Redhawk Caldera Ten things you didn't know

Had they perhaps not clashed the first time they had met, Niamh might have recognized some of the cheek Reyes possessed, and associated it fondly with memories of her brother. Ambrose had been feisty, sarcastic, buoyant- and they had played off each other well. Had she not grown up with Ambrose, she might not have liked him for his spirit, which was potentially why Reyes, now, rubbed her the wrong way. He'd also caused her some offense by mating with her Person, which would make Niamh a great-aunt in the spring and she loathed the idea of being so old. 

As it was, she failed the make the connection that maybe her nephew was simply doing what came best to wolves with their genes and nature- and instead pegged him as an asshole. Those qualities that irked her should have redeemed him, and given her faith in the fact that they were, in fact, related- but not right now. Not when she was hangry. 

She didn't react much to his statement. He'd implied that he'd thought she was an invalid, and that was enough to piss her off. But when he bragged about Towhee being his mate, she stopped, lifted her head abruptly and stared at him, her brow furrowed and nose wrinkled in distaste. Before she could interject, he went on and every time he used the word our, the fur along the back of her neck lifted a bit more- until she had a solid line of bristled fur all the way down to her rump. Niamh's pokerface, needless to say, was non-existant at best. 

"Look, kid- just because you did your...job, doesn't mean you're gonna be the father. And it certainly don't make you Towhee's mate." She said. Part of her, though- that little weeeee insecure part of her, wondered wildly if perhaps she should go and find Towhee, and warn her about how clingy Reyes was being. Surely, she thought, her friend would be horrified to hear the assumptions Reyes was making about their little union. "Hate to break your heart, champ, but there's no room for you in our trio." She responded with an air of haughty dignity.