One Way or Another

She was glad that Saracyn was so confident that they would be able to find someone willing to be their surrogate since she was far from sure of that fact. Perhaps it was just because of her own experience and how incredibly draining it had been, but putting her body through that for someone else's benefit felt like an impossible task. She just had to remind herself that not every pregnancy was like that. In fact, most of them went far more smoothly than hers had. Maybe Saracyn was right and they could easily convince someone to do this for them with the right motivation. He did make a very good point, however, that they couldn't just have anyone fill this role for them. Saracyn's genes would still only be half of this equation and they needed someone worthy of contributing to the Mendacium bloodline to be the other half. Even though they were having to give up part of their dream and compromise to bring their family into being, there had to be some part of this that they couldn't compromise on.

"You're right," she agreed with a bit of a frown. "Well... At least we don't need to rush into anything. We can look around and think of ideas for who might be a good fit. We'll get to be parents one way or another." She brought her dark gaze back up to his face as they continued to slowly follow the border of the pack, a little smile tugging at her lips as she leaned over to press a kiss to his cheek. No matter what it took, she was going to bring this dream to fruition for him–no matter how much she might dislike the process to get there. Even though she was the one that came up with this plan and would likely be the one putting everything into motion, that didn't stop that jealous, slightly bitter sweet knot from tightening in her core as she thought about finding someone for Saracyn to have pups with. "Lets get this patrol over with and get back," she said after a moment, shifting close enough to let her side brush against his as they walked, letting her tail bush the back of his thigh. "I might be letting someone else borrow you, but... you're still my mate."

"Avacyn & Saracyn"