[Rinrou]

And all too soon, it was over. Wolfe stood over Pepper, gripping her throat in one powerful hand. She coughed but Wolfe didn't let go.

Wolfe leaned down and said something to Pepper that the others couldn't hear. Then he let go and stepped back, glaring at her icily.

Pepper got up, rubbing her throat as she matched him glare for glare, "I should have been the leader of this group," she told him in a husky voice.

"The Yin Long will not be what you are expecting," Wolfe stated in a blank voice, body filled with tension that would allow to pounce instantly if she tried anything else. Pepper spat at him before turning to leave.

Kale and Tulip had arrived to witness the tail end of the fighting, both were watching Pepper the same way Snow was.