Blue stalled him with his touches, enough time for Stellan to present his unfortunate news. It would be ugly but something inevitable as far as Eivind was concerned. What they did have in their favor was two wolves missing from Lofgren's pack and with Stellan coming to warn them, he wasn't sure he would include himself in the fight. It was obvious which side Sig would be on. Blue said it first though and at least he and Eivind were on the same page, though perhaps not thinking about the same solutions. He sighed, knowing he'd have to talk to Sieger.<br/><br/>“No, no more running,” Eivind said low. He waited until Stellan left before leaving Sig with Blue and driving back to the pack territory to speak with Sieger in person. The alpha wasn't as in favor of a fight as Eivind was. He didn't have such a personal grudge against the alpha. Sieger and Lofgren had known each other and held some respect for the other.<br/><br/>“And what if it'd been Synnove?” Eivind snarled. Sieger growled.<br/><br/>“It wouldn't have been.”<br/><br/>“Doing nothing isn't the answer.”<br/><br/>“I didn't say I was going to do nothing,” Sieger countered calmly.<br/><br/>The two males glared at one another, neither seeing eye to eye on much of anything. Sieger didn't want to lose anyone from the pack. Eivind thought it would happen anyway if Lofgren moved in on them. Eivind returned to the hotel aggravated without any sort of plan or resolve. He could only hope Sieger didn't make a poor decision or that Lofgren didn't act too quickly. For now, his mate had to be his first priority.<br/><br/><br/>–<br/><br/><br/>Sig was with him the next morning when Eivind dropped Blue off at school. They didn't return home and Sig could only assume they were going to get something to eat. Eivind was always hungry but instead of pulling into one of their usual places they pulled into a jeweler instead. Sig gave Eivind a questioning look but the other wold didn't explain, simply got out of the truck and headed inside.<br/><br/>“What are we doing here, Eivind? Looking for a new watch?” Sig asked, going in alongside Eivind.<br/><br/>“No.”<br/><br/>Eivind ignored the too-happy salesman for the time being and went looking for what he wanted on his own instead. It became obvious to Sig what he was doing when he came to the man's wedding band section, staring in careful consideration.<br/><br/>“Whoa, holy shit, Eivind.”<br/><br/>The salesman came back over, asking Eivind if he'd like to see anything. He pointed to a few things to inspect and get a feel for them but handed them back, explaining to the fellow that it needed to feel 'right'. He proceeded to show him all sorts of different styles, some that weren't even being showcased.<br/><br/>“They all look the same to me,” Eivind told him honestly, not understanding all the subtle differences or the diamond quality the man was going on about. Eivind had told him 'budget didn't matter, just what felt right,' and so excitedly the fellow was pushing some expensive pieces.<br/><br/>“You know, if you would have told me I could have helped you plan this a little better,” Sig told him as they were leaving (empty-handed), clapping the man on the back in approval. They went to a handful of different places after that, Sig trying to help Eivind explain what he was looking for. To be honest, Sig wasn't even sure himself. Something unusual and 'right for Blue' didn't exactly give them a lot to go on.<br/><br/>“I'm sure Blue would be happy with whatever you get him. It's not the ring itself, it's that he'll be marrying you,” Sig said, getting a little frustrated at Eivind's refusal of everything they'd looked at for the day. It didn't seem as if they would find anything to satisfy him and jewelry started to blur together. The last jeweler was a sweet older woman, smiling like she knew Eivind's plight. After she showed him nearly everything she had she sighed, put her hand on the top of Eivind's which snapped his eyes up to her.<br/><br/>“I don't think you're looking in the right place, honestly. I know of someone who does custom jewelry. I'm not sure they do wedding bands, but I don't see why not. More eclectic ideas than what you'll find here. Let me dig up his card,” he said, turning to comb through one of her drawers until. She handed a card off to Eivind.<br/><br/>“I hope you find what you're looking for. It's good to see a man that pays attention to detail.”<br/><br/>Which Sig found amusing because generally, Eivind didn't, not unless Blue was concerned but he was very adamant that this had to be a certain way even if he didn't know which way that was. Eivind didn't want to call, instead preferred to drive back across town to the small storefront.<br/><br/>“This is absolutely the last one I can handle for today,” Sig told him. “If we don't find it here we'll need to narrow down what you're looking for some and re-conduct the elusive Blue ring search another day. At this rate, you're already going to be late picking him up.”