The female slightly snarled, a grimace frozen on her face as she gripped the knife even tighter and Orin told them to get inside her house - she then rushed inside and shut the door, trapping Skye, Sky, and the white woman inside. Skye was about to ask Orin what was going on, and what the danger was; her tail was held high, her ears were alert, and she had drawn her dagger out from her belt, ready to dart outside to protect her pack if anything - and she meant anything was even slightly amiss. However, panicking was doing Orin no good, and she was about to say so when Orin began to shriek that Taliesin was the problem, not the one in trouble. She claimed that he was a devil, was a killer; at first, Skye was incredulous. Although the scholar's son had been questionable at first and then later a pure monster, something that she would never look at or think about without loathing again, Taliesin himself had proven to be a truly loyal and helpful member of the pack.
"Now, Orin, listen to what you are saying," Skye began, attempting to reason with the white woman as Sky seemed to be doing as well. She had never seen Orin quite so deranged, quite so scared and terrified as well as thinking that she was doing the right thing, even if she was only spreading panic throughout the pack. If she had claims, justifiable claims against Taliesin, she had to do it in a calm manner - otherwise, what would they accomplish?
Then, panic truly set in to the white woman who seemed to think the man who matched her in color was a devil. She opened the door in fright and howled for her pack - something that she had no reason to do. Skye looked at her sternly, but before anything else could happen, she heard a knocking at the door and the window. A quick glance told her it was Taliesin, and he seemed panicked, not knowing what to do or how to do it. Skye flung open the door and stared at Taliesin sternly - first she had to calm Orin and Sky down, and then she would deal with whatever was going on here. She shot him a look that very, very clearly demanded that he stay put and calm down.
As Skye looked out, she saw that other packmates were here; she sighed and turned back to Orin, who seemed to have had an outburst. Her claims, which at first Skye would have feared to have basis, such as Orin seeing Taliesin do something, seeing him say something or seeing him conspiring with Liam... after his banishment... but no. Her claims were baseless - based on blood and a small absence, and nothing more. Skye glanced at him once more, making sure he stayed put, before turning back to Orin.
Skye glared sharply at Sky; she liked the woman and remembered being the one to accept her into the pack in the first place, but yelling at Orin and refuting her claims would do nothing right now, not from a packmate. She knew that Sky enjoyed having authority, but now was not the time to practice that joy, and her sharp glance warned her to be silent for now. Skye now took on the full dominant post of a leader; she wouldn't accept this nonsense anymore, this disturbance. There could be no more turmoil within the pack, distrust within the pack, discord within the pack. Not after what had happened.
"Orin," she barked. She wanted to get the white woman's attention, to allow her to see reason but also to force her to calm down if she would not be able to by herself. She seemed to have connections with this man Lucifer - bad connections, terrible connections that sparked this fear in her. However, she was certain that Lucifer, whoever he was and whatever he had done, was not present in Taliesin. "Taliesin has been nothing but loyal to the pack - he has stuck with us when times were harsh, provided knowledge for us, and drove out his own son when it had wronged." She looked with her ears perked and her stature tall at the woman, trying to get her to understand, to understand that strife and panic was not the way to go right now. To understand that Taliesin, although having blood of bad people, was not one himself. "Blood is not everything, Orin, nor should it be treated as such. And panic within the pack is not how to deal with a threat, even if the claims were justifiable - but they are not, Orin. Please understand - Taliesin is not a bad person, and the sins of his kin should not be a mark on his own path."
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