The Heartwood Show me who we are today

He slunk onto the scene like a whipped dog, and though knowing he regretted his decision pleased Jinx, it was not enough for the scorned Alpha female. Her lips peeled back and she bristled, growling a low demand for more submission. It was cruel to make Ira grovel in the dirt, but that was exactly what the petty Kesuk planned to make him do... Even knowing that it likely wouldn't matter.

She withheld for now from closing the distance and trying to force him onto his back. Her growl rumbled even through her words as she sharply commanded, “explain yourself.” He had been gone for much too long, and though for a while she hadn't noticed it, eventually it had been impossible to ignore his absence. To retain her sanity, Jinx had chosen not to think about it... But it had always been in the back of her mind that the young wolf she had taken in as a son had abandoned her for a taste of pirate cunt, or so she believed.