Redtail Rise stoneward

once upon a time, ancelin might have capitulated to a wolf of higher rank than him, especially a female one.
but the long march had left ancelin with anger. where he would have submitted to a blood-cousin he did not for lilia.
and at the same, he felt possession over her, this girl he had once trained. 
when her sharp teeth flashed, ancelin growled a long and warning tone, hackles spiking. he was ready to meet her with force.
and yet! in his indigo eyes there was not wrath, only resignation and perhaps a brief interest. she had not been born here. the rise was in his blood. how would lilia defend?