beware of birds

永程

Of course she'd heard about the condor. He was sleeping in her den; Yong Cheng was pretty sure Sirius wouldn't let just anybody bunk with him and his wife, so logically, it followed that Zee knew. Still, his eyes widened. While he still felt the urge to duck into grass every time a shadow passed him by, he'd been building up the courage to get over his newly-acquired fear. It was... embarrassing to have the next-highest ranking wolf in the pack know about his situation.

"Mmfne" he mumbled around the sticks in his mouth, before he realised what he was doing, and dropped them with a sheepish shrug. He wasn't going to let Zee see that he was actually not fine, nuh-uh, though if she stared closely enough, she'd noticed the tension in his shoulders and the limpness of his tail. Yong Cheng wasn't fine, but by gods if he was going to make her think he was. Being an alpha was enough work already; she didn't need to care about him.

He gave her a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes.

"'S just a bird, really. Survived that. Bet I can survive anything else." As he spoke, his lips crinkled in a grin. Even standing fully, Yong Cheng was still shorter than Zee. He stepped back, taking his time to observe the queen. "You? 'S a good season for life to start. New plants are coming in just fine."

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