Phoenix Maplewood smile without a reason why

Alya did not react to the mention of Dawn, but she thought Aditya might have. If it was the same Dawn she'd met at the Fen, it would explain why a few of Morningside's scent markers had been familiar to her. Whatever the case, she set it aside for another time in favor of pursuing another topic of interest.

"You have no blood ties, but you are loyal to the pack," she commented, her tone contemplative. Moonspear had always had trouble keeping outsiders loyal. What was the trick, here? "And they are loyal to you? They must be, if you have taken the father's crown."

Alya couldn't imagine respecting someone who thought to take Charon's place, even if they had nothing to do with his death. In her eyes, though, only she and her sisters were fit to take that place. It was interesting that Aditya had ascended the throne. "Things are not done this way at Moonspear," she offered, going back to licking her paws just for something to do.