Phoenix Maplewood the old wolf remembers

With suspicions confirmed, Reek allowed the elder to draw near to smell. "Holy shit," he muttered to himself.  While he had never met his grandmother prior to this engagement, she was the first family he had seen since he had taken it upon himself to leave the river valley permanently after his own mother's death. He didn't quite know how to feel about her sudden arrival, particularly because he was so laden with surprise, but there was still the fact that this was the mother of the father he never knew... and the uncle he had come to despise. Reek's curiousity was unfortunately marred by lingering bitter memories. Of course, it wasn't Shreya's fault that the manner of Reek's upbringing had been so terrible. The fault lied equally between her two imperfect sons.

"I'm Adric's son," the raggedy alpha replied. Despite being Reek's biological father, he had his apprehensions about calling Adric his dad. Having died before Reek's birth, he held little sentimental attachment. "—But, I was raised by Cato. Well, raised might be an overstatement."

"I'm Reek," he offered, bearing a mark of shame for his namesake. "Reek Redtail" Having come from roughly the same place, Shreya would surely know the mark and the implication behind it: unwanted. "—And I guess you're my grandmother," he continued before flashing the elder and her two escorts an awkward smile.