Golden Glade mission #1.3

She was swift to answer his unspoken question of "what the fuck do you want" but something just didn't click - she didn't even seem remotely bothered. 

                  "Why are you looking for her?"

He'd never seen, heard of, or even smelled any female with pups around here, not other than the three mothers in his Court. His blue glare bore into her, tail curling further over his back. The aggression he felt tricked into his grumbled words, and he didn't confirm nor deny - this could be taken as a yes, and he was hiding her, or a no, that he was only prying for information. Either way, for a woman to leave her pack with pups, well, something must've happned to make her feel unsafe.

Maybe Alder was just being weird, overprotective with all of the hormones going on in the Glade - he had no idea that Althaia was in danger, or that she hadn't been safe. It was only an assumption.