Redtail Rise This Time, Baby, I’ll Be Bulletproof

Her head canted at his immediate support. A smile briefly ghosted across her face before her mouth fell back into a moue.

I don’t want to take anything. That’s my point. I’ve been here, supporting this pack, since the day I was born. I was here when Redd wasn’t, even when mother wasn’t. I’ve given the rise and everyone in it my loyalty and support. But everyone was so quick to decide Redd should be Wealda rather than me, based on the events of a single day, rather than the years preceding it.

Her fur bristled, then smoothed. Masque shifted her weight, steadying herself with a couple deep breaths. She dropped her gaze again, grounding herself.

I’ve been trying to suppress my own instincts to support Redd. And I truly don’t want to fight my sister, nor disrupt the pack. But I… She looked up at him again. I deserve to be an Alpha. I deserve to be an Alpha. And I want to be an Alpha.