Peace Treaty

Briar watched Bowen as she was explaining things and going over some basics of fighting just to try and see if she was explaining well enough for Bowen to get the concepts, but she couldn't really tell if the other woman was really paying attention or hearing what she was saying. She had an odd, almost angry look on her face which made Briar's ear flick with frustration. She was doing everything she could to build some kind of bridge between them and was trying her best to put aside her own issues with their current arrangement to do so, but she still couldn't tell if Bowen was willing to do the same. It made her wonder if she should even try or if she should just give it up and leave it as it was with them mostly just avoiding one another. It was difficult and uncomfortable to do that living in the same castle and in the same pack and she didn't want to have some kind of issues down the line with her trying to act as Bowen's queen in the long run, but it was hard to tell if she was going to have much of a choice in the matter.

Bowen did at least follow her lead and get into a similar stance, but before she could explain anything else Bowen suddenly demanded that she fight her. Briar gave a little frown in response, her brows pulling together with a mix of confusion and annoyance. She responded with a small shake of her head while she tried to keep herself calm and collected. "No, we can spar after we finish the lesson if you'd like, but you should at least have some good foundations in place first." She had rushed into her fair share of fights as a pup and while she knew Bowen wasn't a pup she was still a novice at fighting so her skill level would be much the same. Besides, she didn't want to fight Bowen, especially when she could tell the smaller woman was heated for one reason or another. It was just going to end up with one or both of them getting hurt.

"Briar Fatalis"