Swiftcurrent Creek The world's such a crazy place

She could have ignored her, but chose not to. Instead of fleeing the scene as Durnehviir expected, the raven wolfess paused in her tracks to look upon her leader with a solemn expression. Something glimmered in the fiery hue of her sad eyes, and the russet Frostfur frowned thoughtfully as she tried to decipher her own emotions.

Clouded by her own rage, she had failed to see any sign of remorse in Chusi for taking part in the breeding season without her permission. Looking at her then, Durnehviir thought the younger female to appear significantly smaller than she remembered - a shell of who she was. The mother's heart in her thrummed uncomfortably, guilt tugging at its strings as her thoughts turned to something Wylla had told her when they'd been reaqcuainted in the Emberwood: "everyone is a huge dick, including you right now."

Chusi was, in Durnehviir's opinion, very child-like in her youth and had a lot of growing up to do. She believed her to be careless and foolish, capable of knowing better, but the fault could not lay with the swarthy yearling alone. She was not Koji's biggest fan, and her impression of him was that he took advantage of a dumb young girl - and he would not get away with his decision to do so.

"A word, please?" Durnehviir said with a cant of her ginger-tipped muzzle, beckoning her closer. She stepped further into the open, sitting directly at the mouth of her den to block her own pups from view.