"Everything alright, Juliet?" He finally spoke. "You seem a bit... scattered."<br/><br/>"What?" Juliet pulled her sight from the fire to look at him. "I'm ok, just a bit... absent today." She spoke softly, her mind sill elsewhere. She wasn't sure how to handle the entirety of new pack members, new siblings, and she was unsure if she was handling it right at all. She smiled, and set her chin on her knees. "The upcoming Heat isn't helping matters at all." She laughed. Even though she joked about it, mating season was nearly on them, and everyone could sense it. Soon, the females would begin to get aggressive, the males even more so, rivalry would peak, and it would all culminate in those who had found a mate, mating... those who hadn't, would be left miserable. Juliet would fall somewhere on the fringes of this, she didn't want a mate, she couldn't mate. It was frustrating for everyone, their thoughts fogged with hormones and desire.<br/><br/>Juliet was, sadly, not immune from the desire, she was still alive, and still very warm blooded. Juliet sighed angrily,<span style="font-style: italic">Heat's a bitch</span>. She stared once more into the fire, thinking of the days before, when she and her mate would go into the woods, and return days later, covered in bruises and welts. Juliet smiled, the memories were laughable in retrospect, she wondered how many pack-mates actually bought that they had fought a bear, to explain away the injuries? She doubted many had, but so few knew the truth, that is was more convenient for Romeo and her to just lie than to tell everyone, some of whom were still unaware of what was going on. She didn't care to tell many, and that wouldn't change. She smiled again, looking to the male, "How 'bout you? Are you ok?"