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She couldn't help but growl defensively at the older woman's laugh, disliking the feeling that she was being patronized. Magpie had seen her first year— she had survived it, mostly alone, and she had earned the right to adulthood. She was still under the impression that the 'adulthood' milestone automatically came with all kinds of respect and wisdom, but the longer she held the status, the more frustrated she became that this wasn't so.

"The last time we were in this position, you took me against my will," Magpie spat. It hadn't happened quite like that, but it was close enough. The yearling had come to understand that it was Fox's error that led her to captivity at the jaws of the Sunspire wolves, but that didn't give them any right to hold her without consent. Fox had at least recognized that she had been wrong to put Magpie in harm's way, and the yearling also understood that it hadn't been the fiery wolf's intention for things to go the way they had. "No shit, I'm tense."

She suddenly felt very appreciative of the small, flame-colored wolf— affection for her welled, and Magpie wondered why she was still so afraid to return to the caldera.