Aylin growled. "How dare you!" she barked. Her hackles raised and her tail was up over her back. "You have the nerve to talk to me, the chieftain, as if I were a reckless pup!" She raced toward Rene and pinned her to the ground. "You're lucky I'm not a MacHeath," she growled. "If I were, I would put you in the Pit to rot with Cags!"