Horizon Ridge The Eyes of Another

Hawkeye asked Rob to leave them alone and he complied without another word. Pied watched him retreat, her eyes narrowed slightly as they followed him until he disappeared. They remained tight when they returned to Hawkeye's face, especially when the Alpha downplayed his feminizing behavior and, even worse, defended it.

"To be honest, I found him neither interesting nor entertaining," Pied said coolly, feeling a little hurt. "I'd be happy if I never saw him again. Please don't tell me you have any romantic interest in him," she pleaded quite sincerely, suddenly suspicious that this might be the case. Why else would Hawkeye bring him with her? The Alpha hadn't explained that to her satisfaction.

Trying to coax the stiffness out of her voice and body, Pied offered, "I can call him here if you like," in reference to her mate. "We're waiting on Akhlut to hold a ritual to formalize our mate-ship, though we made it official between the two of us," she announced with a small smile.