Redhawk Caldera Out where the water is wide

I not need to have it. But that meant she wanted it. Maia nodded with understanding, even as she felt the acceptance and disappointment already settling over her.

Maia wasn't even sure, herself, why she wanted the role the way she did. It had to be for selfish reasons, right? She hardly deserved it, had barely led, and had been a complete mess for most of the time she'd been a leader so far. Teya didn't need to have it but she definitely deserved to. Way more than Maia ever could.

Same. I just didn't want to vote for you if you didn't want it. Maia looked at her with a smile. It was bound to be awkward but she did feel better, knowing. Now she wouldn't get her hopes up needlessly. It should be the pack's choice, but I guess it should be ours too. If we want it or not.

She thought of Wraen again, then. Her sister had never liked leadership much after leaving the Firebirds and had refused to take it here, proposing her as Raven instead. It made her wonder, a bit, why she didn't hate it more. Maybe she just didn't see what Wraen had. Or maybe Brecheliant was just a different sort of pack than the others had been.