Redtail Rise stanzas

his aunt spoke more deeply of herself than she had before.
she talked about atreus and her own past. a muscle jumped in his jaw and he smoothed it. the boy nodded earnestly. "i don't want to have regrets."
"i'm not leaving." his voice was heavy with the resolution of an older wolf, and he dared to lift his eye as far as his jawline. "but my dad and i, we have to look for atreus too. have to look at least a little."