Porcupine Ridge munchiez

ambitious. for a second vuk did not understand; then her eyes widened and she shook her muzzle animatedly. "no, no, no!" she exclaimed, ears folding back against her head. "not ... want ... she had no designs on her friend's rank; she had honestly forgotten that jhala shared it with the nameless wolf. hoping she had not upset the other wolf again, vuk was silent for a moment.

but jhala liked someone from a lower rank -- she didn't have any intentions for the beta. in vuk's mind, the ranks and mateship were not related, but she herself had no aspiration to lead the ridge. and, as jhala had said, taggarik was not granting the right to breed.