Ankyra Sound Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to the right place

Raleska's mouth shut with a clap, her gaze burning. Julep's comeback stung her - she was not a kid, but if she said she wasn't a kid, she'd probably be met with scathing laughter.

So Raleska instead settled for simmering silence, doing the wolf equivalent of crossing her arms furiously and staying back. She had nothing to add to that kind of retort that wasn't childish (and didn't prove Julep's point), so she mulishly remained silent, trailing after Julep in the annoying manner of a pestilent little sister one simply cannot be rid of.