Knowing Bethia would greet Anin warmly, he had taken her to meet the healer. And as he expected, Bethia greeted her generously. He could not say the same for those people they passed on the way to Bethia’s dwelling. Every greeting Anin called out was met with a turned head or downcast eyes. He had grown accustomed to being treated such, but Anin was not, though he was proud that she continued to greet everyone with a smile regardless of how they turned away from her. Give them time, she had told him and while he did not agree with her hopefulness, he would not deny her it. Of course, it probably did not help that Bog remained at her side, but he would have it no other way. If he could not be with her to make certain she remained safe, then Bog would. Besides, the wolf had taken a liking to her, especially after this morn when he came across her sitting on the ground, Bog practically in her lap as she looked closely at his paw. “There, I have found it,”
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