Redtail Rise wildcard

As Masquerade explained, Redd finally relaxed, her relief likely visible in her bearing.  They had not returned to lay claim, nor to resume leadership here.  Redd could not express the complicated things she felt, but when she looked at Masquerade again, it was apologetic.  She wished that things were different.  That different choices had been made.

I wasn’t sure.  There was nothing clarified by this, but the words were true, and it was not her way to speak fully.  

For a moment, her gaze dropped.  There was a yearning in her, but she held back, for she did not know this Masquerade who was not of the Rise.  The sister she had thought she knew turned out to be false, and where they stood now she was not sure.  She still did not know if anything was desired of her.  I miss you too.  Only this she knew.

Riley was ignored, silent and intensely staring to the side.  She could feel his eyes, the way it lifted the fur of her neck, but she did not rise to his challenge.  Masquerade was her focus.

She sought more words, but found none.