Heron Lake Plateau tip-toeing in the street like dally

Towhee clicked her tongue when Tegan unhesitatingly threw his sister under the bus. She wanted to defend the poor girl, though he moved on before she had the chance. He declared himself the Redhawks' most eligible Beta candidate, then explained that Raven was sending him on a mission, which would be followed by a promotion.

Her brows lifted. It was strange, hearing about an Alpha's orders secondhand, because she wasn't top dog anymore. But Towhee quickly shrugged off the weirdness of it and instead gave the idea of Tegan as her counterpart some serious thought. Would Raven really consider that or was Tegan just kidding himself?

"Out of all the whackasses in this pack, I couldn't think of anyone I'd like to share the rank with more," she said. It was true that there were other great wolves in the pack, his sisters and brother included. But most of them were either retired (Elwood and Finley), inept (Eljay and Nevouku), female (right or wrong, Towhee knew the rank would go to a male) or babies (Tywyll, Cinder, Screech). His only real competition was... Lucca? "I hope you get it."