Hideaway Strath Right before I close my eyes

Arlette nodded kindly. "You could if you want to. Perhaps give her a little time to find her place in this pack. Feeling that she is captive, now also pregnant. I feel like it is a little much for her as well," she commented. "I feel that. I felt very welcomed once I joined but that is perhaps also because Derg vouched for me," she spoke.

She nodded understandingly at Nyra. "You don't need to defend yourself," she offered that to the female. "I think you acted in a way that was the best for you and how the pack would react. Simmik might have reasons to act the way she did but that doesn't mean she is allowed to disrespect you." She had to obey to the rules as well, be respectful of higher ranks.