a lot had happened lately. terance was, all and all, not okay. but he was trying. and if he was going to be okay, he needed everyone around him to be okay. 

and rannoch was not okay.

terance had noticed it even before seabreeze left. sunspire's alpha had grown increasingly spacey and scatterbrained, and terance had never said anything because-- look at him-- he was not one to talk. but after his conversation with treason, terance decided it was up to him to do something about it. as much as he loved his sister, she and him were betas, and they were not to be stealing the center-light in pack meetings. it just didn't look good for rannoch's image. 

plus, he might've promised treason a leadership role and... well, that needed to be rewarded. so, there was a lot to discuss. terance followed his friends scent trail to the willows, where rannoch's family typically resided, spotting his friend exiting the den-- he must've been delivering dinner to his family. he chuffed, tail waving. "hey, man," he called, ears cupped forward, "we gotta talk-- you gotta minute?"

terance eyed wraen as she approached. he supposed he didn't care if she joined, he just didn't want to attack rannoch, and two wolves felt like... well, sort of aggressive. terance would've felt singled out. but, that was immature of him to think, so terance just nodded to his sister and offered her a touch to the shoulder with his nose.

"you've been... missing the mark, lately," he admitted to his friend, gaze narrowing with concern, "not that i've got much room to talk, but you've been spacey and scattered brained and... quite frankly it's causing problems." he looked to wraen, curious to see if she had any input, or if she'd looked taken aback. terance continued. "treason, for one, is feeling useless and unwanted. she said her skills appeared to be unnecessary, because even though you promised her that we needed someone to train our mercenaries, you failed to mention it to the rest of the team and then wraen had to remind you about it at the meeting."

he looked to his sister again, this time apologetically. "there's nothing wrong with wraen announcing things at a meeting, of course--" his gaze returned to rannoch-- "but you're our alpha... the pack looks up to you, and your forgetfulness is letting some of them down. you should be leading the meetings, wraen shouldn't be stealing the show."

with a soft sigh, terance's ears flicked. "it's been long overdue anyway, in my opinion, but i asked treason to step up in the ranks alongside me. sunspire is filled with mercenaries, rookie and experienced, and i've got my paws full as it is. she'd be my secondhand, if you will."