07-18-2009, 12:12 AM
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| http://digital-bonsai.com/katew/rp/kae/kae_disorder.jpg); background-position: bottom center; background-repeat:no-repeat;"> The coyote woman previously hadn't put much thought into Skylar's trespassing onto Inferni's territory. It was possible that Jael and her really were half-siblings, sharing the same mother—but for all Kaena knew, this could have also been a lie, falsified information created to save her own sorry ass. Certainly, the girl must have realized the chances of her walking away were slim, so she had fingered Kaena's own grandson as her possible half-sibling. Still, it didn't make much sense to merrily plunge over Inferni's borders without giving second thought to it. His words made the coyote curious; surely there were differing personalities throughout the packs, but it seemed most of the previous packs had valued evenness of temperament in its top leaders. Viciousness was indiscriminate, and when a wolf led a pack, he represented that pack, and it was unlikely the other groups would tolerate an unnecessarily violent group for too long, hence why Inferni stuck to defending itself if it felt threatened. If they went around attacking all of the packs, it was likely they would find themselves at the losing end against a strong alliance between at least two of them. She shook her head. "Inferni alone survived the trip over the mountain after the fire," she said, pride apparent in her features. Her head rose just a bit and her ears swept forward, a grin displayed prominently across her scarred muzzle. "What does that tell you about pack loyalty?" There was clear derision in her voice; Kaena had no respect for the supposedly tight bindings of pack life. And it was true—alpha wolves demanded the pack members' fealty, while Inferni's leadership was not so full of itself to constantly require its' ranks to grovel in the presence of the Aquila. Besides, their bonds weren't so weak and fleeting to be destroyed so easily—most of them were family, after all. |