Redhawk Caldera No matter how much it hurts, no matter how hard it gets, you gotta keep grinding.

Towhee signed back eagerly, explaining her case and stating nothing that Finley hadn't anticipated already. She knew her goddaughter well enough to know where this attack had likely come from. It was the same place that drove her to try and run off any potential joiners at their borders and to reject the former wolves of Broken Antler Fen. She was a fiercely loyal child that lent her trust to no one that didn't carry the Blackthorn or Redhawk surname. She was the daughter of her parents, and somehow in never knowing them at all, she had become them. On steroids.

-It has everything to do with that- Fin answered promptly, signing with calm movements, -Trusting Elwood and I as your alphas means trusting in our decisions. It means trusting that we allowed Burke and the other Fen wolves to join our ranks for a reason and that we've kept them here because it was in the pack's best interest. It also means trusting that when we need something done that we can't do ourselves, we will ask for it. But most of all, it means trusting that we are always looking out for the pack's well-being, even when we seem busy or distracted.-

Fin paused then, watching Towhee's face for her reaction. There was more she wanted to say, but I don't like to do too much dialogue in one post as it just doesn't seem realistic that someone would talk for THAT long without the other person in the conversation replying.