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2025-05-19 20:59:15Our relaxed mood didn’t change some things that kept going round and round my head.
“Nobody is above the law of the Dale,” I murmured.
His hand paused on my shoulder and he waited for me to go on.
“But that’s what we’re trying to do. You, me, her, even the queen, who knows about us and keeps the secret. How are you so different from the humans you despise?”
“What do you mean?”
“That girl saw my pendant, and took it from me because she thought she deserved it more than me. They beat me up because that’s what they used to do growing up, and nobody ever told them it was wrong. It’s a matter of education, when you think about it. Nobody taught them they shouldn’t use violence against others, even if they don’t even consider them human.”
“Are you taking their side?” he asked, taking offense.
“No, but there’s something I only un
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“No, no! The wine from the right and the dishes from the left.”“I thought they were from the right.”“They’re served from the left and picked up from the right.”“What about the drinks, then?”“From the right.”“Who the heck came up with these stupid rules?”“That way, you can serve food and drink at the same time.”“What if we serve everything from the right? Not like we’ll be messing up their digestion, right?”We all turned to Helga, who raised her eyebrows with her hands on her hips. She looked at us for a moment and nodded, sighing. Aine, her sisters, the Beta’s two daughters and I thanked her with big grins. Helga had been chief of parlormaids back in the day, so we’d turned to her for help about how to correctly serve tables.Nobody expected us to be perform a choreography like the human girls u
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Our relaxed mood didn’t change some things that kept going round and round my head.“Nobody is above the law of the Dale,” I murmured.His hand paused on my shoulder and he waited for me to go on.“But that’s what we’re trying to do. You, me, her, even the queen, who knows about us and keeps the secret. How are you so different from the humans you despise?”“What do you mean?”“That girl saw my pendant, and took it from me because she thought she deserved it more than me. They beat me up because that’s what they used to do growing up, and nobody ever told them it was wrong. It’s a matter of education, when you think about it. Nobody taught them they shouldn’t use violence against others, even if they don’t even consider them human.”“Are you taking their side?” he asked, taking offense.“No, but there’s something I only un
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I pulled the mare’s reins when we came out of the forest to the meadow. All of a sudden, I was worried about the princess and the wolf’s reaction.I didn’t expect they would be as patient and understanding as Aine, who was too young to despise humans like they did.I could picture the princess calling me ungrateful and arrogant. And the wolf reminding me the two only things that could make him angry: me trying to see his face before it was time, and me trying to run away.Well, I’d done both. Would I have to face his anger? What would he do to me? And what would I do? Did I still have enough good will to put up with preaching, reproaches, indifference, or whatever they did to show their anger?Aine slowed down her horse too. I was surprised that she only needed to glance at me to nod, grimacing. She guided me without a word to the west, away from the castle, toward the woods stretching out to the mountains. She led me down a trail
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The flapping wings of one of the big ravens from the castle woke us up at sunrise. We had slept together in the pallet, and Aine got up while I still tried to understand what was happening. The raven jumped to her wrist.“Joy coming back?” it cawed, mimicking the princess’ voice.Aine turned to me, grimacing.“I’m in trouble. If my mother sent the message, it means they found out I’m gone and they know I’m with you.”“What? What are you talking about?” I asked, rubbing my face.“You silly. She sent it so I wouldn’t recognize your wolf’s voice. What’s your answer?”I looked up at her and shrugged, not knowing what to do.“I don’t know, Aine,” I murmured. “I’d love to go back to him. But these weeks in the castle…”She didn’t wait for me to say anything else and turned to the raven.&ld
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I was plucking the chicken Aine had brought for dinner, throwing the feathers to the fire, and kept my eyes on the flames until she rubbed my back.“I’m sorry, Joy. I didn’t mean to speak in his behalf, but I think I will, even though I’m your friend.”“We’re not friends, Aine,” I corrected her, feeling awkward. “I’m your maid.”She pushed me so hard she almost threw me to the ground.“Shut up, you silly! You are no one’s maid! You’re a princess in disguise!” she cried. “Soon I’ll have to bow before you, and make do with the memories of the time we treated each other like friends.”“What are you talking about?”“You can be so dumb sometimes! Judging by what you said about him, your wolf is older than my brothers. And I already told you he smells of my close relatives, meaning his rank is from a middle rank up. When yo
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Aine’s look warned me she wouldn’t take cagey answers.“What I can’t understand is how he dared to touch an underage girl. I mean, underage for him,” she said.I slapped my forehead.“The silver!” I cried.We reached the cave while I told her about Lily’s dress and what the wolf had said, that my scent changed when he touched me. Aine guided me to tie our horses right under the cave’s access and hung her saddlebags from her shoulder, telling me to do the same with mine.“And the second nugget was in the panties?”“Yes. He made me take them off to search them.”“Oh, well, he’s not such a pervert as I thought.” She chuckled. “That explains it. Your body reacted to his touch, more than both of you expected. Poor thing, I actually pity him.”We went up to the boulder and climbed to the ledge. A wave of emotion made me pace do
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Aine was right outside my window, crouching down on the sill, and took a finger to his lips with her eyes fixed on the plank. I frowned, noticing she was wearing a hunting outfit.She kept staring at the panel, her nostrils flapping. I heard one last footstep at the top of the stone stairs. Aine let out a sigh and threw me a bundle of clothes.“I’ll be waiting behind the beehives,” she whispered, and disappeared before I could ask what she was up to.The bundle turned out to be a shirt and trousers. Good. I didn’t care what she had in mind. I could use those clothes.I changed in a hurry and put on my short leather boots. I almost forgot the map, but I changed my mind, because I didn’t want to damage such a beautiful book. So I took a good look at it, memorizing the way to the cave. I grabbed the flint from the mantelpiece and jumped out the window. The moment I set foot in the meadow, I sprinted away toward the closest line
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I hurried out without looking back, pressing my chest where, like the princess had just said, my heart was pounding. I ran to the other end of the hallway, to the stairs that would take me to the security of my room.Tilda waited at the bottom of the stairs, worried and sad. Marla, Ronda and the other healers were right behind her. For some reason, seeing them felt like another punch to my belly.I faced Tilda with my eyes full of tears, and raised both hands when she stepped up closer to me. My reaction stopped them, and they looked taken aback as they watched me stick my back to the wall and move past them. I hurried into my room, closing and locking the door.It was always the same. Wolves showing concern for my wellbeing, while they kept putting me in situations than could only end badly for me.Like leaving me alone in the cave, without warning me that lion mountains came down to hunt in that part of the forest.Like making Selene scrub the fl
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The girls’ puzzled looks reminded me of Selene when Marla asked her a similar question.“Did you try to stop them?” asked the Beta’s wife. “Did you defend her? Did you seek help? Did you report them to your tutor like you just snitched on them just now?”The girls bent over themselves, hiding their faces in their skirts.“What are we to do with them?” asked the princess, her eyes moving over the kneeling girls shaking before her. “Our guests arrive in only five days.”“We can’t have them loose in our home,” said one of the wolves. “They’re too dangerous.”“I’d be ashamed to let our guests see we harbor such scum,” another one added.“They can sleep in the dungeon until we can take care of them,” a third lady suggested with a mild smile.“And since we’ll have to keep feeding them, they can pay us by
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