"Oh, I see. So as the leader of my house, Lady would see me as her Alpha," Sansa says, trying on the terminology to see how it fits. It's strange, yes, but it seems to make sense with how Lady sees her and how Sansa sees her place within House Stark. If she is the Alpha, no one can harm her. No one can touch her. She is an island alone.

"I would ask how you knew so much but you are a wolf, as you say, so I suppose it just comes naturally, doesn't it?"