Ember Wolfe
Ember was at a total loss. Ace was now crying, and something about seeing a fully grown man cry made her heart grow heavy. She didn't know why he was crying but she wanted to at least attempt to comfort him, but- Danger. Her senses picked up Jennifer's... emotions that were appearing to spiral out of control. Ember moved quickly, efficiently and confident, she grabbed Ace's shoulder and yanked him away from Jennifer. "Ace!" A feeling welled up, and Ember was inserting herself between the stranger and Ace, not quite turning her back on either.
That's when Jennifer spoke up. "Please," she was able to choke, "I don't--please don't kill me. I don't want to die." Ember glared at the woman. "I don't want to die. I'll run away. Far away, I'll never come back, please." She didn't say anything. "I don't want to die." Once the woman had started talking, Ember had done nothing, but shut up emotions. The same emotions telling her to kill this woman for threatening someone she... knew. But, Ace clearly cares for. A feeling of frustration at the sudden appearance of restraint bloomed inside her. Yet, another part, something deep and primal, was telling her to kill the weaker woman. To put her out of her misery. She's weak prey. She's in pain. She's needs to be put down. It would be so easy.
Ember's fingers twitched, as if going for a knife. She almost did go for her knife, but a thought stopped her. I can't. If I kill her, Ace will hate me for as long as he lives. Her soldier's instinct was rebelling, and asked her something she was dumbfounded by. And why do you care about his opinions?
Instead of going for a weapon and slitting this woman's neck, Ember turned and put a hand on Ace's shoulder. "Ace," she forced him to look her in the eye, using her master self-control to say this with no feeling, "Stop crying and lead us to your cabin." Her words were clear, and not quite soft, but gentle and commanding. Ace obviously wasn't in the best position to make good and safe judgements and Jennifer looked... like a lost lamb. Ember gently pushed Ace forward. She then turned to Jennifer, her face stony, "I won't kill you, but please just follow us. You'll have a place to sleep and of course, the dog will be there, too." She motioned to the dog then turned and began to walk in the direction of Ace's cabin.