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Fin gave her mate a scrutinizing glance. It apparently hadn't occurred to him that Eljay might have had a reason for worrying that his siblings would be mean. Her son certainly took his fears to the extreme, but they didn't usual develop out of nothing. Fin felt her hackles rising just thinking of what might have happened to her baby. Her nearly full grown baby.

"We should talk to him," she said finally, "Make sure. I mean, I can't imagine who would be bullying him. It'd have to be someone here; he doesn't leave the territory." But who? And why? Her mind was racing now, the knot tightening again. The previous conversation had faded quickly from her mind. Needless to say, the whole not jumping onto her initial reaction and running with it thing was also forgotten. Someone was hurting her baby. She needed to eat them.