Chapter 15

"What exactly are you ruminating on?" When I heard Ryder's voice, I was standing in the large hall beside the stream, and I saw him coming toward me.

When I first heard what Polina had to say, my mind started to get overly foggy, and the large amount of confusion made me feel exhausted. In addition to that, the presence of Atlas was making things significantly worse. Therefore, after asking him, I went outdoors to obtain some oxygen and some sunshine. It was a huge burden lifted to see Ryder. The most important thing for me right now was to see and talk to him.

"From what I've heard, lycans don't have the same capacity for smell as werewolves." As I did so, I cast a quick peek in his direction.

Ryder was standing close by and he gave me a nod. "Lycans are actually more strong than werewolves, but we, as Lycans, lack the same sniffing sense as werewolves do. This is our one and only weakness. So, um, yeah... that's the truth."

"Do you think that won't have any effect on the plan we've