Belittled

Gasper gulped in his spittle as the message hit him, just like a running train. He knew what it meant. Hrolf was ready to take up the challenge, damning how Ashina was going to feel. He loved this but still, he would have loved it if Hrolf had thought clearly about this because he seems to have done so irrationally, without thinking.

"You aren't deaf, are you?" Hrolf asked angrily.

" No, I am not but I will love it if you can think clearly about this before sending any message," he said, gently.

Hrolf exhaled sharply, rubbing his thumb on his head, trying to calm down.

"That is what she wants, send out the messenger's dove," Hrolf said to Gasper. He wasn't going to have a rethink about this, Ashina had wanted this and he was going to grant her her wish.

"Right away, Alpha," Erik responded with a bow to the ground.

He walked away as swiftly as he could, he was feeling a little bit numb but he knew it would pass away with time, he had to make sure all the elders got it this night a