Silvertip Mountain Leaving you scraping at the bottom of the barrel

Niita yelp and turned around, though Steady inwardly was glad because it moved her closer to him. Phocion, however, either could not take a hint, or chose not to take the hint. Steady's eyes narrowed when he spoke of the pups. You haven't gone near the den, have you? he questioned. He had given explicit orders for the newcomers to stay away from the pups and the den, and if Phocion had disobeyed him, it would give Steady a good reason to put him in his place. He would have normally just verbally reprimanded him, but Steady was feeling possessive of Niita, and it was going to come out in one way or another.