Picking the next right man

'What should I do?' I asked the old man, and he stared at me. Not the same gaze he had been using on me, this time it was like his eyes were giving me information my heart wasn't ready to hear or accept.

I tilted my head to get what the meeting of the gaze was, and he said straightforwardly,

'Get a man and get married'

'What!' I had immediately screamed so loud that the insects and fireflies around us got really busy flying away from us.

'Listen, my dear daughter, you are grieving. Your heart is closed from everything going on in the world right now, that's why you can't see that they are hungry wolves eyeing your father's throne and want to be the Alpha of this great pack. You, my dear, would not have a say if everything is finalized, you don't even have a say now because you're a girl and not strong enough to hold a whole pack, so they won't ever consider you when thinking of whom to hand over the pack to but trust me, if you have a man figure in your life, you won't have to strug