Redtail Rise blood born

I shouldn’t be hopping on another but YOLO

Redd’s thoughts are also on the spring.  On Ulfhedinn and the hunt wife.  On Masquerade and Riley.  She has no way to be sure, but his defense, and her sudden interest in pups, does not say nothing.  It is enough to invite a feeling of urgency.  But not enough to force compromise.

Riley is the only choice unless she seeks outside.  But there is one other.

He is newly returned and still an outsider, so Redd has not decided what to make of him.  Cold and aloof, solitary in a way she finds off-putting.  Strong, however, and seasoned.  There are worse choices.  She thinks of her hunting partner in the wilds.  There are better ones.

She stares at him openly, measuring him, her stance firm.  Challenging him, perhaps.  All have had thoughts on her so far.  He must as well.