Lyria had half-heartedly allowed the others to join her in her room, even inviting the Valley Shadow wolf, who was still in the competition. Haribelle, who was in fine spirits for a wolf who had just been winded to the point of nearly cracking a rib, wanted to have a party. Lyria had the largest room of any contestants, and therefore it was her room which was “volunteered” for the event.
Jugs of wine and spirits lined the room, waiting for eager contestants to slake their thirst. The Valley Shadow wolf, as feisty in mind as she had been in battle, had introduced herself after the sparring was over as Resishiana, or ‘Resy’ to her friends. Lyria had recognized the name as that of the Pretender King’s youngest daughter, a strange choice for a wolf living under the Wolfsblood reign, and stran
