Ankyra Sound lovin' in the moonlight (discovery)

Aktaie shifted uncomfortably, glancing sidelong at her fiery companion at the sudden change in subject — the sudden probing question. Was there an angle that Fox was trying to get at? Perhaps she had misjudged this entire conversation; perhaps Fox was actually here to interrogate and cause trouble. In return, she asked a bit sharply, "Have you?" Not that the siren had no experience; as High Priestess, she had been groomed to lead, and striking out to create her own branch far from home was the next branch.

"Where I come from, I was second," she explained a heartbeat later, her tone a little less defensive. After all, Fox hadn't given her any reason to be suspicious of ulterior motives (aside from being mates with Peregrine, anyway).