Blacktail Deer Plateau strike three

He did bristle when Engel began to run his mouth, but since he was only posturing, Grayday didn't try to stop or go after him. Still, it chafed when Engel brought up Heartha - the leader wondered who had told him about her and then made a promise to himself that he wouldn't try to find out. It was in the past, and that was that.

The male was soon gone, leaving Grayday alone with his son-in-law. He remained standing, staring sightlessly out over the valley floor. He might as well have been deaf as well, for all that he reacted to Aditya's words.

A moment passed in heavy silence before Grayday addressed the other male.

"No wolf should have to be kept safe from their own packmates," he said at last. "He lacks the control to keep from running his own mouth, and there have been other things that made me wonder about him. Today was the final straw. I can't trust him."