Stone Circle tell everybody i'm on my way

She was out of practice, but she'd spent basically her whole life pretending to be two other wolves on and off. It was pretty easy to pretend she wasn't irritated by the younger wolf, even if she shared Vespera's desire to start a fight. Especially when Nikai stepped away from her, and Vespera's eyes - predictably and understandably - fell on the place where Nikai's leg ought to be.

Almost automatically, she side-stepped to place herself in between them. It was not an overtly aggressive movement, but there was no disguising it as anything but what it was. This pack might be Nikai's family, but Alya didn't know Vespera from Eden, and she was fiercely protective of her mate after already having lost him once. Aside from that, she felt a growing possessiveness over him that she was not wholly familiar with.

Anyway - her actions spoke pretty clearly: Mine. But Alya tried her best to play nice after that kneejerk reaction and went back to pretending Vespera didn't exist, pretty much just standing guard over Nikai and Valette while they caught up. If Greyback or Valette happened to have been watching, she'd offer them a sheepish, somewhat repentant look, but it would only be to save face. Either way, when Valette mentioned thirsty she was right there with them. "I'm parched," she admitted. "We came in over Sawtooth Spire - and it was a mistake." She shot Nikai a wry, self-depracating grin.