Stavanger Bay Where is your rider

Her words had meant to inspire, but they seemed to have the opposite effect.  He seemed to take them to heart, and what's more, to interpret her words as a sign she was thinking of jumping ship.  Idiot, she thought with sudden annoyance.  Hadn't she shown over and over that this wasn't the case? Was any loyalty enough for him?  It wasn't fear of him that would keep her tethered... it was him. He seemed to have a hard time grasping that some might simply choose to follow rather than needing to respond to threats for loyalty.

A thousand words rose up to be told, but he'd already turned his back to her.  She should have said them... it would be her only chance.  But unaware of what fate had in store, she let them die on her tongue, and instead turned with an irritable flip of her tail.  When he was ready to trust, she would be there.  But until then, she'd continue to support his pack, believing in his captainship even if he refused to.