Redtail Rise Þief

Atreus paid little heed to the urgent howl, at least until Aventus urged Ancelin and himself to follow. He briefly considered refusing to obey, simply because he wasn’t currently interested in going anywhere. But he exchanged a look with Ancelin and quietly relented, padding alongside his litter mate in their father’s wake.

When they arrived at their destination, Atreus immediately saw Masquerade and halted in his tracks, glaring at her. The other one, Redd, was here too. The smaller Bearn grumbled under his breath, though it cut off into silence when Aventus distracted him with a sharp command to, “Stay. Watch only.”

Atreus’s ear twitched but he did not look at his father, still boring holes in his attacker with his eyes. He didn’t even know what any of them were doing here. He wanted nothing to do with his aunt and cousins, nor did he have much interest in the others.

He huffed out a breath and eventually turned to try catching the eye of the only wolf he genuinely liked: Ancelin.