Shadewood no it damn well doesn't

was red jealous? any other time, colt's ugly face might have split into a teasing grin. but now he only flicked a pebble across the front of her paws. "she'll never admit it but sadey's fightin' days are over. goin' across th'mountains half wounded took what she had. then we lived rough a long while. i'm here fer her."
course briggs missed the freedom and the savagery of a life lived outside, but this place was now more gang than isle. something to be said for that, for his ability to settle when it was needed.
"them kids ain't even hers," colt drawled of iseul. "guess their ma an' paw seen fit t'leave em here. they don't wanna go, so she's here. i do my fuckin' outside camp, don't yew worry none about brats."
domesticated; now there was a word to heat the blood and spoil a bond. but colt said nothing more on that front. red was angry and she had a right to be.