Stone Circle He's a tramp

It was a strange thought to Steph not to like someone she met. Ezekiel was actually the first wolf she had come upon that she wasn't open to liking. At least not at the moment. Everyone else, she had automatically liked them, and it stayed like that. No one had given her a reason not to like them. 

But, then, she was told Murdock wasn't her father, and she was supposed to see this male as her Dad. It threw her off, and she was opposed to knocking Murdock off the pedestal she had put him on. But, she was realizing now that she didn't have to. She could give Ezekiel a chance, and she and Murdock's relationship didn't have to change.

It was a new thought, too, that just because her mother didn't like something she did, it didn't mean she had to change her ways. So far, Steph was molded to want her mother's approval. She liked having it, it made her feel like she was doing something right. What child didn't want that? The thought of disappointing Valette was something Steph did not like. But, maybe giving Ezekiel a chance would be enough. If it worked out, great. If it didn't, she tried. 

She gave Moo, as she affectionately named him, a smile. Thanks, Moo, she said. She nuzzled him, happy that her whole world didn't have change.