"I'm aware. And I felt his pain and fear, too—I'm not heartless, Tarkyn. But the strength of him! He's massive! As big as our biggest wolves and… that male walks a knife-edge. Did you see his eyes? Even when he couldn't stand, he was marking us for death."
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Rika and Harth inched up behind them, but Elreth's gaze snapped to each of them. "Alone," she said, her tone leaving no room for argument.
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The fire rose in Elreth's eyes, but she'd been affected enough herself to keep her anger in check.
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"Fuck, El, really?"
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She couldn't afford that. She couldn't let herself get trapped in her own thoughts. That was tantamount to death when she'd been in human hands. She wasn't yet confident there was any difference here.
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"Calm yourself or I will order you into chains!" Elreth snarled from behind the wall of soldiers. She tried to push past them, but with glances for confirmation from Tarkyn—who nodded to encourage them—the males, who were accustomed to their Queen's hot-headed nature, shuffled to keep themselves between her and the threat. Though even Tarkyn considered the threat minimal from an unarmed human gripping her own child.
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"Because there's no way to know their motives," Elreth snapped at Harth.
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"He's not aggressive! He's reacting exactly the same way you did when you woke up and didn't know where you were! Surrounded by strangers!" Harth said, her eyes silvering with tears. "Why do you all treat people who respond the same way you do as if they're doing something wrong?"
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"She is," Behryn piped up and everyone turned to stare at him. "What? I can scent her from here. She's telling you the truth—and that's a hive of bees we're going to be forced to kick over."
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Rika swallowed, then glanced at Harth again before she answered her mate. "I left the human world in 2012. We were… the people I worked with were at the cutting edge of technology, Gar. I'm not saying I knew everything they did or were working on, but… Gar that means that Harth is from the future—at least, the future for me. It never even occurred to me that the Portals might cross time, but… Gar, she must be what they made after we defeated them! She must be their answer to not being able to take the Anima they'd planned to capture."
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"Not all of us," Rika grumbled.
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"Hence the throwing?" Gar pointed out.
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ch 17 The Human Condition
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Gar's voice was quiet, but thick with authority. "She's having a panic attack. Rika was the same when she arrived. Just give her some space."
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There was a fucking human here with these creatures?
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There was a fucking human here with these creatures?
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"I'm going to need to, uh, interrogate the invader," he said with a glance at Tarkyn. Harth had the impression he was swallowing more laughter. Please leave us—you can guard the door. But send someone to get the Queen, and please ask Behryn very gently if he'll come over to act as Advisor. I believe he's home.
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ch 15 War Chief
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Be Gentle, Immortal Master
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