Stone Circle Saying life

She could see both sides of the options that were open to Valette -- to move away because it was easier, or to stay put because it wasn't their fault. Arbiter wasn't so attached to land. There had been enough upheaval in her life in that she would just take a move rather than deal with the trouble. Arbiter didn't think the risk was worth it, not with the pack at the numbers it had. She settled down to eat, listening as the other alpha spoke.

There she paused, licking her lips before speaking, I haven't spoken to anyone of importance in Moonspear myself. They were Terance's friends. The last we heard from them, it was back before we moved to the bypass. I have considered going to see them, but we're too far, and I'm not comfortable leaving the pack for that long with the way things are now. If we'd stayed on Sunspire, I'm sure I would have met them eventually, but now I don't even know if they still consider us allies. She did think that pack probably did have its own issues just from what she'd heard, but as long as she didn't have to worry about being under their rule, then it wasn't something she had to worry much about.

The thing about her son perhaps leading the pack later was also worth noting. I'll have to meet him at some point, if that is your decision, she said with a thoughtful tip of her head. I guess he's proven himself over the years? She assumed years was plural. A yearling might be a bit too green to be given a pack more often than not. Maybe a wolf like herself would be fine with it, but most of the wolves in Teekons didn't seem quite so driven. And Arbiter wasn't about to go let either of her eldest take over unless they had a very significant change in heart.