Porcupine Ridge munchiez

the beta. vuk recalled the fight against terich-mir, and how the other had graciously conceded. taggarik had supported the ascension also. the agouti man had romped with her and anwyl prior to the rank challenge -- she had gotten a good sense of his attitude then, and though silent, he spoke many tomes with the movements of his body. 

at jhala's contention that the man was handsome, vuk flushed beneath her pale fur and nodded vigorously, grinning. the silence of the beta male only compounded his attractiveness -- she wondered, not for the first time, if he would be allowed to mate in the spring, and if so, who he would choose to be the mother of his children. 

for that matter, would capriccio, so stung by taggarik's behaviour, allow another female to bear young if she herself was chosen by the alpha male? it was all so convoluted.