Redhawk Caldera you're always talking but you're not playing

After that one conversation, where Maia had expressed her unhappiness about Eljay staying behind and Wraen had told her rather unkind opinion of him, she had actually felt a little guilty for letting almost two years worth of annoyance pour out so freely. Good thing that her sister had not taken every word to heart and that she had reached out to her happiness regardless of what her older sister may have said previously. Because now, when Eljay spoke so ardently about, how the pack should always have chosen their own members over alliances, it reminded her of that summer day long, long time ago, when Wraen had been elected as a Sovereign. He had been the one to support her. And somehow in the sea of depression she had witnessed afterwards, this moment of glory along with all the other good qualities that Eljay had, had disappeared from her sight.

She felt moved by his loyalty to her even after she no longer was his leader and did not belong to the same pack. That spoke volumes of, what kind of person he was: once you had earned his place in his heart, you stayed there forever. And Wraen appreciated it a lot and regretted that she had given up on him before. It was as Wildfire had once told her - it took a lot of patience with Eljay and in the end it was worth it. To see him shine through all the little insecurities that plagued his life. "Eljay, you did not fail me. Towhee did not want me to leave, I left on my own accord," she said, smiling at him sincerely. "But you cannot expect either her or Niamh putting me above their children, do you?" she asked. "You would not do that either. And I would loathe to require it of anyone. Future matters, Eljay, and past should never stand in the way of it," she said.