Wheeling Gull Isle our professional relationship doesn't exist on this island

He stood and leaned against the tree, inadvertently inviting Ying closer. Everyone on the island smelled like shit— including Orochi! She wondered how he hadn't been able to smell himself and wondered if his nose was broken, too. Either way, it didn't really matter.

Hydra's reminder to maintain one's composure rang through Ying's mind. Orochi was overstepping, but he hadn't yet moved to attack. The fight would have been an easy win, which he likely knew, so she would withhold her bite until properly prompted.

She kept her gaze stiff and barked her first comment, You talk a lot for a wolf with no fight.