High above a bustling city an Alpha looks out at the growing skyline. She wonders what will become of her beloved land if she can't perform her duties. It's been ten years since she's taken her first Omega yet, even with twenty under her nothing...not one litter has been made and it won't be long until the people she adores will become restless. "My highness...?"

"Tell me something Xia, is it perhaps me that is the problem in all of this?" The short lion asks watching the sun set below the horizon and the candle lights start to flicker like stars. She can feel her oldest Omega start to gently braid her long blonde hair, humming as she does. "Again nothing, though with you I understand."

The old Omega gives a light sigh after what feels like hours. "It's not possible for all of us to be infertile yet I do agree that choosing twenty female Omegas might not have been a wise idea." When Anya bats away her hand the middle aged woman takes a step back, hoping to avoid the Alpha's temper. "But don't worry my dear, from what I hear he's very fertile indeed." Her smile widens walking forward again, before wrapping her arms around the younger woman's neck. "At least three children, it wouldn't take you long my love."

A laugh escapes as Anya eyes the other lioness. "Can you imagine we'd ever get to this? I wanted one from every clan, to reunite all of our people for good and he's running around like I want to murder him. Clearly his mother was a defiant one that never taught him how to respect his clan nor his duties." She pulls her lover's arms away and turns on her heels. "I even made deals with those filthy Nekos and instead of coming back with him, they manage to lose one of their own."

"Well," Xia starts lying down into her latest nest of pillows and silk. "We all know they're stupid creatures and dear it warms my heart that you tried to help them in the first place." From her spot she watches her Alpha look back towards the window. "We could start punishing them? I mean if they're not going to take this seriously why let them live with all their fingers?"

Anya looks back at herself in the soft reflection, so many thoughts swirling around her mind. A sea of voices calls out to her but among the chorus her father's rings out the loudest. "We'll bide our time."

"But dear." Xia stops seeing the fire raging in her lover's icy eyes. It's a look she's seen many times before; it only means hell for someone and she prays it won't be her this time.

"If he's not in my bed chamber by the time the New Year's festival starts. I'll start a cleansing."

"Of Colorless!?" She crawls to the edge of her red cloth, her eyes wide with a knowing fear. "Your highness we can't just start killing at random and what if someone finds him and simply kills him by mistake?" In her haste her robe falls to her shoulders but she doesn't care. "Please take a path of mercy! Or at least only murder the Alphas you find."

"Hmm it is their faults after all." The lioness purrs. "They are what? Silver, Blue and Black yes?"

"Yes, what are you thinking?" Xia pulls up her robe until Anya appears in front of her. "Something wicked?"

Planting a kiss on her Omega's lips Anya says, "It's not evil if I'm claiming what's rightfully mine is it? No my dear, send a few of my pets to hunt down the Silver clan that the fox called home then burn it to the ground then let it spread to the other clans then in two years take the Blue and so and so forth." She kneels down pulling the robe from her Omega. "I've been going at this all wrong."

"How so?" Xia kisses her Alpha, letting her lips linger.

Anya chuckles suddenly standing and moving away from her Omega, loving the sound of disappointment that echoes in her ears. "I've been too impatient and that's caused him to go running to the Kitsune. I need to lure them out while causing panic to the other clans, that way if one decides to return home they'll bring him to me."

"That means waiting at least two more years, four maybe...can you really wait?" She tucks a loose strand of black hair behind her ear. "We both know how impatient you can be."

Again the Alpha lets out a purr, a coy smile growing on her face. "Perhaps I've been a bit, but to catch the little half breed we have to think like one."

Xia watches the lust in her mate's eyes grow. "You're going to take him the moment he's here aren't you?"

"Oh sweetie," she says sinking back into her lover's nest. "I'm going to tie him to my bed and make him mine until he forgets the impure he's 'loved' before."

With a kiss to her neck Xia feels an icy chill run down her spine. "It might take a while, not all are as willing as we were."

Anya takes the Omega's chin and stares into her darker eyes. "Well there's a simple solution to that. I'll just beat him until he does."

"You're so wicked sometimes."

The Alpha pulls the robes away with a smirk. "A good ruler sometimes have to be." In just a month's time she'll officially take the crown and with it her rule will begin. She has large plans for her kingdom and the surrounding clans. "They'll whisper my name for decades to come."

"No my dear Queen," Xia starts laying back with the knowledge that while she hasn't bared a child she'll always remain the top Omega. "They'll shout it." She starts to giggle until her mate whispers something that stops her heart.

"Especially with him by my side."