RETH
Elia's mouth dropped open. "I didn't know!"
He squeezed her hand. "I know that—and most of the tribes know it too, even if they don't agree. But this is where the responsibility is mine: It was my choice, you see. With Lucine knocked out, my choice was to kill you—and declare her the Queen, removing any doubt amongst the Anima of her strength and capability—or to mate you. Which left her alive, but shamed. And… I chose you."
Elia blinked. "That's why the wolves keep following me and… that's why they're so angry."
"They're following you?" Reth snapped.
She nodded. "Everywhere I'd go today, I'd turn around and find some guy watching me—like they were guarding me, or following me. Candace said they were from the wolf tribe. She said they were angry about Lucine and watching me for mistakes. But I didn't realize…"
"The same male every time, or different ones?"
