Silverlight Terrace she has her arms around your waist

"bet," said tegan with a few wags of his tail. and to her next question, felt a little drum against his own heart -- not the flutter of butterfly wings though, more like the cold hard hammer of failure and betrayal. whoops. 

"well, this guy named quixote is our alpha. he's dope. and then my sister towhee and i are both beta's, but i'm thinking about stepping down. not really for me," he said with a shrug, trying to downplay the fact that he was totally in charge and totally doing some bad things. she didn't know. but he knew. and ouch it kinda hurt to think about.