Swiftcurrent Creek In between the raindrops

She slid to the ground – clearly, their message of placing her as the pack Omega had struck home with her choices, though his lips remained drawn in a thin line. His eyes flitted to the rabbit she offered him, and his features softened – not because he forgave her, nor did he trust her – but she was young yet, and naïve. And the wolf who had joined their pack with her, Koji, had taken advantage.
 
“I won’t take food from a soon-to-be mother,” he rumbled in turn, his tail giving an idle sway at his hocks. “Not when my mate is fed well enough.”
 
He paused then, allowing the quiet to stretch before them, before: “Tell me about yourself.”