Hushed Willows we'll create an empire for you.

i am not awake whoops

Tavi rose to his challenge and for the tense moments thereafter it almost felt like a game of seeing who would outlast a posturing battle. If anything he intended for it to last as long as it had to, whether or not she came to her senses or it escalated was unknown. So for all the flashing teeth and thunderous snarls and growls, he did not move an inch. His eye did not lose sight of her, and the tunnel vision was great. But it always came at a cost and this time, that cost came in the form of something he would have never anticipated. When the silvery she-wolf began to relent, he did not see that it was because of her son drawing near. Instead all he heard was Harlyn screeching as Pippin closed in from his blindside altogether. And by then, a step or two out of reach of stopping it as soon as it started, he saw Tavi turn and reach out to strike.

It was reason enough to start forward and abandon his job of protection, reason enough that for a moment he felt powerless to get there in time. It forced him to change tactics as he set his sights on her. Much in the way she had moved to knock Harlyn away, he opted to try and muscle her away as she had his mate. Maybe if he could knock her aside, he could grab Pippin and end things. Or maybe it would only serve to make them worse.