Stone Circle you were supposed to destroy the sith, not join them!

She didn't like his smirk. She did like him. She was glad he was only here to collect Merrit and then hopefully be on his merry way. Where was Merrit anyway? How long did it take come answer this unrefined heathen at their doorstep?

So, he was teaching him to fight. Steph noticed the lack of mention of respect on that list. How could you teach respect if you didn't have it, after all? He came here, not as a member of this pack, not as an ally of this pack, and yet showed zero respect to the newly appointed Beta. Steph was not a trained fighter. But, in her heart, she knew the love for her pack would help grow her instinct to protect them.

And she knew her growing hatred for the male before her would help her confidence. Denied, she replied. Merrit may trust you, she conceded. But, I don't enough to let you in. Not even if she stayed with him. He was obviously a fighter. She obviously was not. The stakes were too high to give an inch.