Blacktail Deer Plateau The forgotten

Something magical happened in the moment that Saēna spent recovering. Someone defended her. In reality, all Peregrine had done was redirect his true daughter's attention, possibly in order to prevent Saēna from slinking away to hide for the rest of the day, but in her mind, he had saved her. He had kicked and punched the bully in the face and sent her crying to her mommy.

Suffice it to say, Saēna stared with huge, adoring eyes up at Peregrine in that moment. Unwittingly, the Alpha male had unlocked something in her small breast that rang of retribution, aimed toward all those who sought to put her down. She would never be the fighter of the troupe, but somehow, a ray of light came down and woke her up.

It was a brief Eureka, however, because Peregrine instantly drew her attention back to the game by flinging a bone across the clearing. Osprey Jr. tore after it, and even Saēna seemed to lunge forward before finding in herself some restraint. As much as she wanted to go after the bone, she instinctively knew she would be put in her place if she did. She hesitated, but Peregrine drew her right back into the thick of his attention by offering to “fetch” her.

Saēna didn't know the word, exactly, but he had uttered it seconds after throwing the bone, so she assumed a fetch was throwing. “Fesh, fesh, FESH!” she repeated, dancing on her tippy-toes in hopes he would throw her next.