Redhawk Caldera lazy afternoons

Fin regretted her dismissal of Eljay as soon as she saw the tears that flooded his eyes. Apparently he had not needed talked into believing the truth, only reminded. She had not anticipated that, and so her heart wrenched at the sight of his form retreating to stew alone in his heartbreak. It would have been right for her to cast her anger for it on herself as she was clearly at fault. It would have been better for her to not interrupt and simply wait to discuss her qualms with Peregrine later, after her son was taken care of.

But instead, Finley squared her anger in on her alpha, simply fueling the aggravation she felt already towards him. She met his stony gaze with one of her own, not flinching when she knew she ought as a subordinate. It would only piss him off, Fin knew. But she felt he deserved that, and she also felt rather slighted in general that he had clearly deemed her opinion so unneccessary that he would take it upon himself to deal with the issue. Something instinctual wanted to remind him that she was his beta, lower yes, but not as inconsequential as he'd just shown he thought her to be.

"You. Horse's. Ass." Fin growled in a hushed tone, lowering her eyes to settle on his chin after a moment once she felt her posturing had proven the point, "Why would you do that without coming to me and Elwood first? Don't you think you should've talked to his parents? Don't you think his parents should have been the ones to talk to him? Does our opinion not mean shit to you?? Cause at least when it comes to our kid, I'd think it should mean something."

She couldn't keep the anger out of her tone, try as she might. Her better sense tried to warn her that in this situation, he was Peregrine the alpha. But the more reckless part of her brain - the one she used most often - saw him as Peregrine, her dumb ass best friend that had just acted a dick (like, acted a fool only a dick).