If I Stay

The Heartwood, the heartwood. FitzDutiful's mind raced as he tried to think of where that was. Eventually it hit him that it had been the forest that he had walked through on his way to and from Redhawk Caldera. Quite a while away. It was highly unlikely that this new pack would be a danger for Silvertip and yet he wasn't entirely sure that the Spine should be told. "Do you think it's best to just tell them straight out? Not everyone will see this in the same light and they may not think they owe us anything."

He thought for a bit, anything Bindi had to say would not sway his mind outright. "How about you tell them we have some information and arrange a meeting between their alphas and betas, and you and me." This way they would get to formalise something and find out more about their packs close at hand. Having a war was dangerous, especially with pups on the way. "I don't want to explicitly agree to enter a fight without know who we are dealing with. Raissa and I are hoping pups will be arriving in the next few moons - all our resources would go to protecting them."

He never thought how this news would effect Bindi, if she would have any thoughts on it. In one fell swoop he had told her of Silvertip puppies and that he thought of her as a leader of Silvertip - if she picked any of that up.

"There were other things you needed?" He wasn't in a hurry to dismiss what was happening but neither was he wanting to dwell on it.