"I think it has less to do with the amount of time I've spent here and more with the fact that the pack's population has been steadily pumped with newcomers. Everyone's pretty busy finding their place in the pack." This was the singular excuse he mulled over when he suffered particularly deep feelings of abandonment.
The inquiry about his alphas made the pale wolf's ears flatten with anxiety. "Hawkeye, the female, was originally the only leader. She is brash and makes mistakes...but I get the sense that she's willing to learn from them. Peregrine, her mate, was ascended to the status of both mate and alpha male within two or so weeks of his arrival so I haven't much opinion about him other than he's a tad hot headed."
And now for the hard part. He stood and bumped his snout into Amekaze's shoulder; his touch was gentle though it did not linger. Sunlit eyes locked on the earth by her paws and he sighed softly...cursing himself for the vulnerability locked into his downturned face. "You have been a lone wolf for a long time and deserve a pack that can show you what you've been missing out on all this time. This is not that kind of pack."
He lifted his head and stared into the she wolf's eyes for what seemed like an eternity. Sadness, and perhaps a strain of regret, made the sunny hues glow as dim as dying embers. "I would love nothing more than to have you as a companion here, Pretty Girl. But we don't deserve you. "
set by Emy