Wolf of Stone novel Chapter 18

"I hadn't considered that," Liza muttered absentmindedly, lost in thought.

I'm just glad that I considered it. Imagine turning our poor three-bedroom house into a pack house for a bunch of wolves. This place wouldn't even have space to move. I was literally horrified at the thought.

I immediately gave an idea, "Why don't we get Axil settled into our town first? We introduce him to the people, get him a job that pays well, and he starts saving up to buy a big plot of land to build a house and hold his people?"

Liza contemplated my idea for a while then nodded, "that does make more sense. If we simply rush into this without any place to put these people, it might spell disaster. I hate the idea of leaving them trapped when we know they're suffering but it's literally all we could do right now," she turned to Axil hesitantly, "I hope this is ok?"

Axil frowned as he contemplated what he wanted. I waited for his answer with bated breath, hoping he'd see why we're putting off freeing his people.

He sighed and ran a hand down his face in frustration, "they've waited for so many years... a few more won't hurt but I'll be sure to rebuild our home as quickly as possible," he turned his determined eyes to me, "show me what I have to do."

My tummy felt funny as I glanced away from him, a smile tilting up my lips.

Liza pushed her plate away and clapped, "Alright then, that settles it! We'll show Axil around town first so that he can familiarize himself with the place. Then we'll look for a job for him. We leave in half hour kids so get ready."

I nodded and took up my plate, dumping the leftovers in the garbage before placing it inside the dishwasher.

I turned to Axil and gestured at his plate, "are you done?"

He passed his plate to me, and I grabbed a hold of it, my hand grazing his as I did so. I wasn't sure if it was my imagination or not, but I swear to god I saw his eyes darken slightly.

A chill ran down my spine as I quickly put the plate in the dishwasher before leaving the room to get ready.

Half an hour later, Liza, Axil and I left the house and decided to walk our way to town instead of drive. It was a thirty-minute drive so it would probably take us like an hour to get there but it was better that way as we explained the areas that we passed to Axil.

I frowned and looked at Mrs. Belvis who turned her head in our direction, a lifeless and dull look in her eyes.

Pack link huh? I've read about that before. Once a wolf forms a pack, there's this special link that binds those pack members together. It stays like this for a lifetime unless the leader or his/her descendant decides to cut the wolf out of the pack.

I couldn't help but ask, "can you sense a wolf in her?"

Axil shook his head, "she appears human."

I hummed and continued staring at Mrs. Belvis, who simply watched us as if Liza didn't just call out her name. There was this strange look in her eyes... like she was looking but at the same time she couldn't see what she was looking at.

An unease sneaked its way into my heart as her strange behaviour circled in my mind. Liza was oblivious to it however, as she continued walking ahead, unbothered at the lack of response she got.