Wolf's Eye by Rae D. Magdon

Author:Rae D. Magdon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2013-05-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six:

Returning to camp was awkward and embarrassing for both of us, because we had no clothes. It was only a few hundred yards to Larna’s house from the edge of the trees, but it seemed like a thousand miles. Even though we walked the short distance in wolf form, I still felt naked as several members of the Pack watched us with grins and knowing looks on their faces.

“I hoped no one would notice we were gone,” I said when we changed back inside of Larna’s cabin.

Larna kissed my hair, running a hand up and down my bare back. Reluctantly, she pulled away to find some clothes. “They would have smelled you coming in to your heat anyway,” she said.

I sniffed the air around me, trying to notice if my scent was different. Larna smiled and shook her head, watching me over one shoulder. She was bent at the waist, looking for a shirt. I enjoyed the view. “Your nose is used to your own smell, you wouldna be noticing it.”

“That must be why ladies at formal parties never notice when they have on too much perfume,” I muttered to myself.

“Perhaps,” Larna said. “I have never been to a formal party.”

“You are lucky, then.” Larna handed me one of her long shirts and a pair of my leggings to change into. I held the shirt to my nose and inhaled before putting it on. It smelled just like Larna and made me feel safe and warm inside.

“Dinna be surprised if people are congratulating you,” Larna warned me before I

went back outside. “You are my mate now.”

I realized that, in the eyes of the Farseer Pack, Larna and I were in something like a marriage. They called it a hand-fast in Amendyri. That thought excited and frightened me at the same time. Mostly, I was happy. Maybe someday, I thought, Larna and I could have a ceremony, too. That way, Ellie could see my wedding. For now, I was just glad that I had Larna.

Thinking about Ellie, I remembered my journal. I wanted to write in it, but was not sure what to say. Could I put something so personal on paper, even if the person reading it was my best friend? I decided to save the letter for that evening.

“You are glowing, little sister,” said Aria when I stepped out of the door. “I thought I was seeing you creep back in here.” She pulled me in a warm hug. I blushed.

“I hoped no one saw,” I mumbled. There was a small crowd of five or six. All of them offered congratulations. I was even more embarrassed. Part of me wanted to go back and hide in the cabin with Larna.

“Let her breathe,” said Aria, gripping my arm gently.

“We canna tease her?” Goran said, grinning.

“In my village,” said Yerta, “friends sang under the windows when a couple was joined. Should we sing under your window tonight, Cate?”

“No singing, at least not from you!”

Everyone laughed. I felt a little better now that the teasing was shifting away from me.

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