I let out a low chuckle as I thought about how to best answer Da'kea's question. I didn't want him to think that I was using them to piss someone else off, but at the same time, I was using them to piss someone else off.
"She was showing what she had that the other female did not," said Midnight when I took too long to answer. "Alphas do it all the time as a way of asserting their dominance over another. Star Beam had five males and an Istar bunny. The other female had nothing."
"What he said," I added in, tilting my head toward Midnight. "Nothing is more attractive than something that someone else has or wants."
Ye'tab studied me from where he sat in his own chair beside my couch. "You are painting a target on your back. But for what purpose?" he asked, seemingly not upset that he had been used.