<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/rlHsMKP.jpg)</div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><strong>Name:</strong> Sienna "Scout" Whitecloud<br/><strong>Location:</strong> The Challenge Circle<br/><strong>Date|Time:</strong> Friday, September 22nd, 2017 | <br/><strong>Tagging:</strong> Colby | Open<br/></span><hr/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">He'd done it. He'd actually freaking done it!<br/><br/>No one could have been more surprised than Sienna when news came round that Alex had formally challenged Stephen. Sure, she'd known it was coming in a "one day" sort of way, but the fact that "one day" was today had left her quite frankly speechless. <br/><br/>And not a little bit torn. <br/><br/>On one hand, you had Stephen, a man her father had always respected. A man who had always awed Sienna back when she was nothing more than a little girl with a missing tooth, scuffed up hand-me-down overalls, and a faded beat up stetson she never went without. So many times she'd seen him and quietly, in the way of a girl not ready to admit such things, had wished to one day find herself a mate like him. That was not to say that he was in any way, shape, or form perfect, but rather that Stephen had been a much beloved Alpha and it was hard to watch a simple thing like old age begin to conquer him when she recalled him as being larger than life. <br/><br/>Of course, on the other hand there was Alex. Alex who she'd known since they were pups. All told, she considered him her best friend and as such she knew just what sort of man he was, what sort of wolf. She knew he had it in him to lead but Sienna could not help the pang she felt in her heart as she watched the transition of power unfold before her eyes. <br/><br/>The fight was not a lengthy or even brutal affair, and for that she was thankful, but the minutes that passed felt like hours. On and on it seemed to drag and when the end finally came it was a relief to her--though the wolf was perhaps less than satisfied--and she knew if she felt this conflicted just watching then Alex would be even more so. The tension alone had made her neck and shoulders tight to the point of aching and as the circle broke she reached up to rub at the nearly knotted muscles just there. Part of her wanted to go to him and reassure herself that he was indeed alright but she did not move. The new alpha would receive his due, but there was no need for her to crowd in with the others right away and he certainly didn't need her hovering and picking at him just yet.  <br/><br/>Content with her choice to wait for the sake of practicality--yes, that was what she was calling it!--it was by chance that her eyes shifted, darting away from Alex's retreating form only to cross paths with another's gaze. Memory had the corner of her lips curving upward even if she wasn't quite up for her usual teasing routine, but it was Colby's expression that had her reaching out to touch her father's shoulder in a silent acknowledgement of her intent. <br/><br/>With only the gesture she left Uriah Whitecloud's side and crossed to Colby, knowing her father would probably make his pledge to the new alpha quickly and then check in on Stephen. Coming to stand beside the one-time stray she'd lured in, she shoved her hands into the back pockets of her well worn jeans and nodded. "So I take it this was your first, huh?" She asked quietly, speaking of what they'd just witnessed. "Should count yourself lucky really. This was more ceremonial than anything. Sometimes these things are a whole lot worse." She shrugged and twisted enough to cut her eyes up at him, her smirk still in place. "You cool?" </span>