Redhawk Caldera If the whole wide world stops spinning

It sounded like Eljay made as fantastic a big brother as he did a father.  Granted she'd been gone often, but when she was here, she hadn't missed the way he was with Weejay and how much the girl adored him.  It was one of the first things that had caught her eye, way back when she'd been so unsure because of everything Wildfire meant.

Maia couldn't imagine a life without her older siblings in it, obviously.  They'd been there when she was young, then left to come here, but as a pup she'd learned so much from them.  Them and, grudgingly, her litter mates too.

I like it too,  she replied quietly, though when he turned to look at her and didn't look away she felt her cheeks heat up with self-consciousness.  He really did have the most gorgeous eyes... and she had never had any illusions that she had anything special to offer.  Mannish, she'd been called.  She'd been so proud to take after her dad until she realized what that meant.  So she was the one who looked down and away.

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