Blacktail Deer Plateau Discretion of the Mind · PACK MEET

Whatever bullshit Hawkeye blathered on about went in one ear and out the other as Atticus continued to drill holes in Peregrine with a glare as cold as arctic death. His brother — intentionally or not, Atticus was not sure — wisely avoided looking Atticus's way. If they met gazes at that moment, Atticus wasn't sure he could restrain himself. There was a war going on inside of him that had nothing whatsoever to do with his lost opportunity at winning Hawkeye's heart.

He was the first to leave the meeting. He didn't even wait for an official dismissal. Hawkeye was casting a loaded glare at Crete, for some reason, while saying something about co-ranks or whatever, and Atticus just got up and left. There was no fanfare or drama. He was silent about it. And as consumed as Peregrine apparently was by his new conquest's ass, Atti seriously doubted his Alpha brother even noticed.