Blacktail Deer Plateau Maybe I'm homesick for it all

Reading the motives of others was a skill Rosalyn consistently sought to hone, and residing with Caiaphas had shown it a useful skill with both strangers and packmates alike.  There was no way to know for certain, but Nieve's assumption hit Rosalyn's square.

They told me they thought the children were rude here, she said, then laughed.  She looked at Nieve then, and there was a rare glint of pride.  You aren't a child, and you don't deserve disrespect.  But yes, I think they were so convinced their ways were better that they refused to see Rusalka for what it was.

The pack had changed from its roots.  Challenges were free, but they weren't without potential repercussions; most of the pack was family, and while family could perhaps vie against one another, outsiders needed to earn that right.  Even Rosencrantz seemed to understand that.

What would you have done? she asked, curious if it would have been different.