Silence reigned in the head of the pale female as she trotted through the Verdant Mosses, her nose to the ground, seeking some form of prey or..something. She was not really hungry, mostly bored. Sure, she was the highest ranked female under Anastasie, but it did not mean she was the packs second in command, and reinforcing the borders or patrolling them seemed like it might be more of a transgression on her permissions than anything. Ahead of her, she saw the darker form of Silver and smiled, tail wagging as she approached the other, coming to a halt on the others left side. She attempted to follow the wolfs gaze to where she was looking before tilting her head.

"Penny for your thoughts, Silver? You look..quite thoughtful." Her tone was teasing, but she did care about the other females inner workings. After all, they were in the same pack, and Silver was the wolf that Spectre knew the best out of the entirety of the pack. She did not really know the strengths of the packs that surrounded them, but would have liked to have thought that Pitch Pine trail was fairly strong in numbers. And it seemed to grow steadily. She was recognizing different scents.. including that of the slime ball of a black wolf that had the audacity to trespass.

Well, that certainly was a strange question, and it had Spectre tilting her head as she attempted to puzzle the answer out. The pale female clamped her jaws together as she thought over her answer, trying to figure out what exactly Silver expected to hear for an answer. It was not exactly glamorous, but she did not have any more responsibilities. Though, it did mean that she did not have to submit to anyone but their Alpha, and that was perfectly fine with her, really. Spectre opened her mouth to speak when Silver snarled about forgetting it. It had the female mildly taken aback and slightly irritated, on top of the irritation that had taken root at the thought of Beelzebub. Any bitter comments she might have snapped out in response to Silver's words was bitten back by sheer will.

The snarl elicited a rumbling sound in return from the standing female, her lips drawing back to reveal two rows of ivory teeth topped with bright ruby gums. She had felt the fur along her spine bristle, ice blue eyes seeming to almost get a kind of tunnel vision when Silver reacted in such a way. The flash of outward anger was gone as soon as it appeared, however, when Silver suddenly switched emotions as if a train jumping to a new track. It was quite dizzying actually. Spectre saw then, what she felt the alphas may have seen in her, and not in Silver. She allowed the other to leave, to have her space, but remained where she was, the anger from Silvers reaction leaving the adrenaline still flashing through her veins. When she spoke, her voice was gentle, not at all exposing the ire she felt inside.

"Perhaps you just exhibited why the alphas chose me to stand over you, my friend?" She knew the next sentence that would tumble from her lips might very well break the tenuous friendship the pair had, but she felt that maybe, just maybe, Silver needed to hear it. "You do not.. really seem to know what it is that you want. It would have only made you a target.. You are angry one moment, submissive and uncertain the next. I do not believe that that is something the alphas would want to look for in their more dominant wolves.." A chuckle rose between her jaws as she forced her gaze away from the huddled one of the darker female, looking towards the horizon. "Perhaps when you figure out what it is that you truly want, you will gain the rank you desire."

The female had relaxed, and that alone had been her folly. The darker wolf leapt towards her and nipped at her. The instant reaction would have terrified Spectre had she taken the time to worry about it. Hackles raised as a rumbling snarl spewed from her chest, ice blue eyes focusing with a singular gaze towards Silver. Teeth were once again bared as the black wolf took flight, and Spectre followed swiftly on her heels. She did not know why she was so angry, well. No. Scratch that. She knew EXACTLY why she was upset. Even if Silver wished to 'play'.. There was a time and place, and it was not right after asking such a question about rank and reacting in the negative light that she'd shown when given her answer.

Silver ghosted through the darkening woods, but Spectre's eyes were like those of any wolf. Bred to see in the dark. As Silver rushed past leaves and foliage, she used the skills she had practiced for hunting, following the sounds, and the sudden movements of the leaves. The laughter, and the snide comment that preceded Silvers' bite only further boiled the blood in her veins. Perhaps it was the pent up annoyance at Beelzebub that had started it. If she had not already been upset from the beginning, then Spectre might not have reacted quite so strongly to the spark that Silver set off. However, all things happen for a reason, and she was out to show her friend that her actions were unnacceptable. In one of the only ways she knew how.

The words that crept from Silvers maw placated the rage she felt in her breast, lowering her tail only until it was parallel to the ground. She made no move to cross the water barrier that Silver had put between them, but she did not draw away right away either. "I am not going to kill you because you snapped at me. That would be idiotic." She resisted the urge to roll her eyes, but instead kept them trained on the dark form across the way. "Let me ask you something, Silver. Had I been the one to ask you about your rank, and then react as angrily as you did about the answer..Only to follow up by biting you, would you have not reacted the same?"