When Winnifred took Caius into the cave, Pepin’s attention became focussed on Madla. Ewan joined his father, curious about the visitor.
“I never left the area around the House of Heaton, I only hid. My debt to Aoife, who had freed me twice, kept me tethered to her,” Madla explained.
Unaffected by Pepin’s ferocious growl at the thought of any wolf other than him claiming to have a deep connection to his mate. Madla smiled at the misunderstanding.
“Why did my mother’s kindness make you stay?” Ewan asked, hurriedly.
“Honour”. Returned Madla, simply. “In my home land, when someone saves your life, you must protect that person until the scales are balanced, so I stayed in the city in case she had need of me. I could live my life without the burden of an unpaid debt, once I had helped h
