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“You give me your word that you will never do that, and that is enough for me,” he reveals. “Our worth is measured only by the worth of our word.”
“Another saying?” I grin. He nods. “I like it.”
“Most of our sayings are quite simple,” he replies playfully. “You humans like metaphors too much.”
“We do,” I chuckle, realizing that my decision has already been made. Then, I remember something else. “But… your clan members…”
“What about them?”
“How will they feel about me in the village?” I ask, slightly apprehensive of the response he might give me.
“They will come around,” he assures me. “Cal and I care about you. I think they could already see that. In light of what has been happening with the enemy bear clan, I think they will all be more focused on that than on you.”
“I want to help,” I suddenly say. “I want to prove to them that I can be trusted.”
“You do?” His eyes light up at my words as he pulls me closer to himself. His body presses against mine, and my insides are immediately on fire.
“Yes,” I nod. “Trust is not something that is given easily, and I understand that. I want to earn it, and I am willing to work for it.”
“I think I could say the same about myself and Cal,” he tells me.
Without any second thought, I press my lips against his, closing my eyes as I do so. When I pull away, he is staring at me lovingly.
“Alright,” I tell him. “Take me to your village.”
“No,” he corrects me. “I’ll take you to your new home.”
Chapter Eighteen
Rock
That morning, just as the first rays of the morning light flow through my open window, a knock on the door wakes me up. I get up from my bed immediately, rubbing my eyes. Another knock is heard moments later.
“I’m coming,” I shout at whoever is knocking.
I open the door to a group of concerned villagers. I can see the expressions of confusion and curiosity on their faces, mixed with a hint of suspicion.
“Sorry for waking you up,” the first one, Jonas, tells me, looking apprehensive.
“That’s fine,” I assure him, glancing at the two, standing next to him. “Is something the matter?”
Jonas hesitates to start, but it’s obvious that Rose and Leo are here just for support. Jonas is the one who is to do all the talking, if he eventually manages to say what he came here to say.
“Why is there a human in our village?” he finally says the words. “We… we’re all worried.”
My first instinct is to tell him that Elena is more worried than they are, for a good reason, but I don’t say that. I remain calm, realizing that they are just asking for answers. Nothing else.
“This isn’t how we do things,” he adds, and the two next to him nod in agreement.
“Why don’t you come in,” I suggest, not wanting to have this conversation in the doorway.
They do as I bid them, as I close the door behind them. “Take a seat,” I offer.
Rose and Leo do so, but Jonas remains standing.
“I wanted to have a town meeting and discuss this, but with the threat of the enemy bear clan, I didn’t see it as a priority,” I explain.
“Not a priority?” Jonas raises an eyebrow at me. “She’s here again. And we have small ones to protect.”
