Semua Bab THE ROYALTY OF WOLFES: Bab 31 - Bab 40

A few moments later I hear a murmur that makes my stomach shiver and I look up.One of the women is sitting on the other wolf's lap.They kiss each other on the mouth.The others watch them with small smiles as they drink, eat fruit and make comments in a joking tone.One of them turns to the stranger next to me and makes a move to get closer, but he turns her away with a look.My breath catches in my throat. I'm out of breath and nervous.My sacred parts tighten as if waiting for something.I reach out and grab the Prince's forearm.- We can go?He nods and stands up.I turn my body away so I can't see him and maintain some dignity while I wrap myself in a towel.We dress quickly and in silence, and this is the quietest night we've spent together.**I think my captor finally understands my discomfort with the collective baths and decides to be merciful, because in the following days, when we go out for baths, we always go at times when there are little or no other wolves, and if the

Reeina teaches me how to say I'm tired in the language of wolves. She teaches me to say that I am hungry and thirsty. Saying I'm sleepy or asking for silence. It's a six-hour drive to Darebor. We have enough time to practice.Halfway along the route, the carriages stop in a town called Fernis to change and feed the horses. Is small. I can see it from my window. Many children approach, curious. I nod. They laugh. They are bundled up to their dark, attentive eyes.There is snow everywhere.When I make an involuntary movement to rub my arms, Reeina takes a rabbit fur coat from under our bench and hands it to me. I have difficulty putting it on because of the chains, and in the end I decide to just cover myself with it.I feel the Prince's eyes on me. I think it wants to say something, but it won't do that with Reeina here.Excellent.I don't feel comfortable talking to him either.Many times I look at him and think about my fate if something fatal happens to him, and it makes my head spi

A carriage takes us, and it is escorted by not two, as always, but four guard wolves. I have chains on my feet and they cannot be seen under my tunic dress the color of fresh moss. I also have shoes. They bother me. I think all the time about kicking them away, but I don't know why I don't do it. I just follow with Reeina by my side, like a doll.She washed, combed and braided my hair with colorful ribbons.I notice there isn't much lilac in it anymore. The strands are almost completely colorless, and I notice that unfortunately this doesn't matter much to me.I don't care about much today.I barely think.Through the carriage window I see people jostling outside the circular building, trying to catch a glimpse of the spectacle taking place.I wonder if they are here out of curiosity or sadism, after all wolves die in this place.Reeina said that three contestants have died so far and only the Princes and another man remain who I didn't bother to learn the name of.The guards surround

He could eat me, I think, but the disturbing thought doesn't scare me. It doesn't scare me much.The door opens again and Reeina enters, preventing me from being alone with my thoughts.— Feeling better, Lyn Kim? — She asks with clear hesitation, keeping a good distance between us.I don't know what to answer, so I make an ambiguous gesture with my shoulders and hug my own body.It's cold here, but inside I feel warm.Maybe that's why my legs have goosebumps as if I'm feeling chills.— Prince Miguel will be next in the arenas — she says, barely containing her excitement. — If Lyn Kim wishes to leave, we will go now — she lowers her gaze to the floor in subservience.— No... — I respond a little too quickly and clear my throat. — No, Reeina. Let's see the fights.She smiles, satisfied, even though she's still looking at the floor, and from where I'm standing I can see her pointy teeth.I'm among wolves.**Reeina is so silent that I find it strange, but in the end I realize that she ac

I make a movement with my hand so the maid stops talking.— Slowly, Reeina — I ask. — I don't understand anything you're saying.Your face flushes slightly.— Oh, Lyn Kim, I'm so sorry. I'm babbling nonstop and without thinking that you don't understand many things about our people.I nod. She does the same as if she were making a deal with me.— Hm... Let's see — He rests his index finger on his chin, thinking about where to start. - Oh yeah. Before, when you bled during the bath, I told you very little about how this works for a cannis female, like me, for example. Well, I know that human females — he points at me — have one heat a month, but we only have one a year. We call this erben.— Heat? — my voice comes out a little high-pitched when I ask.— Yes, when your body is ready to receive a male and have puppies.For a moment I think she's talking about animals, not humans, but after all wolves are very close to their animal ancestors, aren't they? Do humans have animal ancestors t