The Lupa came back downstairs again, dressed in a pair of jeans and a long sleeve soft grey shirt with her hair pulled up in a high ponytail just as her mate was getting ready to leave and she made her way toward him, catching his arm just before he walked out to the door to meet everyone. [color=ec008c]"I'll see you when you get back."[/color] She said to him softly, smiling as she let go of his arm and listened as he and his group drove away; subsequently, the patrol group left just after them which left her and those who were helping set up for the ritual later tonight under the moon. She waited until she couldn’t hear them anymore and turned to the others gathered in the room, waiting for her orders and she swallowed dryly. [color=ec008c]“Look. We may have gotten the worst pick of the lot, but that doesn’t make it any less important.”[/color] She started, both of her hands held in front of her, her fingers wrapped together as she spoke, hoping that everyone who needed to be there was actually there already. [color=ec008c]“Tonight we hold council and call upon our ancestors for help and it’s our job to get ready for it.”[/color]

Valerie paused, taking in a deep breath and closing her eyes again, aware of the scar tugging on her face as she furrowed her brows, thinking for the few moments that she was absolutely silent; not even her breath made a noise for them to hear. She looked over toward the two young men and the girl who were standing the closest and blinked, focusing in on them mostly and, unfortunately, she couldn’t smile at them as she began instruction. [color=ec008c]“James and Xavier, there are the bodies of two wolves in the den. I need you to bring them with us to the sacred grounds, after-”[/color] Valerie paused, looking over at where she knew the female was and blinked.[color=ec008c] “North was it?”[/color] The young woman was not familiar with the wolf but she had heard her name, just once, and had tried to remember it.[color=ec008c] “I need you to help me prepare the bodies first. We will send them away with their pride intact.”[/color] The young man next to James, with his hands shoved in his pocket nodded and called out his agreement to his Lupa. He was glad that neither of them were his brothers body.  

The Lupa had finished what it was that she needed to say right then, their reactions to her orders would begin her defining time in how she would deal with them. It had been a while since she had had command of even a small group of the pack, as normally it was only her and a couple others home and they was only for a short time. Half the time Markus was there as well, always when there was trouble for him to take care of. She would adjust over time, work on how she did this and planned on making sure that everything went the way it needed to for this to really work.