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A moment later my captor holds my chains, so I am forced to follow him and I notice that the wolves that welcomed us look at the chains with curiosity and a little annoyance.The hallways are made of stone, and there are doors and conversations everywhere.I have the impression that many people live here in the fortress.Wolves, I remember. I'm among wolves. Not people.A man appears to be leading our group, gesturing from side to side, showing things to my captor that he observes with interest. We see rooms and courtyards decorated with carved stone and flowers I don't know in vases as big as me, covered in paintings. There are hot water pools where young girls and boys of various ages dip their feet while chatting. There's also an entire wing where the smell of food simmers in the air.The guide points to the ceiling and says a bunch more things, explaining what's above us, I imagine.I would like to pay attention. I'm curious. But most of all I'm tired.I rub my eyes and hide a yaw
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I quickly sit down on the bed.The room is huge, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't that empty when I walked in, I don't know how long ago.There's just the rug on the floor and the bed.In a corner there is a lit candle next to a type of furniture that I don't recognize. It looks like a bed, as it is upholstered, but it is small and I don't think anyone can sleep there other than a child. Does it have a back support and extends to one side, perhaps to support your arm, but only one of them?All other furniture is gone. Chairs, tables, shelves, books. Everything is gone.Is this my cell now? I think furiously, feeling my breath coming out like fire through my nose.I look at my hands and feet and curse.The chains are here.I didn't used to curse back on the island, but now it seems like everything deserves a good curse.I see that the door I entered through and the windows are closed, and I would bet on them being locked too. I hug my knees and find some peace by praying a little that the
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It's hunger and thirst, I know. Reflexively, I almost pick up the glass that the maid left on the floor near my foot, but I change my mind in time, which doesn't go unnoticed by that damned, lonely red eye that stares at me. I snort at him.The Prince frowns and his upper lip lifts a little as if he were going to growl, but he gives up with a grimace.He's trying to be as diplomatic as he can, and I think he's trying very hard to do so, although not enough to make your heart explode in your chest, I'm sorry.“Did he tell you I was that?” An Oracle? — I ask Reeina, and my throat feels raw, dry as beach sand.She consults the man first, and he nods for her to continue giving me information.— Yes. His Grace says that the guard who came to pick him up on the island knew that — the girl continues translating while he speaks. — They had been warned by informants on the mainland to stay away from that island, because there... hm... — she pauses, uneasy, but the man makes a move for her to c
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There is laughter and music.I feel an alcoholic content in the thick, hot air.A maid passes between the pools with trays of fruit and small, round bread rolls.I retreat back to the door, skittish.I think I can handle my mess a little longer, but I stand where I am when a maid approaches. She gestures to a pool further away from the others that is empty, as if she notices my embarrassment.It's just a little dirt. Come on, encourage me.Reeina has informed me before that wolves always bathe in groups, like me and my sisters. It's not like it's possible for me to do this in a private place. There are no private locations. Can I demand this? Can I ask them to build a pool just for me?My body is sacred, I think.No one should see him other than the other Handmaids of the Goddess, or a man during the fertility ritual. But none of that will happen again, will it?Conformed, I follow the maid to the distant pool.She brings me a small tray with fruit, bread, and a towel for my bath and
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I wonder if wolves have books in my language.For the first time I think that perhaps I could learn your language to occupy my days until the best moment presents itself for my plan.I need to wait until my blood stops flowing before receiving visitors, but after all, when the door finally opens, it is not the pleasant Reeina who appears, but the stranger, the Prince of wolves.I'm in bed, braiding my hair, when he walks in.His stature is even more imposing and menacing than I remembered. Maybe because he was covered in so many dark, metal-filled clothes.He looks at me and I look into that single blood-colored eye.For no reason I remember seeing him in the bathrooms. I remember his slender, strong body... and the women helping him bathe...— Follow me, Kim.The accent is strong and harsh, but firm.I swallow my surprise.- Where?The Prince looks at my legs.— There's something I want-... — he stops for a moment. — show you — the tone is more hesitant here.The possibility of leavi
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— I need your help, Kim — he confesses, even in that dry and harsh tone of voice. — I need to know who attacked my family.I open my mouth, but the Prince is faster.— I'll give you whatever you want. Even if your wish is my death. I know you hate me. I know he blames me for the loss of his people—his confession is a torrent of words that I suspect he memorized, as they are spoken in a clearer tone than the others. — If you help me find those who attacked my father and me, after I take revenge I will let you kill me and guarantee your freedom.I stand there, looking into his face.I can't say anything. My thoughts are confused.I cannot help the Wolf Prince in any way, I know that. I have no powers. I can't have visions, premonitions, anything. But if I could... if I told him who killed your father and tried to kill him... would he let me kill him? Would he hand his life into my hands after getting his revenge?It's a lie. She's lying, of course. He'll say anything to get me to agree.
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You're as trapped as I am.We are both prisoners.I don't know when he sleeps. He always seems to be awake. He reads a million books. He is always reading, sitting in a large wooden chair, with his feet stretched out on a type of upholstered stool.Some books are in my language. I can see the names on the covers.I don't know if he knows that this is even worse torture for me.Maybe you know. Maybe he's sadistic on that level.We eat meals together.He, at the table he uses to read and write, and me on the floor.While we eat I get their irritated looks.For some reason I think he would like to invite me to eat with him at the table, but he doesn't trust me to do so.Clever.At the first opportunity I would use one of his cutlery to hit him in the eye, or hit myself in the throat, depending on my mood. And I'm always tired and in a bad mood. Most days I pretend he's not here. I literally pretend I'm alone. I sing and pray to the Goddess, undo and redo my braids and realize that the li
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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
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My chest hurts.My entire body hurts.I cannot conceive the idea that Miguel will, of his own free will, die for his people, instead of staying with me.He prefers death. The honor. The duty.I prefer love, and that's why a part of me will die when it's gone.— We have gold — Arina says suddenly with her lips pressed to my forehead. — Let's help them. Let's help the Wolf King and Prince Azerai take back the throne.— Arina, don’t talk nonsense…—Their army is within the walls of Tarus'dei, is it not? — she continues, inflamed by a determination I don't know. — Let's help them get there. There must be a chance. At least a chance to win. It is not?— Arina, all the wolves are against them...— And the people of the continent?We stared at each other in silence for a long moment, mentally debating the possibilities.Is it possible that there is any hope?— This is insane! — Azerai doesn't even bother to hide his offensive tone of voice, and is looking at me. — The people of Agreis would
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— Is there a need for a reason to cause harm to another, Kim?I bite my lips.Miguel looks away. To the sea.His expression is a mystery to me, but I imagine how he must be feeling; betrayed, furious, unhappy. He barely had time to be king to his people before they unfairly took that away from him.I would like to hug him, but I just stand there next to him, my hands nervous, not knowing what to do.— The Great Houses consider the people of the continent inferior. The causes of our exile. I heard that a million times growing up — Miguel says. — Many wolves think they must die to pay for the sins of their ancestors. It was a grudge nurtured by our kings over the centuries.— Did your father believe that too?There is a long hesitation before responding.- He believed. For a long time. But he got here and didn't find the monsters he imagined. They were just… people. Like us. He wrote this in letters to me over the years. He wanted me to forget my grudge and be a king different from the
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An hour passes and nothing happens.Then two and three.Arina looks out the window of our cabin all the time, trying to see something, anything, but there is nothing, just the angry sea, full of threatening ice shards the size of ships.Is our idea really good?Dock, go down to the mainland and from there try to reach Pontis Maari?The wolves would be idiots if they didn't have soldiers on land too, waiting for us. Arina and I are small women. Of course, we have white hair and that attracts attention, but a good thick fabric cap would solve the problem. But Miguel and Azerai? They are big wolves. Much larger than common iberiis. This is not easy to disguise. A wolf with one red eye and one with gold eyes? Yes, they would go unnoticed very easily…I know that the Great Houses were trying to reach the throne of the Tarus before. I know it. But I can't help but suffer knowing that I was the trigger. Without me they would have nothing against Mig.Oh, Mother. Protect us.I don't know if p
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I tilt my face and kiss her wrist reverently.My Wolf King...— No — he pulls my face back, realizing what I'm doing. - No…We kiss as Miguel possesses my body for the last time.Our lips tremble.I can not stop crying.He cums in silence. Without blinking. His blood red eye stuck in mine. His hips push me against the wooden floor and I feel him filling me inside. The hot, thick jets, the smell of spices and the sea, running down my legs, wetting the tunic beneath me.I'm the first to look away, push away the hand that holds my face.Miguel walks away.I sit down and try to tidy up the destroyed clothes.He stays behind me.I see the movements in my peripheral vision and I guess that he is fastening his pants, his belt.He finished.His seed covers my legs. My body shudders with pleasure as I see the remains of what we did still on me. My pussy pulses like it wants some more. As if I want him back, even though I'm sore from the ferocity with which he took me.— This will be the last t
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When we board the ship it is almost lunch time. I don't know exactly how many boxes were shipped with books, but seventeen of them are full of gold that was taken from our Mothers' secret room. Everything that wasn't secured in some way was boxed up. The rest will be picked up later.We were lucky that the ship was returning empty to Agreis after its business trip to the Salt Walls. Now its holds are cluttered with books and gold. Arina and I remain silent.I don't know what she thinks, but I believe there shouldn't be silence and reflection between us. We have gold to be free. We don't even need to go back to Tarus'dei. No one can force us to go. We can ask the ship to dock anywhere on the coast and go live our lives. People on the mainland don't know us. We can use the gold to hire a guard, buy a house. Never see wolves again in my life.But I don't say anything. Neither does she.We eat meals together, then I go down to the ship's hold and read as many books as I can.Sailors don't
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We dressed in silence. Each with their own thoughts. And by looking at Miguel's distraught face I can get the idea that his thoughts are even more chaotic than mine.Was your mother a Servant of the Goddess?How is this possible?That's not possible.It is not.He is mistaken...You have to be mistaken.We returned together to the tower through the front door. We go side by side, but still in silence.I need to talk to Arina.Sleep plans were cancelled. There is no possibility of sleeping a wink with this new information before us.Azerai is near the kitchen door, talking to the Iberii. He looks at us and his gold eyes narrow in irritation, but he doesn't say anything. Miguel makes a gesture with his face and he moves away from the guards.I don't look back.I push open the kitchen door and call for Arina.She's at the sink, washing the pots and dishes from dinner, and when she looks up and sees me, her relaxed expression cools.- And now? — he asks softly.Before I can speak the door
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There is a silent climb to the upper floors. Each one entangled in their own thoughts. I don't know what's going on in each of their heads, but in mine there is absolute disbelief.Am I the reincarnation of our Mother Goddess? Mirsai?If that were true, I'm supposed to be special in some way, right? I don't feel special. I don't feel any different knowing these things. I'm just myself still. Same Kim as always. Maybe a little more tired and beaten down by the events of the last few days, but definitely myself.I still don't know exactly what my place is in this world. I don't know what I'll do tomorrow. Or today.Arina and I go to the kitchen and get busy preparing the last meal of the day. Miguel and Azerai leave together, talking quietly to each other. The Iberiis are nowhere to be seen, and I try, if only for the last minute, not to think about anything we've just discovered.**We ate bread, fried vegetables, and meat from the deer that Miguel hunted and Azerai cooked over a fire
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— Are you saying that our Mother Goddess is… somehow… a goddess of your culture? — my Sister frowns at the Prince, almost offended.I understand your irritation. We had very strict discipline over our Mother Goddess and what this wolf says actually seems like a type of blasphemy, but I place a hand on my Sister's arm and ask her for patience with a look.Let's let these wolves talk.— I think it's worth going deeper into this — Azerai continues. — Maybe it will enlighten us about the prophecy and everything else.I nod.Arina maintains her irritated expression.— Do you have any paintings or drawings of your Goddess? — Miguel asks more politely. — If she looks like any of our cannis goddesses, I'll recognize her.Lightning passes through me.A hundred memories hitting me hard.Oh no…— You said I look like your goddess of lust — I murmur hoarsely, unaware of my next voice.Miguel looks at me for the first time in the last few hours, and his red eye opens wider with surprise, understan
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— This one — I show Arina the forecast as soon as we sit together on the floor.Miguel and Azerai approach, but only the Wolf King seems interested in what we say. The Prince stands closer to the door, like a guard.My Sister tilts her delicate face to read, but it doesn't take long.- What does that mean? "Party power"?I shrug.— And this "wolf in the sky" thing?I shake my face.- I don't know-...- What did you say? — Miguel extends his hand so I can pass him the tome with the prediction.I casually look for his gaze, but he denies it. He's focused on the book, his brow furrowed in question.— I think it's related to the other prophecy — I say to Arina. — Our Sisters predicted the arrival of wolves on our beaches long before it happened. Ceisa wasn't the only one to see them coming.A brief expression of disgust crosses Arina's face, but she shakes it off with a deep breath. She opens her mouth, but Miguel talks over her.— This is a prediction from my people.We all looked at him
