“Because of their unique lineage, red wolves found it difficult to impossible to find mates among other wolves,” Corien continued steadily.
“Many regular, other wolves, could not stand the red wolf. Their rage, their inclination to fight, to seek out wars – joining them, or starting them – their proclivity for being surrounded by pain or strife.”
“So even if mates were found, who were not red wolves themselves, many were rejected, that alone kept their numbers small.”
Corien drank from his water and proceeded calmly at a steady pace, his tone somewhat nostalgic.
Corien, Gravan, and Marian had all blocked all sound from reaching unwanted ears.
Their conversation, from the very beginning, had been private.
“But they were warriors, raiders, what they could not get with affection, they t
