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He looked at Sin silently before looking back at his mate as Sin made his point. If she did leave him...then Sin would be entirely right. Then what would he be useful for, he'd be broken.

Finally he looked around for a moment the tension was starting to get to him. He knew what Ara said was true, all of his years he never had a weak point other then his mother. Now though he had Ara who was a giant hole in his armor.

As he felt Ara move into close to him he enjoyed the feel of her fur. He let out a quiet sigh, normally he would enjoy this but Sin had gotten into his head. He stepped away from Ara with a sad frown on his face. "Ara...not right now." He said unable to hide the pain in his voice. It was hurting knowing what Ara might be thinking.

Sin seemed to smile at Ara's inner pain, however he did look at Odi in a rather...concerned way, if only could believe that. It was obvious he did not care for Ara, she was not family. Ara was a liar, then again so way Odi. His eyes cast upon the two, and he stepped between Ara and Odi, snarling at the vixen. "You were the trickster. If it were not for you, do you think he would have lied to me?" It was true, he had not asked. Then again, Odi was sneaking. If Odi had merely waited until the celebration and introduced his mate or merely mentioned her he would have accepted Ara. But no, he had caught them.

"You would rather have him betray our tribe to make yourself happy." It seemed he was angrier with Ara then Odi, surprisingly.

"That is what you have precisely done! Him sneaking to see you makes him apart from us. He is consciously choosing you over us, sneaking behind our backs. He is putting your needs before his tribes. He has chosen you over his family each time he see's you secretly."

Sin scowled at her once more. "I would have told my Elder." He snapped back, which was true. "If he had told me I would have accepted. In the end, you would be protected by us as long as you are connected to him. But, circumstances have changed, haven't they?"

He watched Ara, amused by how she seemed to be coping under his presence. He was fairly angry, furious even. The fact she had caused Odi to lie infuriated him. However, maybe there was a way to get past this. If there was, he wasn't going to let it happen easily.

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Upset? More like outraged. His whole life had been a lie in the beginning. He had no one to turn to. No one that would love him. He had been alone for so long. At first it had hurt him, broke him, and ripped apart his heart. Then he had grown. He had stopped caring. His hurt became his strength. He had lost the pain and replaced it with fury. Fury at everyone. Families were supposed to love. Mothers were supposed to care. Fathers were supposed to protect. Siblings were supposed to share and love.

He had never had that.

He had hated everyone. Then there was him, his dear half brother. He had loved and cherished Sin, and Sin had learned to love him back. He had been his weakness. Not his cure. His weakness. The he lost him too.

And now, here was his new family, and he was it's father. It's guide. Maybe it did anger him not finding out sooner. It did not hurt, hurt was something impossible for him to feel in his current state of mind. But maybe the fact he had not noticed angered, and not just the betrayal. Sin merely snarled at Ara. She was seriously stepping on grounds he did not want her stepping on. Maybe he would have to break her paw to make her step back.

From the way Sin snarled at her, Ara knew she was right. She also knew she had unintentionally hit a nerve, a major one. It probably would have been begging the question to ask if Sin had control issues as well as pride ones.

When Odi stepped between her and his Elder with the request for them to redeem themselves, the slightest stirrings of hope started in her heart. Sin could blame her all he wanted, but Odi had always been the one to chose for this to happen.

She had no tribe to worry about if she accepted a mate elsewhere. It had been up to Odi to decide if he wanted love, friendship, or nothing to do with the scarlet female; Ara followed his lead. He had been the first to say love, the first to use the word "mate". Like it or not, Odi was the one running this show.

Odi loosened up seeing Sin sit down. It was far enough away from aggression he didn't have to worry about the bloody fox jumping pass him. As he saw the glare he gave Ara he looked at his mate for a moment taking in how she was doing so far. He earlier mistake had seem to shaken her up but he ignored it.

Feeling the situation lose it's danger he backed up to her said and put his side against her. He insides were virtually ripping themselves apart to say how sorry he was for what he had done earlier in a moment of insecurity. Instead he just put his side against her saving his words for later when Sin wasn't around to cause anymore issues with him conveying his emotions.

As he heard what Sin had to say about his punishment once again he knew something was off, Sin never let things just go smoothly. The first time he meet him he learned that lesson when they first meet. "I understand Sin."

Maybe he could even say he was one of Sin's favorite or just a fox Sin thought wasn't worth losing or damaging...at least not damaged enough to fix.

As he watched Sin hit her with his tail he frowned and hearing his demand his eyes went into a glare but he didn't say anything. This was up to Ara, if she didn't want to he would deal with Sin...and the whole tribe if it came that far. He looked at his mate with a slight frown as he waited for her reaction.

At this rate he was wondering if Ara might just one day say she wants to join the tribe. He might not like it but if she wanted. He have something else to protect, worst part he still had his promise about that BCR he was thinking about keeping.

Odi was not Sin's favorite, he only had two foxes that could be called that, and Odi was not one. However for now the fox was invaluable, and part of his tribe. Ara on the other hand was not safe from him. If Odi turned his back at the wrong moment he would rip the vixens throat out. In due time he would most likely grow to accept her in the Cruor family, but right now he would like nothing more than to remove her permanently. He smiled once more at Ara, as if he had something more on his mind.

He did.

Another condition silently raised in his mind, but he did not voice it just yet. Instead, he moved to Ara, smirking. Finally, he spoke. "Also, if your paw even slightly touches our border you will be faced with a decision. Join us, or your heart will stand still in that ugly chest of yours. Trust me, the Shade Beast will arrange this if I ask. He doesn't like trespassers much." Which meant visiting of the future kit would be limited to a member of the tribe bringing the kit to her if she was not a part of them. He turned to Odi, scanning the male with a seemingly judging appearance. He would have a punishment for Odi. Most likely being sent to the Silence Tree for a few days.