Heron Lake Plateau If we pass in the night then just hand me a light

Really? Colt gave his sister a long look, then shook his head.

This pack is theirs.  And that's fine, well and good for you all.  But when a good part of the pack thinks you're better off gone, and the rest of the pack acts like the sun shines out their asses, well.  Better to be gone  He shrugged, and finally a small smile cracked through.  Not that I'm sayin it isn't deserved.  This was their home, and even though he'd been there longer than a good many (Towhee excluded), he couldn't fight it.  Doubtless Raven would take Towhee's side, and she had Niamh and Phox too.  Likely a good number of Fin's kids also, much as he'd tried to be an uncle worth having.  Some things you couldn't compete with.

He nodded Quixote over, welcoming him to join in.  He was glad his friend had come by, seein has he was really the only other wolf Colt was interested in seeing.  Not great on the numbers.  Niamh really had been his only asset here, hadn't she?