Broken Antler Fen Everyone you love has built it

She'd known it would be coming and it made sense that they would talk about it. She'd forfeited her own right to make decisions like that, right, stepping down? That was part of it. It had been pretty selfish for her, choosing to make her family the first thing and the pack something she didn't need to consider quite as much. At least, that was still how she saw it in a lot of ways. It didn't mean that she didn't feel a complicated kind of way, though, hearing that he and Teya had already talked about it. Especially when, at this point, she hadn't resolved things with the Raven yet.

The worst thing to hear, though, was that he was used to going without. He didn't deserve this. None of them did.

I think that's... we should. It's the right thing. She looked at him and her eyes were a little bright with threatening tears, but she was sure of it. Her own insecurities aside, she knew better. You shouldn't have to manage. She stepped towards him and reached out, both wanting to comfort him and needing it herself.