Redtail Rise jade

Others approached but she was not here for them just yet.  Her attention was on one yet to come.  And when he appeared, his anger was apparent.  Her own rose to greet it, thrilled at being allowed a measure of freedom.

Punished for her protection of the pack.  Cast down in her first moment of weakness, overthrown because she could not physically defend herself.  She had known it was the most likely possibility.  Yet she had dared hope for better.  

Redd allowed that righteous anger to drive her forward, lunging for his scruff and aiming to pull him sideways.  There was no announcement, no welcome, no warm greeting between siblings.  He had given her no consideration before.  He would earn none now.

He would prove himself. She was weak.  It had been months since she had eaten well and infection still burned beneath half-healed scars.  What little energy she had would fade quickly.  She burned it all in one final attempt to prove she had ever deserved what she held.