Redhawk Caldera vividly

The younger she-wolf twitched at the male's blunt answer to Fox's question. Her yellow eyes narrowed slightly and she glanced sideways to gauge the Alpha female's reaction. Would her mother seriously entertain this suitor? The caldera was a pack built on family and loyalty. This outsider could claim neither. Yet it was absolutely not Raven's place to question the matriarch. She swallowed, deeply discomfited by the situation but unwilling to rock the boat.

Mom, she nonetheless pleaded mentally, eyes boring into the side of her dam's face, this isn't right...