Time to step up

[a magical taco]

Richard listened to Rebecca as she spoke. He nodded attentively until she accused him of lying and he simple shook his head. For once he wasn't trying to lie.

"You don't have to call me a bad leader Rebecca, your refusal to act accordingly does that all by itself. You always talk such a good game about following me but when push comes to shove you do what you want, when you want. You always have. Simon with the vampires and now with the werewolves. Kira has worked for weeks to make this meeting happen and you did everything you could to sabotage it. Does the fact that no one died make it less of a betrayal because if that is the only stipulations that you need to write that alpha wolf a thank you card for not taking the bait. You stepped up looking for a fight for the get go just so you could look like an alpha too.

Now you are right about one thing, my bad decisions. I Should have considered my options more carefully before choosing who took which trial, absolutely, but there wasn't a single task set for us that each of us couldn't have accomplished and arguing otherwise is bullshit. We are mages, Rebecca, what trail is a werewolf going to give us that we cant do? At least that's what I believe," he said raising his hands to the same level of his head in a position of surrender, "I feel sorry for you if you don't have the same confidence in your friends. But please, go ahead an call me a liar again, go ahead and tell me I don't have confidence in this cabal.

But regardless of my bad decisions since when do you feel the need to step up and act like a spoiled child when she is asked to do something she doesn't like. And something we are doing for your sister, your sister, not mine and not Simon's but yours. You were going to let my bad decision ruin her goals? You know, I still remember when you told me I needed to grow up, I think maybe its time you take your own advice.

And if I wanted to play the big bad alpha and dump this on your shoulders we wouldn't be having this conversation in private. I'm our leader and its failures fall on me not the rest of you but I assure you this is the last time we will look like fools because of my inability to lead or your inability to follow. In the future there will be consequences. Life has become to dangerous for us to continue on like we have been." Keeping his anger in check was annoying but not difficult, he leaned back and waited for Rebeeca to explode again.