Chapter 40

The Hattai stood up straighter and let out an answering grunt. After a few tense seconds, he ended up lowering his head and nodding, like a scolded child. Ivan said something to him in Japanese, and then he began to walk toward the house again, in silence. I know he carried me around like a baby and I must have looked ridiculous like that, but…

What was the point of complaining and telling him to put me down? None.

If there was one thing clear about Ivan, it was that he was very stubborn. So I tried to relax and enjoy the ride. I already saw a bathroom with a lot of soap in my future; I felt like I wouldn’t be able to get the smell of his dirty hair off my skin unless I scrubbed a lot. Ishida didn’t hesitate to follow us either, after closing the truck tightly. I looked over Ivan’s furry shoulder, uneasy about that last warning his leader had given him.

“What’s wrong with Toshi? Why did you tell him that?”

Ivan put his ears back and wrinkled his muzzle a litt