Chapter 45

Reunion

We've run miles in wolf form until we reach a train station.

It's an isolated waiting shade beside the railway and few people are waiting there, covered with their thick winter clothes. We both shifted into humans again before we approached the station. Matheo said that this will take us straight to the metropolis of Lanbarc. We shake off the snow from our clothes while waiting.

"Mr. Matheo, you sure are an extraordinary explorer."

He laughs at the idea. "You'll understand if you become a lone wolf. You can travel or run wherever you want!"

"Have you met werewolf hunters?"

"A lot."

The steaming train is ringing. All the waiting passengers fall in line. After the train releases passengers inside, the conductors collect the tickets at the threshold before we enter. I'm wearing the coat Cormelio gave me that turns my skin dark. And as I observe among the passengers, people with dark skin aren't treated as slaves, some of them were privi