Bend my ear

Two days had passed since their return, and since then Lucette had been thinking about the changes that had happened to the pack she had called home. To say she was uncertain where the future of her mate, children, and herself were in regards to the pack would be putting it lightly. It had been one thing when her mother had stepped down, placing her heir in charge. Seeing the hardships that her sister Haydee had endured, and the struggles the pack ended up in without proper guidance had concerned her. She didn’t blame Hay… she had been doing her best with the knowledge she had, with the lessons their mother had taught them. She had little doubt that had it been her and Bae in charge things would have gone the same way…

But then bigger changes happened. The pack was passed to their polar bear sibling which would have seemed fine were it not for the fact that the pack started to shift away from what her mother had created. Maybe that was the biggest problem Lucette had now. Her mother was far from perfect, but her intentions to create a home, a safe place for her family, had been pure. To watch the pack change hands, to shift in identity as a whole, had hurt her heart. And now… someone that wasn’t even her family was in charge of the pack. She had no doubt that Eltrys was trusted… but… still she felt uncertain. Uneasy about the whole thing… it left her wondering where she and Bae-Syl stood, too.

Was that doubt because of her time away, when the slavers had grabbed her? Or was there something else at play here? Lucette mulled over it as she lay next to Bae-Syl, having made a temporary spot for Beauregard as well. The man had been in and out of sleep since they had returned… Lucette suspected the journey had caused a great deal of inflammation and pain in his broken limb, so she was keeping a close eye on him for now. At least until she heard Eltrys within the main tunnel of the cave system, calling outside the den she and Bae shared. Lifting herself from the furs, she moved out to greet him with a small nod.

Her alpha…

It still felt weird. Her uncertainty was evident in her expression. “Eltrys.” She sat, curling her tail around her body as she tilted her head to the side. “If I’m being honest… I’m not sure how to feel about the pack changing paws as it has… and the shifts it has taken away from what my mother had intended to build for us. It feels like we’re trying to hide who we are… and even she…” She trailed off, her gaze turning to her paws. She had noticed the lack of her mother’s scent in her old den and put two and two together. Her mother had left… she’d given up on herself as a member of the pack… Her ears fell.

“I just don’t know where Bae and I remain in all this… He had come here with a pledge of loyalty to my mother, which had extended to Hay as her chosen heir…” She shifted her gaze back to him. “I am sure that Saga chose you for a reason… What do you intend to do with this pack? How do you plan to… change us?”

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