Greatwater Lake But baby, if I had to choose

Selena began to speak, to utter an apology. But silenced herself, wisely. Aliki hovered over the cowering female, dark ears pivoted back. Very much aware of Zaahira and wondering if she would intervene, or dare challenge her. 

She did not.

Khaba urged her on, approving of her assertiveness. His message was clear. And so it was, she would do his bidding. 

Lips peeling back to expose gleaming teeth, she drove home her dominance with a guttural snarl. Snapping forward to pin Selena firmly beneath her. Jaws parted, wrapping around her snout in a hard muzzle grab. Applied firm pressure, enough to pinch and bruise, but not draw blood. Hackles on end and tail high over her hips, Aliki set Selena in her Omega rank. 

And, with no obvious sign of an Alpha female in the pack, she boldly flaunted her ambitions. Her growl rumbled steadily, a direct challenge to either female to remember their place.