“But uncle!” Sounded from the forest, and then another smack.
Elaine relaxed and laughed. Hadjar rolled his eyes — she shouldn’t have done that. Now, after being mocked by a beautiful girl, the young man definitely wouldn’t like them, even if they weren’t strangers.
“My name is Hadjar,” the General introduced himself. “And this is...” he turned to the Princess and smiled a bit roguishly, “my sister, Elaine.”
The girl had just enough composure not to erupt into a fit of swearing. She was also well aware that their true identities had to be kept a secret.
“What are siblings capable of killing an Alpha doing in our wilderness?”
“We are going to the Sea of Sand,” Hadjar responded immediately. “We want to get hired by a caravan and go to the Empire.”
“The Empire,” the hunter repeated slow
