100 Watt Smile

She would be the last to arrive. She would sneak it, sitting at the rear of the crowd so as not to cause a disturbance. Emerald gaze swept the crowd, looking for the familiar golden shape of her mother. But her mother was absent. Again. A frown would pull at her creamy lips, displeasure filling her. Her mother had always stressed the importance of answering her queens summons, but yet she had failed to do so herself. Huffing, she would return her attention to her queen, anxious to begin. Spars and hunting would soon commence and she would determined to reign victorious this time around, especially against her allies. She was nearly a year now, and desperate to prove herself as an asset to this pack and not just dead weight. The girl stood at her full height, though she was still smaller than the queen herself, but now she was all gangly legs and lean muscle. It was ana awkward stage in her life, but she didn't dwell on it, all that matter was that her mother was happy and her queen was happy.

"Speech"
'thoughts'