<span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="font-family:Open Sans">Eivind knew Blue was getting angry. No one would appreciate getting such things thrown back in their face, and maybe Sieger thought Blue might respond differently, but he'd had just about enough of hearing it as well. Alaric expressed his disapproval, and then the human was stepping up to the alpha of the pack, having no trouble throwing his own observations back at Sieger. The older wolf was staring at Blue hard, listening to him speak, but he remained in control of himself. Eivind was watching the muscles of his body, happy to let Blue speak his mind so long as Sieger didn't decide to get hostile with Blue. There was no point in it. It wasn't any sort of fair fight, and he doubted the alpha would respond to aggression that he felt was so beneath him, no matter how scalding Blue words were. Still, he was ready to step in because he could never be certain. Sieger knew this, and maybe if he wanted a real fight, he might have pushed the envelope a little bit. <br/>
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“You're brave,” Sieger stated, then looked back to the uneasy wolf. “Eivind, calm down, I'm not going to attack your human for getting mouthy.” Sieger motioned for him to sit back down, but Eivind didn't ease and the alpha turned his attention back to Blue. <br/>
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“Realize you'll be held to the same standard as everyone else. You're going to have to figure out your place here in a world that does not accommodate your kind. You've not known Eivind for long, but I'd think before putting all your faith in him. He's let people down before, and that's not in his past, that's in his <i>nature</i>. I'm not worried he's going to take my place. I'm worried about what happens to the pack when there is no one to take up position.” Like there was before. <br/>
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“And now he sweeps back in to cause all sorts of issues for us. I am the only one considering the better interest of the pack. Eivind has you in mind right now, for however long that will last, and that seems to be the only fucking thing.” Sieger didn't think either had any place in telling him about taking care of a pack. “Sure though, I'll let you get back to whatever it is you are doing, and I'll go continue to unravel the shit storm Eivind started by killing one of Lofgren's pack.” <br/>
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“He deserved it, and he's not the only one. I think the times for negotiations with him and our pack are over,” Eivind pointed out, and Sieger scoffed, obviously disagreeing. If not for Eivind and Blue, keeping peace would be easy. <br/>
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“Make decisions about your mate. The rest though you don't have much say in,” Sieger reminded. He made a sweeping, almost mocking gesture with his hands in front of the human.<br/>
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“Welcome, Blue. Let's hope pack life suits you. That attitude will either help or hinder, I'm not sure yet.” Sieger turned to leave, having said his peace.<br/>
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“That's it, right? I can leave now, yeah?” Alaric asked, imagining that was the whole point to his standing watch. An annoyed Sieger didn't answer him. Synnove had been the one to tell Alaric to sit there and then come get her when they returned, not that he was capable of doing as he was told unless it served him. <br/>
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Eivind walked behind Blue to run hands down his shoulders, to smooth away some of the tension.<br/>
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“Let's go find something to eat inside,” he suggested as Alaric seemed to be packing it up. They were home again, and aside from Sieger's unpleasantness, Eivind was happy to be there. He herded Blue into the kitchen and playfully shoved him up against the counter where he took up position behind him, hand fisting through his hair.<br/>
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“It shouldn't be, but your mouthiness is a turn on,” Eivind spoke against Blue's neck, laughing a little bit. “You want me to show you the size of my knot again, so I can remind you why I don't feel insecure about it?” He was sure his wasn't the biggest, but he was confident about it enough that it didn't matter. He rocked his hips into Blue's ass for emphasis, strained up against his jeans, getting half-hard in a situation where he probably shouldn't have. If Sieger had noticed he made no comment.</span></span>