Swiftcurrent Creek regret

Shattering before him, the plush she-wolf he had grown so close to since his arrival revealed a side to her he had never seen. The shriek that escaped her with her insecurities stirred a blink from the male, and shifting his weight, he pressed closer to her. "Bazi, you've been leading since I arrived," he murmured, his muzzle pending down to preen at the soft fur behind her ear. He inhaled sharply then, taking in the familiar scent that was her.

"You have Galileo, Shadow.. " He paused his muzzle pulling back to search her face. "You have me, Bazi. I'm not going anywhere." More words threatened to spill from his mouth then. But now was not the time.

There was a pause as he thought of the others.. And while she seemed desperate to make them stay, he could see no valid point to it. "Tuwawi has been upset for awhile now. Let her and Njal go -- the pack will not be better off in their paws. You are the leader the pack has come to love."