Phoenix Maplewood Invasion

The scene unfolded before her, and Nanook couldn't peel her eyes away. It wasn't so much the attack of the other wolves that caught her rapt, but the fierce and dreadful fury that bristled in waves from her mother's striking form. The only times Nanook had seen Scarlett angry was when she had done something bad. Never had Nanook witnessed her terror like this. A low growl rumbled in her throat, and the reason for the Maplewood's fury clicked.

This was justice, and the elders showed the ruddy girl no mercy. They piled on her with teeth bared and ready to tear, and Nanook couldn't hold herself back any longer. Whoever lay at the bottom of the pile threatened these wolves, and from the emotion in her mother's voice, she'd threatened mama, too. For all her mother had done, she was family still, and the girl brimmed with the shaking urge to protect her in every way she could.

Her coiled muscles sprung without resistance, and Nanook pushed herself to join the elders in the fray.