Chapter 46. Barbarian Camp

Eir’s POV

“That pretty little ass is far away from home. Go back, now!”

The angry roar made me jump. Too focused on the black wolves in front of me, I didn’t notice the man who came walking out of the dark forest line. With my pulse ringing in my ears and my own heartbeat stuck in my throat, my eyes followed him. His eyes shifted, but unlike Toke’s eyes, the beast’s eyes lit up the darkness with a reddish hue. The more I looked, the clearer the man got. Tall, incredibly tall! Toke could not compare at all!

The man bulged with raw muscles; tattoos shifted with them as he moved. Dark swirling lines decorated his shoulders, chest, neck, and back—even up behind his ear. His beard was thick and black as the night; his hair was the same color. His eyes never left me as he walked in from the side toward the sitting wolves.

“What?”

“I said, go back! Now!”

“Why?”

The snarling growl that pushed through the darkness was nothing but thr