Swiftcurrent Creek I guess I'm all you have, and I swear you'll see the dawn again.

Her answer didn't satisfy him, and the pallid youth narrowed his dark eyes as he huffed his annoyance through flared nostrils. Viinturuth had tip-toed around his parents' animosity for weeks, and it frustrated him that his mother remained so vague on the matter despite his newfound courage to finally ask questions.

Talos claimed to have witnessed the Alpha pair argue prior to Constantine's departure, and the cubs were too young to know why Aria's presence offended their mother. So Viinturuth rumbled a low growl in response, his teeth gritting and his ivory ears splayed back against his crown. "Why are you doing this?" Viinturuth demanded. "Why are you fighting? Do you want to push us away?"