Bramblepoint This is growing up

Her smile was cute, too.

She was all kinds of cheerful and bubbly, reminding Phox of Maia in a way. Maia, but less... well, less related. Maybe all these weird feelings were because Phox practically never talked to girls outside his own family. In fact, aside from Chanel, he couldn't even remember living with any females outside blood relations and his mates, Camilla and Niamh. Her name made him feel guilty, but he brushed that aside, listening as Dhalia explained that she was an ambassador for the glen.

And oh gosh, that wink made his stomach do all kinds of flip-flops. Dhalia seemed to have this total, carefree way of behaving that just felt so... natural and warm, y'know?

Now sure, he could have mentioned that three of his children lived there, but again, there was an aversion to it, so he guided the conversation to more top-level things he knew about the pack.

Well, I know that it's an offshoot of Moonspear, which is led by Hydra. And Osiris, who leads the glen... isn't he related somehow? Phox couldn't recall whether Osiris was brother or son to Hydra. He admittedly hadn't been very involved with either pack. Although now he had a perfectly good reason to learn more.