At the notion of Frost not wanting to appear weak, Edie's gaze flicked over to Nadya, a frown set on her features. "I know," She said stiffly, reaching up to play with strands of her hair, looking forward. "I know Frost better than anyone, you know." It was baiting the other girl, and Edie was well aware of it. But it was true, wasn't it? She spent more time with Frost than anyone else did, and she was the one that so often coaxed out those smiles and laughter in her Alpha. Edie couldn't help the tiny dig she'd give the woman. "No, I doubt he remembers much of it at all. He was delirious, likely why he came to you and not me in the first place." The insult rolled off her tongue so effortlessly, trying so hard to appear much tougher than she actually felt in the wake of her tears. She hated crying. She especially hated that she could cry in front of Nadya. It was that alone that caused the words to roll of her tongue. Words that she immediately regretted by the kind tone of voice the other Beta gave her, the tone gentle and almost... kind. Something that Edie had previously thought entirely impossible.

"You're right," Edie attempted to hold some sort of confidence within her voice, the girl unable to withhold the almost short tone of voice. "I'm an excellent Beta. The whole pack listens to me, and it sounds like you clearly have had a problem with that." She didn't mean to sound so rude, and yet nearly a week without sleeping had her entirely on edge. She shifted, her shoulders tense. "I can control my powers, Nadya. You have... no idea... what kind of practice I've had." The girl winced immediately, her mind rushing to those thoughts that seemed to rush so frequently to her head now. She couldn't shake them. More often than not, her mind was back in Yorkshire in Beck's living room. She thought she'd left that all behind, and yet she was having those thoughts over and over again lately. The insinuation that she may not know how to control her powers set the girl on edge. "Frost doesn't need to train me, I promise. I..." The girl couldn't help the way her mind immediately flashed to Beck's training sessions, though this time it was Frost on top of her instead of Beck. She shivered, shaking her head once more. "No, I am a fantastic Beta."

She sighed and looked over at the girl, shifting the conversation back to Frost's feelings on Nadya. The sudden discomfort that Nadya so clearly felt made Edie frown. "It is that black and white. Either you love him enough to be with him, or you don't." She said firmly, crossing her arms across his chest to watch her. She pursed her lips together as she listened to Nadya's debating with herself regarding the pack, Edie's head jerking up only at the mention of the rivalry between the packs. "The... the rivalry is because of you, Nadya. You're putting both of their lives in danger. Your brother and Frost..." She shook her head, letting out a breath as Nadya continued, asking whose heart to break in this situation. She wanted so desperately to snap at the girl, to tell her that if she wasn't sure whose heart to break then she should leave Frost alone. And yet, she merely looked at Nadya.

"You choose the one you can't live without," She said softly, her gaze entirely serious as she looked at her. "And sometimes that means choosing yourself." She shifted, unsure if she wanted to continue, and yet the words slipped through her lips anyway. "Look, I was in a pretty... terrible situation back in England. It looked picture perfect to anyone who wasn't me. The Alpha's son was in love with me, wanted to make me his mate. My parents arranged the marriage when I was six. They were ecstatic about it. And there is no one in the world I love more than my parents. I want them to be happy more than anything. But at some point, you have to choose what's best for you. In my case, I chose to run and turn my back on my parents rather than have the boy who was supposed to love me..." Edie paused, her voice choking up. "I would rather know that they hate me than have him break another one of my bones or leave another bruise on my body." Edie shook her head, willing that impassive, snarky girl back - and abruptly failing at it. "I'm not suggesting our situations are the same, I doubt your brother hurts you. But all I'm saying is... it doesn't... It doesn't make you a bad person to put your own happiness first."