Dragoncrest Cliffs what good is it now

there were no others and this became rapidly apparent as the stranger spoke. chacal was a new leader and rosalyn was not fit to leave the cliffs. her children were not yet grown and she would not send them to fight an unknown pack. 
and she herself — her status was clear.
jorunn spoke; her breath warmed the shell folds of erzulie's ear. 
"are you certain?" she murmured back. they knew little of this conflict, only what had been said. for a moment her attention belonged only to the pearl.