Piper: -paces the ground outside the dens, angry and uncertain of it all so suddenly: Gerda was gone, good riddance to her and her offspring...but Novik had stuck around. And what was worse? Swell seemed to be hooked on that giant monstrosity of a wolf.

Swell: *Curiously heads towards the dens with a mild frown upset but not wanting a rift to form between her and her mother.*

Piper: -stiffens as she catches sight of her eldest daughter...- You need something? -calm and cool, but with a ripple of power, her tail flagging the air as she stands still-

Swell: I came to see how you were mama, you seemed...tense earlier. *glances about* Agrona head off to hunt, she's wound pretty tight...maybe she's making you tense too.

Piper: I'm fine. -bites out the word and turns her face away, anger gleaming in her brown gaze -- anger that she wasn't sure whether or not to keep bottled up or lash out with it- Agrona's fine. She's like a firecracker... -small smirk-

Swell: *slowly frowns her gaze darkening* She's...something...unpredictable and...tempermental, but I'm glad she respects you. You deserve everyones respect mama, and you have it from everyone left in the pack...

Piper: -tips her head to stare at her daughter- Not quite everyone. I don't have yours, Swell... And I don't have your...Uncle's... I could see it in his eyes. -glare-

Swell: *frowns* Mama, don't say that, you know I have always and will always respect you. I know you and others might disapprove of my feelings for Novik, but he's loyal to this pack. *She would have said Novik was loyal to her but she knew better, Novi might be, but Vik probably wouldn't hesitate to ditch her. Besides she knew that Novik ought to have looked to Piper not to her, but she had always believed her mother would allow her to step up when the time for a new alpha came.*

Piper: -sneers a little- You obviously don't, else you wouldn't be sleeping with that brute of a wolf. Halfblood, by the looks of him. And besides, he's loyal to -her- -meaning Gerda, of course, her back bristling but she softens her tone- What could you possibly see in him?

Swell: We haven't mama, you know I wouldn't take any male as my mate without at least consulting you...but...it's true that I feel for him, deeply. He's not a brute, he's strong and intelligent, but so many males are, but he's also compassionate and protective, and he believes in family. *frowns and walks closer* I will be Novik's mate mama, but I would hate to do anything against your wishes. Please try to understand, please I can show you how valuable we'd be as a pair.

Piper: Valuable? -snorts with a sullen laugh, turning suddenly very bitter; sure she could get any male she wanted: look at Hurricane and Dasha! but one that stuck around?... Maybe she was a little bit jealous- He's your ******** uncle. He's my half-brother. That's incest, Swell... You know how your puppies would turn out? Weak. Weak and mutated... -soft voice- I don't mind if people think I'm a sleeparound, or if they believe I'm easy, but I won't have them thinking that Gomorrah is the place to sleep with your brother!

Swell: *growls then bites back the sound quickly and frowns* Mama, Novik isn't my brother, and his father was some unknown male, we're barely related. What if the tiny bit of blood we share is enough to create a stronger and healthier line? You don't even claim Gerda as a mother, yet you would try and tear me away from the male I desire for silly reasons of relation?

Piper: I would doubt the line would become stronger or healthier with his blood... -eyes flash but she's growing weary, she finds, sighing softly and turning away, softer now- Swell... You're my daughter and I love you, but our line...it has the tendency to be a little crazy -thinks of Tornado and shudders inwardly- Maybe you've just attached yourself to this boy because you've never met a real man.

Swell: Novik is hardly a boy mama, and I know about our line, I want to see it continue...here...in our pack. *The memory of her sisters brief visit to inform them of her pregnancy was a bittersweet one. Rumors children would belong to RoT and Squall...her heart ached again thinking of her distant siblings.* I'm strong mama, I'm your daughter, and Novik...just look at him, just him, not as Gerda's son, but as a strong, healthy male...you know our match would be favorable, and we would stay and support the pack always.

Piper: -she had a point; Novik was a giant and oh-so-definitely male and had he not been her half-brother, she might've even seduced the little b*****d...- Even if I refuse to let you see him, you'll sneak around... -softer now- You'll sleep with him and leave if it meant staying with him. I know love, or at least lust. Believe me, girl, I know... -takes a deep breath- I...suppose Gomorrah is a sinful little pack. We've got sluts and spies and thieves already...

Swell: *She would have liked to deny it, liked to have told her mother she would never leave, but the truth was in her heart, and if Novik told her they had to go...she wouldn't be able to stay. Yet that was the point, once she and Novik were mates, once they made a family their positions in the pack would be secure, they need only leave to visit Gerda and Switch.* It is only a very little sin mama...*Like adultery, she might have said if she didn't care so very much for her mothers opinion of her.*

Piper: -smirks a little at her daughter's idea of a 'little' sin- Lets just hope your children are born with all four legs, two ears, two eyes, one snout and a tail, hmm? -licks Swell's cheek and smiles- Well I would be happy if you stayed in Gomorrah... I'm sure your father would be, too...

Swell: *Smiles softly* I know I belong here mama, I still have so much to learn from you. *She returned the lick pleased to have smoothed things over with her mother, if Piper wouldn't raise objections then becoming Novi's mate would be much much easier.*

Piper: -still bitter at heart but realizes there's nothing she can do outside of exiling her daughter and the loss would crush her... So she would deal with Novik in her own way, even if that meant wholeheartedly ignoring his existance- Good luck with that... Now I am going to sleep... Shoo, Swell... We will talk later about him...

Swell: Yes mama, have a pleasant rest...*she turned and headed away not wanting to aggravate her mother any further*