Things were starting to get better for the Nereides. Their claim had only been hours ago, and the Adept already felt a sense of belonging to the recently discovered territory. Every inch of their new home was beautiful, and intriguing, it seemed like it had been standing there for ages, waiting for Akatie and her assemble to claim it as theirs.

Aella, the crimson amazon, was a Warden by nature, as well as a Warrior by choice, so from the moment she arrived to the sound, she had put herself in the task of recognizing the lands, because according to her instincts and her life-long training, there's no better way to secure a land than to recognize every tree, every stone, every inch within it. The cliffs were the biggest attractive so far, standing tall around the beach, protecting the small piece of shore that was their treasure, and the gigantic forest that guarded their southern borders with the titanic sentinels that rose up in the skies were amazing as well. But there was a problem there, the beach was so well guarded that the way down was either non-existent, or it was so well hidden and so treacherous that only the best trekkers would be able to get through it.

"How did you get down there!?" she howled at the dark coywolf who stood in the beach, several meters below her. She had been watching her for a while, but she hadn't yet found a way to come down to the beach. Aella wasn't a wolf to hold a grudge over an argument as the one she had with Caiaphas not so long ago, she knew she had put the neophyte in an awkward position and she understood she was only following her instincts, and to be honest, Aella was rash and hot-tempered.

The neophyte was toying with some kind of sea creature in the beach, and when the sound of the Amazon's voice reached her, she turned to her and pointed her in the direction of a small tunnel that seemedd the only way to get down to the beach, and regardless of their previous encounter, the coywolf didn't seem to show any kind of resentment towards Aella.

The Adept took her time to follow the way to the beach, the cliffs through which she had to go were still pretty steep, but gentle enough for a wolf to come down without major issue. It took a while, but she finally landed in the soft sand of the sound, and with a deep breath with which she inhaled the salty scent of the ocean into her lungs, she moved then towards the neophyte, who was still torturing her catch.

"What you got there?" Aella asked with an easy voice, tilting her head to the right. Now that their hierarchy had been established and that they all knew their places in the pack, Aella instinctively held her tail above the dark coywolf, but she tried to be as neutral as possible, meaning to make their previously tense relationship a bit cooler.

Oh so the cur did hold a grudge on her? Then things were far from being ok between the two ladies. Aella wasn't one to be toyed with, and she knew how to recognize those cynical smirks when she saw them, so she returned it, a grin probably more caustic that Caiaphas' own, accompanied by a mordant look of her pretty golden eyes right upon the hybrid's.

"May I?" she asked batting her eyelashes, and without minding any answer, the Amazon walked directly to the shrimp, almost pushing the subordinate with her curvaceous hips. Hell she was hotter than Caiaphas, in fact, she was the hottest around, at least in her opinion, and she loved to use her in her advantage.

Aella was a show off since birth. She boasted, she blustered, she bragged, but most of all she envied. There was something within her that made her want to be on top, to be in the center of attention, and when someone gave it to her, no matter how little, she wore it as a trophy.

Caiaphas had Akatie's trust now, even though the now-matriarch had known her way longer than the neophyte, and knowing it felt like a dagger deep in her chest. She wasn't completely sure why she wanted to have Akatie's trust whatsoever, but she wanted it, and she hated the fact that in a matter of days she had been surpassed by a half-coyote.

Aella intentionally ignored the neophyte in the background, and hoarded the shrimp, moaning as if it was the most delightful manjar in the seven seas; and when she was done she lifted her head and turned to the stoop female and licked her lips delicately. "I've had better..." she said shrugging, and proceeded with her recognition tour in the beach as her initial plans had been before the cur went all bitchy.

At times, Aella felt like the queen of the world, untouchable, invincible, and that's pretty much how she was feeling at the moment. There was nothing Caiaphas could do to hurt Aella, to defy her even, not without her membership in Ankyra being damaged or permanently abolished. And the crimson warrior loved it, felling like the cur was hers to torture.

The sound of the waves were beautifully pleasing as she moved closer to them, but they were abruptly interrupted by the Neophyte's fake politeness which bugged her ears. The cur wanted to play too, and it would be more fun that way. Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. she said with a disarming smile, locking eyes with the smaller woman. With that she intended to dismiss the conversation, so she turned away and continued sniffing around, but then she realized she wanted to know more about the hybrid, why did Akatie trust her so much anyway? She turned to the dark woman again, with a sly smile in her graceful face. So... What's your name again? she asked lifting a brow, I'm curious, Y'know... How did you find Akatie? she asked as she sat back in her haunches, and her full attention set upon the Neophyte's lips.

Bitch... That's the only word that came to Aella's mind, if that even makes sense. Technically they were both bitches, but, Y'know... She didn't mean it in a good way...

She raised an eyebrow at the cur's response, "the sisters found me" a smile was enough to express her contempt, and she herself, turned around to keep on doing what she initially intended to do when she came down from the clifftop. They would end the conversation later...