What were the exact words he aid?”
“That she’s a killer and not worthy of him.” She scoffed. “He wasn’t worthy her. I haven’t heard of him helping anyone before.
Helping anyone? Did the girl and her sisters hold people? Could other sellers in the market identify her?
“” going to talk, and I wasn’t in the mood to
Ralph wanted to keep engaging the lady, but I pulled him out of her shop. She cajole her.
“Whoever sent that letter, the palm reader knows that person. And at person was quite fast to leave without us seeing them.”
“That person also knew we’d look for her.” I added.
Ralph nodded. “Then this attack was planned?”
“Maybe. Maybe not. But…” I trailed off, my head snapping to the opposite direction, towards the river beside the market.
I saw something run past. It was vague but quick; it was a wolf. “Ralph, someone is there. Come!”
I ran as I spoke. He followed after me. I halted when I got to the river, a weird–looking was dirty.
of water. Boots swam inside of it, and it
My hands itched when I ran my hands through the surface. “Is this why the river is said to be cursed?” I asked Ralph.
“It’s said to have the blood and boots of many slaves that tried revolting against Red Moon. A market was built for it and called Boots and River.”
I turned to Ralph with a done look. Why tell me the pathetic history of the river? I only wondered why it itched.
Blood and boots didn’t make it itch. “It itches. We can’t swim through.” I looked up. “But that wolf had swum through. How?”
“A myth is that the river will only let you swim through if you are innocent. Maybe the wolf is innocent….”
“Let’s go!” I shut him from his mythical history and dived into the river. Whoever that person was, they had to answer to me.
Ralph groaned, soaking himself in the river. “It burns!”
“I know. But if you don’t find your brother–in–law, your home will burn hotter when your mate finds out.”
That was enough to shut him up. I turned to see him sulking. I smiled. We got to the other side; my skin felt like it had met with silver.
What exactly had been dumped into the water?
“I’d go!” I dragged Ralph to his feet and handed him my clothes as prepared to shift.
“Yeah, go get them.” He sighed, rubbing his face with my shirt. I rolled my eyes.
I quickly shifted and tried to follow the trail of the wolf. It had been fast, but I presumed it slowed down because I was catching a
scent.
A scent that kept drawing me towards it so much that my wolf increased its speed without me telling it to.
1/2
That wolf will be shredded to pieces when I find it. I soothed, makng claw marks on it anger?
the earth as I ran. I felt
intense emotion was
I stopped, seeing a
cliff ahead. The gap to the other side was huge, cod
no
wolf would make it. Where had the
wolf gone
toz
Then I heard
the breaking of twigs as something zoomed past me. Then
past me
again,
and
sudden laughter.
It went away
passage.
like it came, and I was rooted to the
spot. The
wolf hadn’t known,
but
1 saw
its figure rush
into an underground
One I’d check
later. My
wolf felt weakness by the sensation because when the
wolf had laughed, 1 felt something weird.
Something one felt when they found their mate.
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