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It took a day for us to trek to the Thing, and would’ve taken longer, but once I grew tired, Ragnvald swung me up in his arms and ran. As the forest flew by, I caught glimpses of warriors on either side of us, carrying axes and spears and traveling as fast as we were. When Ragnvald stopped, they formed a loose circle around us. Most were barechested and only wearing leather breeches. A few had wolf pelts slung over their shoulders. Some were in wolf form.
I kept my eyes down and waited for Ragnvald to leash me, but he only took a strip of leather and wound it around my wrist. “These wolves are more civilized,” he told me. “And so is our pack now, thanks to you.”
He held the end of the leather thong tying my wrist, so I was still leashed, but it wasn’t as humiliating.
“The other rules
