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

Riley reflected on this: the wants of Masquerade’s world, and the reality of the world.

And the reality was, people were stupid, short sighted, and selfish. He wanted to live in the world Masque believed should exist. But he lived in the world of bear worshippers and blood cults, murderous aunts and indifferent mothers.

Alpha. She’d used that word and not Wealda. For a dim witted boy, Riley could sometimes move fast.

You know — his breath hung in the air, as if he was afraid of upending the delicate balance of the life they’d built. Maybe that is because this pack rewards the wrong things.