Redtail Rise cutting

lilia arrived and ancelin felt all his edges grow sharper. relic advanced, not in swift violence but in crowding. the other took possession of the situation and the boy found himself responsive to the tactic.
that was, until he caught sight of lilia just as relic's chin touched the back of his neck. he remembered how she had spoken to him, spoken in solidarity.
and his belly clenched horrifically to consider she would see him shamed. what was more embarassing? losing or recognizing relic as his superior?
the only boy who had ever held the title of equal had been atreus. and atreus wasn't fucking here. ancelin flinched away, snarl rising in volume. the ground beneath their paws he felt was his. the trees, his, the sky, his.
teeth skinning back from teeth, ears quivering, eyes finally at last finding a malevolent release in assigning all of his fury to relic. his pupils darkened hatefully.
put me in my place.
you don't have one for me.