Chapter 25. Bonded Past

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I probably should have locked her in a separate hut.

Saelyna looks visibly shaken when I get to her. Keilen stands beside her, wringing her hands and I frown at this unlikely alignment. What the hell is she up to?

“Please tell me Gylen is being eaten in there.”

They both whip around to face me, Saelyna looks particularly horrified. I like that new look, it makes her cuter.

“Not to burst your bubble, but no,” Keilen says, “I’ll be back, I got work to do.” She smiles at Saelyna and disappears around the bend of the hut.

“Why would you people keep wolves in cages? What for? And who’s that…the grey wolf? Why was she chained up?”

My gaze flicks to her lips and back to her frantic eyes. “Come on. You shouldn’t be here,” I say and grab her arm. She doesn’t fight, but she pulls her arm out of my grip as she follows me.

When we were a short distance from the hut, I asked her what she was doing there.

She balks and folds her arms over