"You can't and won't get anything out of me if you keep asking publicly," Denver said without blinking.
How could Alpha Denzel have forgotten? Denver loved doing things in secret, so calling him out publicly hurt his ego.
"But this is a pack. We live like a family," Alpha Denzel pointed out as a man who loves transparency in his rulership, but it wasn't the same for Denver, who was going to succeed him in the next five years.
He preferred to protect his pack in secret and enjoy their safe future openly.
"It is my responsibility to protect the pack, but my methods should not be questioned."
"That is where you are wrong. We protect each other," Alpha Denzel reiterated, but once again, Denver was on the fence.
His style was different, and he was not ready or willing to change it for anything. Though having the same objective, their drives were different.