wretched and divine

The Alpha considered her juvenile charge for a time, but withheld any words, in part because she simply didn't care about his relationship with Bones. She trusted that her adoptive son would put the pack before his budding romance with the knowledge that his pack was who kept him safe. She might have worried about a lesser wolf, but Ira was sensible, at least in the way that a true canid should be sensible.

It wasn't until he mentioned mateship that she re-entered the conversation, and she did so with a fiery flash of her eyes and a sudden cold demeanour. “There will be no mateship if she intends to remain there,” growled Jinx, whose tone suggested there would be no discussing this. She fully expected her young prince to remain here upon the mountain with her... Bones or no Bones.