when all of your flaws are counted

Her face, though gloomy, irradiated genuine regret.
Though sending Danica out had not been her only flaw, the peppered male decided to leave it at that, he was in no mood or position to reprimand the young Alpha. He had done worse mistakes back in the day, leaving his son behind being the greatest one.

"I thought I did. He fooled us all -- he was not a pompous little rebel he is when I first met him" he barked, shaking his head slightly out of amazement. The Shadow he had met by the Otter Creek was not the one that leaded a pack on another land now. He had changed drastically, as if a switch had been turned in his mind.