Heron Lake Plateau Sooner rather than later

SO SPICY

She had a lot to say on the subject of what Qui did for their pack, but if he was too blind to recognize it himself, then it was a waste of time to argue. So fixated was he on guarding their borders that she'd made it almost all the way through her heat before he'd paid any attention to her, for crying out loud. But clearly Phox already had his mind made up about their "uninspiring" alpha male and nothing Raven said to him would change it. So she let that one go.

Her tone had cooled somewhat as her temper subsided (slightly), but there was still an iron hardness in it that came less from the doting mothersister side of her and more from the alpha who wanted to hulk out on someone right now. "You know...you're right -- what I said was total bullshit, and I'm sorry. Nobody can deny that you work your ass off for this pack, least of all me." Pissed though she was, she still had enough self-awareness to know when she was way over the line. "But you insult my mate and spit on his leadership when he's done nothing but work for this pack since day one. You're crawling up my ass because I've insulted your work ethic when you sit there and do the same to my face about Quixote's. Maybe you don't see what he does, I could understand that, but instead of just talking to me about your concerns, you blindside me with 'Heyyy fuck you, your mate sucks, we're out.' Dude. How exactly did you see this conversation ending when you started it like that?"