lized herself, twigs crunched beneath her feet. She murmured, "Ouch, Lopu

ng at his half-smile

were you f

out from under her outstretched arm.

wanted to see me naked? Ashina l

hat if

group of animals. I don't think I'll ever

She raised an inquisitive gaze to his olive-colored eyes. Despite the fa

hrase the next sentence. "Fae are notoriously curious, m

out of her skin when a full laugh rang in her ears as sh

rees, his hooded gaze lingered on her face before hardening. "Everyone

Ashina and Lopus. Loveta rushed over, pulling Ashina's hands while beaming at Lopus

oveta took her into the front doors of

and Jed. The first door on the left is where Rule and I share a room, and the door further down is

eryone else has their own home, why d

get your own apartment, but I wanted to be near to Honi since

, "And we're a

ed together. We keep together because we put a lot of

few fleeting glimpses of her mother's voice, she had no memory of her family. I need to consult L

hen she let out an audible sigh,

their way inside the kitchen, Loveta que

stew persisted from a pot on the stove. As Ashina t

e your pract

d, but Loveta didn't seem to notic

oubt. Do you wan

s stomach grumbled in response to Lo

soon. While Honi sat at the breakfast bar eating

ettling eyes peered suspiciously into her back. She eventually gathered a dish of

filled with suspicion desp

ighed, "

u contemplat

d to be asked t

na eventually determined that the bes

suggests to me that they are tormenting her. This implies that she is still livi

t be certain of her whereabouts. Although our pack witch isn't the friendliest, she could cast a

volved in Ashina's difficulties, and Ashina could tell. She didn't blame Honi. If her memories came

the Council disapproves of meddling in other packs' affairs. Alpha Ernouf is a monster, on top of that.

wer lip while gaz

desperate to have you and we don't know why, our pack would be divided bet

i in the eyes. If I weren't present, ho

r appeara

'm not sure! But I'm confident that

it's a

automatically straightened her slouched shoulders as she searched for the source of the aroma.

want to

both a perplexed glance before settling in next to Honi,

few strawberries from Honi's bowl. Feeling his body heat beckoning her to get closer, she long

I sleep o

Lopus was duped by the ambiguous na

a gave off a safe vibe throughout. Around him, she didn't feel butterflies in her stomach; rather, a warm, comforting s

s of stairs to a white door, she rubbed her

allway when he peered behind him. I'm in that

rage space underneath. He said, "Loveta has ordered you some more clothes to fill those," over her shoulder. A sizable window seat wi

k if you ne

their gaze drew each other lik

eously cleaned their throats. "You are very g

e looked back, she was still grinning. He then turned and walked out the door. She wa