Moonspear brighter than a shooting star

The howl went up and Tev's ears of velveteen platinum silver cupped as he began to discern the message it carried only to feel a horrible sinking feeling in his stomach. Floki was made Beta. He should have been proud and he knew that ...but the truth didn't align with what he should have felt. His ears slicked back to his skull feeling his aspirations being torn out from beneath him as if someone had thrown him against a concrete wall. He hadn't really ever gave voice to his desire to lead ...except to Wildfire; but he figured that Charon wouldn't want to hear it because they weren't on the best of terms but he never thought that Floki would become a leader. It wasn't necessarily because Tev doubted his twin's abilities but rather because Tev honestly couldn't see it. As children it had been Tev that had been the leader out of them, naturally taking charge without ever really thinking about it. He was brazen and fearless and he always counted on Floki to be his support system, his second in command. Not the other gods damned way around.

He heard other voices join. Amekaze, Floki, Wildfire. Thistle's. He'd heard but he couldn't bring himself to do it, too afraid that if he did his howl would not be one of celebration but rather one that would betray what he felt inside and, right now, he wasn't too ready to let his hurt and displeasure be known. Instead he let out a soft snarl and turned away from the borders, loping over them and heading into the free territories beyond, needing desperately to sort through everything on his own and as far away from the celebrating Moonspear as he could get.