wretched and divine

Of late, the woman had little and less patience for long-winded speeches. She herself was prone to giving them in certain circumstances, but she was the Alpha after all, and they had to listen to her. She didn't have to listen to them. For the sake of her adoptive son, she listened as best she could, but attention did begin to wander... Primarily because none of it seemed terribly relevant. She didn't care too much about Bones, having met the girl only once and not under pleasant circumstances, nor did she care too much about who Ira was courting. It was a simple situation: Bones would come to Silvertip Mountain if they chose to be mated or the relationship would be snuffed out completely by the selfish Alpha female, who would not allow Ira to quit her company for a girl.

Still, the boy seemed troubled and eventually revealed his true request, which Jinx answered with a rather bland, “I don't care.” As far as she was concerned, her wolves could go anywhere and do whatever they wanted, reminiscent of Xi'nuata's do as we please attitude, so long as they were wholly aware that they alone were responsible for their actions and the consequences of them. Ira and Lecter were special cases in that Jinx would rouse the pack if one of them was injured by a neighbour for going too close to that neighbour's territory... But any other wolf of the pack would lie in their own bed if they pissed off the wolves of the Teekon Wilds on their own territory.

“Observe proper respect while you are there, but do not forget, they are no longer your friends. They would kill you in winter for a scrap of meat. Besides, Swiftcurrent has pissed me off lately and I need no reason for them to further stick their noses in our business.” As for Blacktail Deer Plateau, she shrugged lightly and said, “you may check the Plateau if you poison their dumb bitch of a leader while you're there.”