Chapter: 16

Alexander.

The girl we found by the river is finally awake.

The message comes to me while working at the forges, moments after I had gotten the fire going. I had a tough itinerary today, with many a weapon from the weaponry needing repairing and sharpening. There was also an order for a custom sword which I had been excited to get my hands on since yesterday when I got the order.

But today, my mind couldn’t focus, because the girl was haunting me.

I do not know what about her had struck me so hard. She looks impossibly young with her moon-kissed skin and long, dark brown hair, along with her small stature. She reminds me of a bird, a magpie to be precise.

My father was pretty shocked when I turned up at the back with a girl in my arms. Her clothes had still been wet and I had made my way back to the pack as fast as possible, fearing that she would develop hypothermia. Wolves were pretty thick-skinned against extreme temperature drops, but I had no idea if the girl was a wolf or not, an