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Rather than having the effect he guessed that Junior wished her words to have, they only served to undo a lot of the good her previous ones had done in appeasing him. He could barely contain the rumbling growl from starting. He had so recently spoken with Peregrine and the conversation was still raw in his mind. If there could have been any other outcome he would have taken it, yet he had gritted his teeth and taken the fall, mostly for the sake of the young wolf seated before him. Not only that, but he had also required that others make sacrifices as well. To have Junior say that not only was this not enough, but that she didn't give a damn what the rest of the pack wanted so long as she got her way? For a moment he wanted nothing more than to grab her by the ruff and shake her, instinct seeing a direct challenge to his ability to lead in her words.

That was not the type of pack he wished to lead. He wanted his subordinates to feel comfortable bringing their doubts to him. And so she would not punish her for giving an opinion, as out of line as it may be. Only for taking action first. He did not know how much good it would do, but he hoped it would make her not proceed with such rash actions in the future.

"I do not fear Peregrine. But those who wish to continue having ties with him have that right just as much as you do severing them. You need to respect that." She could burn her bridges all she wanted, and Dante had surely burned all of his, but he would not allow her actions to force others to do the same.

Her punishment was a harder matter. "Your punishment will be more a probation. You will occupy the lowest status in the pack until Blue Willow and I deem you ready to move up." Though she was not yet an adult there was little else he could do aside from physically accosting her and that form of punishment would not be used lightly or on a wolf so obviously submitting. "If Lasher agrees, I am also assigning you to him. You must meet with him, talk with him. He can deem however often is necessary." Not a punishment so much as the help she had requested and needed. Dante was a counselor as well, but he did not want to narrow his focus so much when he had an entire pack to look out for. Besides, this conversation had revealed a side of Junior that Dante didn't much like, and he suddenly found it hard to be around her. He needed a little time to recover from the hurt the trip to the Caldera had left before he could discuss her father with Junior with a level mindset. He looked to Blue. "If you or Lasher have anything to add, feel free." And with that he turned, walking away for some much needed alone time.