He knew it wouldn't be long before Alistair returned with news from his sister in Gloral so he needed to be more proactive about this whole mission situation they had from Zelda and find some more dirt on Eden before they set forward their case. Alistair had been gone a while so he must be getting some good intel and Dexter hadn't even had the guts yet to find his sister and talk to her. He knew that he would be getting lectured about leading two girls on and having kids with both of them. He felt like shit. He only hoped Zeltzin would see that. He had already spilled his guts to his father Coza and he knew his dad felt for him but there was nothing any of them could do for him on this. He had to be the one to fix it. His children were getting bigger all the time and he loved to watch them grow but he knew it would only be a matter of time before they start asking questions.

Other children in the pack had parents to go home to. Parents who were mated or imprinted together and who loved each other and were faithful. They didn't have sibling from another mother somewhere else in the same pack. The whole thing just sounded odd and he hated himself for that. He knew that his children had to notice the similarities between themselves and the other litter that they were brought around so much. He couldn't really avoid it when it came to all the pack and group activites for the pups. Tuari was weakened from her birthing and she needed time to recover and Talien wanted to go find Zelda and make herself useful in the pack and find her niche. He couldn't fault her for that. He was happy that she wanted to stay here and make herself at home. It was where he wanted her anyway.

But that meant he had to take the children out to play and socialize and he couldn't take one family without the other. That just wouldn't be right. So Citlalli, Itzel, and Petra got to know Eztli and Lixue quite well and over time, they started to act more like siblings than just acquaintances in the same pack. It was almost like they knew something was up. They never asked but it was just a look in their eyes. Then there was the whole different matter of Tuari and Talien. He couldn't find the right time to tell either one of them and he knew he was a coward. Tuari knew about his feelings for Talien but she didn't know that he had children with her, at least not to his knowledge. Yet both females were very smart and it shouldn't surprise him if they had already found out about each other. He needed to just get it over with and get it out in the open. He just wanted to do it the right way, if that even existed.

Instead today he was headed to Zeltzin's den, maybe avoiding the situation just a little bit longer but this had to be taken care of too. He needed to talk to his sister and find out if she knew anything useful about Eden and how she felt about him now. Would she try to protect him? He couldn't have his sister in harm's way if a pack war started up. Meanwhile he knew she must have been waiting for this moment since the second time she was called to a birth by her brother's voice. It was now or never. He stopped at the entrance.

"Hey, Zeltzin, I know you're in there. Come on out and let's have this 'talk."