Blacktail Deer Plateau retrospective

"I attacked no one," Fox corrected sharply. She had merely told Ferdie to leave (in less than kind words). "And it doesn't matter whether you knew me or not. If you did not know me, why accept me as your fellow leader at all?" asked Fox. That made even less sense to her, but Fox was also less trusting of others to begin with. Willow had done nothing to ensure that her new Beta was trustworthy in her own eyes, and that was no fault of Fox's. The Alpha trusted whatever Perry told her to trust, or so Fox believed.

She wondered if Willow always spoke whatever words went through her brain. To somebody like Fox, who spoke only what she believed was absolutely important, she found it draining. Half of what the Alpha said was lost on her, if only because she said so much at once. Fox knew that, if Willow continued to berate her and throw long-winded speeches her way, she would consult Peregrine. The yearling was not willing to put up with this kind of treatment; not as the Beta of this pack.