Hekhem's eyes widened in disbelief. Claire had a clear shot at the weakest in the pack and didn't take it. Instead she darted off after Roaen. There was something primal brewing inside him, a rage he had not seen for several decades. And as Dax followed suit and pounced on Silva, just to take away as quickly as he had arrived, he let out a big snarl and stepped out of the protective skirt of the pine. Approaching Silva in his larger form, he took a firm grip of her scruff and lifted her up, placing her down on her paws again. He gave her a piercing look and a snarl before he took off, his massive form darting away like a bullet between the tree trunks. He was so mad that surely the young pup would be able to follow the trail of steam through the forest. As he reached the stream he walked straight past Dax and up to the two fighting females, letting out a defiant roar which seemed out of place in such a slender figure.<br/><br/>"ENOUGH! Stop this farce! This is not the time or place for acting like pups! I can barely believe it. Claire, for FUCK sake! You had Silva right there! YOU HAD HER! Yet you kept thinking like a human and came after Roaen. What will you do when you are done fighting a superior female, when the inferior one comes limping and beats the shit out of just because you have thrown away your strength?"<br/><br/>He leaned in on Claire, a snarl growing in his throat. His whole body was tensed up. If any of the females saw his rant as an excuse to pounce him, he would teach them a few tricks, beat them both to near death if he had to. They fought like wolves or humans, he did neither.<br/><br/>"Now, let's wait and see if You can beat Silva before you go around challenging the status quo. Or would you rather pounce me and have your back broken, Claire?"<br/><br/>He held his gaze on her for a while before he turned, his body doubly tensed now. He approached Dax and stopped by his shoulder.<br/><br/>"Whatever you think, Dax, this is not a pack..." he whispered "...and unless you start pulling the reigns harder on your proposed alpha female, she will upset the balance with her little hijinks."<br/><br/>He sat down and waited. He had taken a lot of liberties in the past few minutes. But that was the role of an advising elder, to speak up and upset a faulty order so that it could be replaced with a steel edge.