Redsand Canyon The balance in me split by three

He expected and didn’t expect the reaction he gets from the scarred male. Donovan is flicking his ears back momentarily at the roughness in the other tone. Not out of irritation, more like a nervous tick.

His eyes fall momentarily, like he’s being scolded by his mother. Them meet Derg’s confidently not even half a second later. “I did.” Confirming the truth of him lying. “I didn’t think using my true name was a good idea in a stranger land. Until I knew no one here was from my homeland.”

He huffs our a breath, confused by his question. “My views on the pack or my outlook haven’t changed. My name is the only thing I’ve lied about to you, peaches.”