34. Secrets and riddles

(ZIEN)

The town was loud and noisy. I could immediately smell the wolves. My nose twitched. Meera walked closer to me, her eyes scanning everywhere. She looked just as peeved as I was to be amidst the midst. Wolves were... just not our kind of animals.

"So, this is where she is?" Meera asked, her distaste evident in her voice as we walked along the busy streets, scanning the crowd of people, my eyes focused on every face.

"No, she is in a pack land, not here," I said with a frown. I had been keeping track of her since my uncle told me about her, and how she was going to be my salvation, my way to earn my throne back and defeat the monsters who stole my throne from me.

"Turquoise Falls, you said?" she asked as she studied my face, her brows knotted together, her plump lips disappearing between her teeth. I could easily sense her feelings.

I shook my head. "I don't know. We will find her. But first, we need to find the blood stones and I have to get my power back." I said as a so