Courtney's tears had rolled down her cheeks at her husband's unexpected defeat. If Decker left her today... if that older man died under Kellam's attack, she would shapeshift and avenge her husband's death. She knew she couldn't match Kellam's irrational strength, but Courtney would never be at peace if she just stood still.
If she had known that Kellam was capable of defeating her husband, she certainly would not have let Decker come forward to accept the sly wolf's challenge.
The ten sunny-furred wolves also didn't know what to do at this moment. On the one hand, the task they got was to guard the gates of the White Bridge pack's territory. As long as no enemies tried to sneak in, they wouldn't act.
But on the other hand, they had and until now had to protect Alpha King. Even though Decker was the previous Alpha King, they still had to protect him.