Rising Sun Valley the power of voodoo (discovery)

Pied's head tilted ever so slightly when Jinx explained that Fox wasn't the pack's original leader. Her ears fell back at the news of this Lethe's unceremonious death. Briefly, the Gamma wondered if this was a cover story and Jinx had somehow done away with the previous Alpha in an attempt to take over the pack... but the theory flew rapidly from her mind when Jinx made no mention of trying to step up in the late Alpha female's stead.

"Why didn't you step up?" Pied asked the obvious question. There was no particular judgment in her voice, just burning curiosity. She didn't know enough about Fox to have an opinion of her eligibility as a leader, yet it truly surprised her to hear that Jinx hadn't risen to fill the position. "Is Fox irresistibly charismatic or something?" she wondered aloud, pretty much rhetorically.