Isabella gave a light laugh as she shrugged. "Perhaps we should go en masse to find men of a suitable nature. It would make things easier, especially for those who are actually interested in finding an 'other'." The gypsy had no desire to do such a thing, especially since mates weighed down a woman with a business mind. And in her business, a mate would only stop her work and weaken the trades she could make. A few had tried to make her theirs, and one of them ended up dead on her floor with knives stuck into his spine. Thankfully, no one bothered to pursue her and some lucky bastard got her old rooms with the things she could not take with her. "But we are still alright regardless of how many men are here."
The woman gave a slow rolling shrug, unsure of what it would mean for the pack. "Perhaps. Salsola doesn't seem to suffer for lack of men, that is for sure." Isabella had no issue with men who knew their place or who were more like women in mystique and slyness. Though the ones who wore their lives on their sleeves were certainly still a major portion of her business. Well, they once were. Now it was more for providing for the pack, since that was the focus here was. She had more important things to do, and the lack of customers was not nearly as harsh on her as she had thought. "Men will come along in due time. After all, pups are born every day," she said shrewdly, though she knew she had to have been exaggerating. There could not have been litters every day. That was far too many children in her mind's eye. "If we don't suffer, I don't see anything to worry about."
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