Blacktail Deer Plateau This old world is cold and getting colder

She sucked her sobs back into her body, trying not to totally break down like an idiot in front of Dante, her alpha. That was certainly the best way to look strong and capable, right Eilidh? She was certain he was going to lecture her for leaving without telling anyone where she was going, but why would she do that? That's what running away meant! But she noticed that he sat beside her and asked her why she thought that.

Sniffling and swallowing her sobs, she sat up a little and looked up at her alpha. "He picked Cas to go north! To scout. He didn't even ask me if I wanted to go." She was also quite angry at her brother for not asking her, either. They were thick as thieves and she had expected him to at least invite her. But he hadn't even done that.