Ankyra Sound side with me in slaughter

had she had the choice, cleo would have remained firmly within the den, especially with the addition of the two foreign children to their group. but all the same, she grew closer and closer to her siblings as the days marched by, and so was roused to her paws by the prospect of sticking close by Reyes. it was curious why, exactly, she'd chosen him to latch onto, or if the fixation would last. but the day she spent near to the back of the group, glancing where he did, occasionally pausing should he fall too far behind. 

his sudden aggression rattled her, however, and she was quick to scuttle away and lodge herself firmly beneath her mother's stomach, gaze wide and unblinking.