Chapter 66

Kaiya

There’s no sign of the warriors that we sent back with Stone Wood. The handful of wolves that have the courage to stand up to us are weak, inbred to an extreme degree, and feral. It is a blood bath with almost no surivors.

Dripping in blood, I shift back to human and turn around to face Oswald. “Where are their warriors?”

He shifts and casts his eyes to the ground so he doesn’t have to look at my nudity. “Dead, I’d wager. Killed by rogues.”

“Or they fled into the mountains,” Thaddeus proposes.

Unlike Oswald, my nudity doesn't appear to bother him, and he looks straight at me while he speaks. Strangely, I prefer that to Oswald's clear discomfort.

“Send warriors to sniff them out,” I say.

Grinning, Thaddeus nods and runs outside.

With purposeful strides, I cross the compacted dirt floor to open the door that leads to the only other room in the shelter they call a pack house. “Queen,” Oswald says urgently. “You are naked.”

“So are they,” I say. “I doubt they care.”

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