Moonspear Even Doves have pride

Kinusi seemed confident — amused by the situation, even. Katmai couldn't quite relate, but her lack of concern eased some of the tension in his own chest.

"They all seem like good wolves," he replied. Except for the one that was not a wolf. Cosmo seemed like a good dog. He gave what insight he could, but he was curious, too, what Kinusi might think of them when she came across them. She was less reactive than he was, he thought. More tempered, even if she was also loud and brash.

"I worry I will disappoint them, and you," he admitted, pausing his scratching to look over at her. "What if I am a poor leader?"

He swallowed.

"What if I am bad at being part of a pack at all?"