Heron Lake Plateau awaiting your mistake

Ugh, phone posting.

She arched a brow as he spoke, her expression and body language becoming more neutral. She loved him and wanted to believe what he said, but was he just telling her what he thought she wanted to hear to backpedal out of the doo-doo he’d just stepped in? She wasn’t oblivious to his remarkable ability to be a chameleon when circumstances demanded it, and while her default response had always been to trust him, his sudden attempt to twist the situation to his advantage put her on her guard.

Nevertheless, she opted to give him the benefit of the doubt and shook her head to his final comments ”You do belong here. And I want you to stay. I don’t know how things were with you and Towhee, but I’m willing to give you a fair chance to prove yourself and climb the ranks. I want to help you find a home here.” She looked at him with eyes full of yearning as she spoke. She could see it so clearly in her mind: her younger brother finally finding peace among his family, making a place for himself in the pack of his birth, and finding purpose in his life. The kid had had a hard life and she really just wanted to see him happy. ”Towhee’s a leader because she earned the right to be. I’d love to make you beta someday, but you have to do the same. Without the blackmail.” She grinned a little at that last bit just to try and ease some of the tension, although deep down inside she was still troubled and a little upset.