They started to settle into some semblance of a nice night. One that was even appropriate with minimal sexual tension, as was the goal. It was a shame that Freyr had to come around just to ruin it. He couldn't think past his own anger to realize Blue was having very much the same reaction, at least not until he stepped forward, fearless in the face of danger. Eivind imagined Blue would have reacted the same even if he'd not been there. When something offended him, he was quick to make it obvious, despite the damage he would have known Freyr could do.<br/><br/>Eivind imagined that the vehement words could be ignored, but Blue surprised him further by spitting right into Freyr's face. The offending wolf obviously hadn't expected it either, but it certainly wiped the smug look from his expression. The tension intensified as the two males sidled up closer, staring each other right in the face. Blue didn't seem to care, but the proximity made Eivind uneasy.<br/><br/>“You better learn when your presence is unwanted,” Eivind told him. “I'm getting annoyed being intruded upon, and you're clearly not comprehending my claim to him. Otherwise you wouldn't be standing so close.” There was a warning behind his words, but he wasn't yanking Blue back. He was close enough that he was daring Freyr to keep running his mouth, or to try and antagonize him further. The red headed wolf laughed.<br/><br/>“Your claim? Eivind, please. I can smell Lofgren on him still, and I'm pretty sure you haven't fucked him. I hardly think you've claimed him at all,” Freyr continued. “The way I see it, he's just an outsider here with us. One who doesn't belong here. Not one that can go back either. I'm siding with some of the others. We should have just killed him. Eivind, really you should at least fuck him before the pack votes and we decide to finish the job.”<br/><br/>“You know as well as I do Sieger would never make a decision to go against Synnove. If you'd like to test my claim to him, keep talking.” Eivind has stepped up beside Blue, body language quiet enough but anyone who knew Eivind knew he was hard to read. Freyr clearly wasn't sure what to make of Eivind's threats. He was of half a mind not to take him seriously, considering Eivind was usually one to shrug off a direct conflict. At the same time, he usually wasn't so infested to make threats of his own. Freyr wasn't sure if he would follow through or not.<br/><br/>“Your balls finally drop, Eivind?” Freyr questioned. He reached up to wipe the spit from his face. “I'm just giving you some advice. Man to man. Unless you want to let a little human run the show for you, rather than putting him in his place as he should be. Though I suppose if you can't even figure out where to put your dick, hope might be lost for you.”<br/><br/>“I think you're better off worrying about your own dick than mine, Freyr.” Eivind realized that for him to follow through with the suggestion, to finish the claim, he would have to be insecure in his ability to maintain it without an actual mating. He realized that he wasn't. Guilty perhaps that Blue had been raped, but not so insecure that he would push himself on Blue to set things in stone. “You're not going to touch him because you're afraid of what I might do. So don't kid yourself. No one is going to hurt him, certainly not you, because one more fucking step and I'll break every bone in each of your hands.” Eivind's words were confident but spoken calmly. Freyr didn't know what Eivind himself was capable of, but he'd known his father. He and Eivind were nearly the same size, but had that calm about them. His father had been known to snap with little warning, and Eivind's posture was reminiscent of that.<br/><br/>Freyr laughed, shaking his head.<br/><br/>“I didn't come here to start a fight with you, Eivind. I came here to give some friendly advice.” Freyr's tone was mocking, but he took a step away. “And some advice to your mate. He's better off without you.” He gave Blue one more considering look before turning slightly, to walk away from them.<br/><br/>Eivind turned to look at Blue once Freyr had left them once more.<br/><br/>“You've got a fucking mouth on you, you know that?” Eivind remarked, though it wasn't meant to be a scolding. It made him hopeful that Blue could bounce back after the trauma he'd suffered. It spoke to his resilience that he could step up to someone in such a way, even if it wasn't very smart.<br/><br/>“But you need to be careful who you go around picking fights with. Freyr is a lot of talk, and not a lot of bite. Not everyone is like that.” Eivind wasn't telling him to curb himself, but rather just to exercise caution. Once Blue had a place among them, he'd be about as respected as Eivind, which for the time being wasn't saying much.