Stone Circle Repercussions

"Steady, I", she said after taking in a deep breath and releasing her shaky exhale. What? What could she have said? Eden remembered back to when she was under her mother's wing as heir to her rank. She remembered when a girl - much lower in the pack - came forth for the same act. Her mother, being the leader that she was, exiled the she-wolf, and that was that.
"I wasn't thinking straight and I left, yes. But it was a mistake. I didn't mean--I didn't want..." And there was nothing more for her to say. Rather than babble through apologies and false explanations, she let her head hang as she awaited the verdict.