Bearclaw Valley faded into the night

Couldn't she see he was the one who was here for her, not that godforsaken Kove. Why couldn't she open her damned eyes and see, see that he wasn't here, that he was not leader. She was a leader by herself, she couldn't just break down and cry. Leaders don't cry, even if they're pregnant and full of hormones. Why did she choose to be an Alpha Female if all she did was cry when he was telling her the damned truth. Being loyal did not mean sugarcoating everything, being loyal meant he had to say the hard truth for the good of the pack. That was all he had been doing, plus all the husband duties that was supposed to be Kove's job.

"I'm telling you these things, you're just not listening," he said with barely concealed exasperation. Well, she might be listening, but she wasn't taking the thoughts to her head, she was still thinking of herself, of her friends. She just wanted to please others like she always had. Apparently Kove had done nothing to open her eyes to the hard truth, some husband he was. "Teenagers cause the most harm, Scarlett, because they're too bold and brazen, they don't know what's out in the world," he almost snarled out of sheer frustration but restrained himself.

Raziel stared at her retreating form and cursed to himself, angrily stalking away.