Possibilities

It was confusing and Beta Jean didn't know what to do, and from Delta Francis' face, he knew he was not joking. It was one of those times he wished Dark River Pack was like the other packs where they didn't follow so many rules and wolves would break them without repercussions. 

Dark River Pack was something else and the wolves respected the rules which were there and sometimes even if the rules didn't make sense, the wolves would still follow. They were cursed after all. 

And when anything was cursed, it was easier to get cursed again, and no one in Dark River Pack wanted that. 

They treaded softly slowly like a kid who was crawling slowly toward the fire. Even though the kid didn't know that the fire would burn him or her, there was an instinct that made the kid crawl slowly.