GAR
When Gar raised his voice to draw attention to himself, he knew his sister would be angry. But when Elreth snapped her head around to find him with her eyes, her gaze was aflame with rage. Shame speared through him. The smallest part of him, the part that had risked missing this entire ritual to save his mate from her fear, quailed at that look. But still he didn't shrink.
Gar was many things, but a coward wasn't one of them. He owned his choices. He may have been late, but he was here. He was the Alpha of these people. And the birds brought a ridiculous charge against them. His people. How dare they?