Sleepy Fox Hollow To the house in the pines where the road ends

Stigmata was killed. When it came to wolves leaving their packs, it was better than the alternative, which made the deceased General a more trustworthy wolf than she had been when she led a pack. The realization that Mahler was upholding the legacy of a man who was twice the leader Wylla had been made her want to find reasons to judge Stigmata, if only to make herself feel better (it wasn't about her, but she made it about her), but even she knew better than to disrespect the dead. Sorry to hear it, was what she offered in response.

As for Mahler, she agreed with him that standing at the side of another leader was a place that suited him better, but she would not be the wolf to depose him. Selfish as she may be, she could not be so ungrateful as to unseat him. Dare she say he was one of her only friends in the world; she would not damn them by doing such a thing. Besides, she no longer felt the appeal of being head bitch in charge.

Second bitch in charge was better. Being THE leader sucks, Wylla agreed, in more bald terms than Mahler likely would have ever put it. Her experience was quite different than his. Your pack seems well, though. You can't be fucking it up too badly. She jested, and stuck the tip of her tongue out at him lest he grow offended by it.