Broken Boulder you were born on a dare, but you were born ready

Agitation bubbles under his skin like acid, turning every muscle in his body rigid with each moment he allows himself to stew in the unfairness of it all. Korei's voice suddenly grates on him, and irrationally he's reminded that he might not be in this position at all if not for her. He would not have needed to join a pack if she hadn't followed him, would not have had to return to measuring himself by his usefulness and finding he comes up short every time. Shut up, he thinks, full of venom and black bile now, you have no right. But he only sucks in another breath, ragged this time, and waits for the feeling to fade.