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But the bear was everything, and spoke through their father, and chose to let Avicus live because it knew she was the daughter of its disciple. In exchange, it required another life, and Evien did not share the blood of Ursus.
Father, he replied, guessing that Avicus was asking how the bear had spared her. It was that simple. It took another's blood instead of father's.
In a way, he supposed that made he and his sister invincible. He knew as soon as the thought drifted through his mind that it was absolutely true. The way Nyra slammed him into the ground would have killed a lesser wolf, but not the prince of Ursus. Not a wolf whose line was favoured by the bear.
Ursus is weaker for it, he added, and did not elaborate whether he thought that would be the case if she had died in Evien's stead. He knew it would be true either way, but his heart ached for the caregiver right now and withdrew from Avicus, so he thought the choice was an easy one, even though it was not.