Totoka River 그 안에 숨겨진 비밀을 알게된 것 같아

The inky sheepdog cross searched the wolf’s expression and could not fully understand what she read there. It was unusual for her to stare so boldly, but the shock that was written plainly upon his vividly masculine features and within the depths of his terracotta eyes rendered her unable to turn away. When he spoke, a soft whuff of acquiescence danced from her lips — ah, she thought, the pieces falling with simple familiarity into place. She was accustomed to being looked at and measured up, her mixed heritage causing pure wolves to question how much wild blood she could truly lay claim to, and she wondered how to explain to this male without words that her mother was a domesticated creature who lived with a human woman and a flock of sheep.

For now, she merely nodded, the cant of her slender skull admitting that she was something different. You should see my brother, she wanted to say, for although she had seen black wolves, she had never seen a wolf with the vivid brilliance of Amoxtli’s colors.

If Marbas had been looking for a secret keeper, he could find none better than Seelie — and when he questioned her about the island, her seablue eyes sparkled with surprise. Again she shook her head, her delicate features curving into a doggish smile — tongue lolling in a relaxed way from her slightly parted jaws, and her eyes half-closed with the pleasure of his company as much as the humor she found in his query. She could not imagine owning something as big as an entire island. Whether it belonged to another creature, though, she couldn’t say. Tilting her head first to one side, then the other, she shifted her shoulders in an eloquent shrug.

Stepping from the water, placing complete trust in the stranger she had only recently met as was her wont, she sidestepped to stand parallel to him, nonchalantly dipping her nose and swinging it toward his shoulder — not near enough to touch him, but clearly referring to him in some way. Another soft whine fluttered from her lips as she cocked her head to him in question. He must have a name, but whether or not he planned to share it with Seelie was his choice entirely.