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Phox released Alyx as quickly as he had shoved her to the ground. By then, both Niamh and Towhee had weighed in. Discipline was not common for Phox, but if ever there had been an appropriate time, this was it. At the root of it, it sounded like Alyx yearned for wolves who weren’t family: a foreign concept to Phox who had been deeply entrenched in family ties for so long. He huffed as Alyx pulled away, but he didn’t make a move to go after her, although he did wonder if he should.

We should keep a close eye on her over the next few days, he said, facing his two coparents. She might make a run for it if we don’t. Isn’t that what Fennec had done? He couldn’t remember the exact circumstances, but children always seemed to run off when they didn’t agree with their parents’ decisions.