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He didn't want me! Sorana countered, and while there was no proof to back up the claim, her confidence had fallen so low in Reyes' absence that she was certain it was true. She was certain of so many things, few of which were supported with any sort of evidence, but chief among them was the incorrect belief that she was the catalyst that ruined her family. How could anyone want her after that?

You're right. He's not a replacement, he's an upgrade! she insisted. If Bronco says he wants you to leave with him to go live where he wants, what then? You'll leave me, too! What if daddy comes back and they fight? Or maybe he'll chase me away because he doesn't want any competition. Then what?! She choked on a sob. Bridget had said Bronco would be the one chased away if he tried it, but Sorana wasn't so sure that Teya wouldn't just go with him and leave her behind.

Bronco made Teya happy. Sorana also made her happy. But she could never make Teya as happy as Bronco did. In Sorana's eyes, that was a fact. Bronco represented a change that Sorana was not prepared or equipped to weather. A normal pup her age would be embracing independence; a pup who had adjusted to her father's disappearance would know that it was his fault, not hers, and would be able to separate Teya from Reyes and trust her place in Teya's life.

But Sorana had yet to come to terms with Reyes. Her greatest fear was losing Teya. She lacked the emotional maturity to trust that it was not one or the other, but that Teya would ensure she had a place in her new life with Bronco. For that reason, Bronco represented everything she was most afraid of.

Bronco was the Big Bad Wolf in her story, and she the weeping piggy whose straw house he was blowing down.