Bearclaw Valley dusty flowers

"punch him in the throat" LOL

despite how long they had lived alongside their alpha, it occurred to indra that they didn't truly know xan. they knew bits of him -- ironically, bits indra preferred they didn't -- but how would he take being dethroned?

somehow, indra didn't believe he would take it very gracefully at all.

that wouldn't have stopped indra, who rounded her shoulders as if casting the troubling thought away - she' do anything to make sure laurel was happy, even overturning xan's rule -- if that was what laurel wanted.

she didn't imagine he would give it up willingly, and her expression seemed to convey that. she remained thoughtful, pausing for a bit to compose an answer -- she did not like laurel's proposed future scenario, and it showed on her face by the rapid pin of her ears.

"if she returns, we chase her off." indra affirmed, her tone dark. in indra's eyes, the mother of nunatuq and marten had done no better than saena and reek -- actually, she had done worse -- she had picked a favorite, and left the other two behind. indra could not wrap her mind around it, truly -- her gaze slid to the two abandoned puppies with a softness pooling in their amber depths. "i'm in, whatever you decide to do."