Blacktail Deer Plateau samson, come back to bed

he listened sadly, body deflating in whatever iota of confidence he had retained. he had come, his panther, had come here, to the plateau. he had thrown his faithful into turmoil and thrown aside the loyalty of his fellow leaders.

but though he heard, taltos could not relinquish his love for peregrine. hot bile arose in his throat as fox's arrogant face flashed before his eyes, and he got restlessly to his paws. "a sister pack."

he gave a mirthless chuckle; he did not find the situation amusing, but rather the proverbial bone peregrine had thrown to his former followers. "a brother does not hurt his sister in such a way," he snarled, a rare show of an emotion he hardly ever felt: rage.