Rich's eyes narrowed, the lids dropping slightly, and his worried frown tightened.<br/><br/>"It<em>is</em>a foregone conclusion, Talton," he said, anger lacing his voice.  "Both Alice<em>and </em>the breeding.  I cannot subject this pack to breeding with those human bitches!"<br/><br/><em>How could he even consider that?</em><br/><br/>The issue of human breeding had always been the elephant in the room with this pack.  Everyone knew it was there, and everyone knew what everyone else thought about it, but no one ever brought it up.  The Alpha knew of his Beta's opinion on the subject, but he had let it slide; nobody's perfect after all, and Talton's a more than capable individual.  He had had a feeling that Alice's appearance would stimulate some kind of discussion on human breeding, but that didn't make it any more appealing.<br/><br/>Rich bared his teeth in a traditionally wolfish show of dominance.  "We will not breed with anything other than lycans," he said slowly, staggering his words for effect.  "Now, don't<em>ever</em>bring this up again."<br/><br/>Nostrils flaring angrily, Rich turned away from his Beta and headed towards the gathering hall's door.