Bearclaw Valley survival leaves little room for anything else

Tadec responded in his somewhat stilted speech, which Laurel had a hard time getting used to. He was respectful as he said the next words, though they gave Laurel a bit of a chill. She was used to being the most important out of the two sisters (or at least feeling like it) and she didn't like that Tadec seemed only to care because she was important for Indra. She wanted him to care because of her.

Before she had any time to respond Tadec asked how the pups were doing. Laurel glanced back into the den briefly and said to Tadec: "They are good. Sleeping." Then, after a short pause, she said straight-forward: "What are your intentions with my sister?" She cared more about Indra than anything in the world (well, and her pups, of course) and she needed to know if she could trust this guy. Right now she didn't trust him much farther than she could throw him, but she knew Indra liked him.