Sea Lion Shores Cause = Time

Hawkeye tried to hide a smile, but failed. "You sound like my father. And I will tell you what I have told him: does it look like I'd ever let anyone push me around?" Her smile widened and she laughed for a short moment.

She quieted, though, thinking how her ex-mate indirectly pushed her around. He took over her throne and could demand her to leave at any time. Or, he could hold the girls over Hawkeye's head. The black she-wolf grimaced without realizing she had done so.