with. They sat on the porch drinking, Alaric not getting up to go get his sister like he'd been instructed to do so. Instead, they waited until Sieger got irritated enough to come to them.<br/>
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“Who the fuck did you attack?” Sieger snarled, walking up to the cabin. Eivind didn't stand yet but was regarding the alpha of their pack with a look of ire.<br/>
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“Freyr. You can guess why. He's fine. Went off to lick his wounds somewhere, but it won't keep him down for long I'm sure,” Eivind told him, no need to worry. He wouldn't be so quick to permanently damage someone from his own pack unless they made a more direct threat towards Blue, in which case all bets were off. Sieger made a noise of irritation in the back of his throat but let it go. Freyr had brought that upon himself, and there wasn't anything he could do about it.<br/>
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“You've deigned to grace us with your presence, Eivind?” Sieger spoke in a thickly condescending voice.<br/>
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“For now,” Eivind responded. Alaric opened another beer.<br/>
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“All you're showing me is you have no respect for me at all as your alpha.”<br/>
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“All you've shown me is you have no respect for my mate,” Eivind shot back. “Why is that? Because he's human?”<br/>
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“Because I've no respect for <i>you</i> as a man.”<br/>
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That was obvious, and Eivind shrugged.<br/>
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“And that's <i>fine,</i> but it's no reason to harbor ill will towards Blue. There should have been no question about him as pack. Even less question now. We're mated properly, did what you'd wanted all along. He serves no threat to us. Has proven that he can be trusted. Even my father would have extended him welcome by now.”<br/>
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“Yes, well, maybe if you'd have done right by the pack, you'd be making the rules, to begin with. You know that there isn't anything I can do about you two now. It's why you've come back, isn't it? To rub it in my face that you finally got something right, and figured out how to claim what was yours? Should I be proud of you now, Eivind? That you finally got in line behind your mate after all the others and decided to take a stand?” Sieger shot off, and Eivind stood up, the two staring dangerously at one another.<br/>
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“Bravo, Eivind. Your balls finally dropped, just too late. Much too late for me to scrape together any respect for you.” Sieger turned to look to Blue. “Here is your welcome, I suppose. I apologize you got the shit-end of the deal as far as a mate. Perhaps had you come about through someone else, this transition period would have been easier. Likely, had you been drawn to someone else, they would have figured out that part of themselves they were missing before you have a chance to be fucked by half the wolf population in the area.” He went for something Eivind had nothing to say against, using his guilt like a weapon. Eivind was no less furious, but Sieger was giving him what he wanted, just in the most passive-aggressive way imaginable.<br/>
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“<i>Sieger</i>,” Alaric growled, low, making it clear he didn't care for the alpha's low blows, or his unfairness in the given situation.</span></span>