The city was bustling with life. The streets were full of wolves and humans alike. They shuffled out of Maximus' way, eyeing me, but they still dipped their heads in respect. It was one thing to see the students do it each day, but another to see it continue throughout the kingdom. Maximus didn’t seem to mind or notice as he smiled brightly at the people, hand in hand with me, as if he was showing me off. I played along, but I had a bad feeling about this. His mother wouldn’t like this at all. It was one thing for the school to know about us, but another for the rest of the kingdom. Ormr seemed to be thinking the same as he gave me concerned glances from time to time.
I was happy that most of my marks were covered, but the ones on my face still showed, and, no doubt, would now be the tal
