Chapter 97: Chapter 97: Their Heads Will Adorn Pikes

The thought of walking away from him caused a strange tension around her heart. He dropped her down on the bed and she bounced a few times before she sat up and glared at him. "What's your problem?"

"I faced the Eduki without weapons and killed it. I cleaned and skinned the pelt and invited my fellow warriors to feast on its meat."

"You ate a bear?" Julia exclaimed, nauseated at the image of a bunch of warriors eating bear meat.

"As is proper," he said.

"Did you at least cook it?"

"Why would we want to cook it?"

Ask a stupid question. "Never mind. Wait, where did you find a bear?"

He stared at her.

"Don't even try that 'you don't need to know' nonsense with me. Bears are extinct and I'm reasonably sure they weren't blue."

"I killed it for you. You cannot reject me or the Eduki skin."

Julia knew an evasion when she heard it. What she couldn't figure out is why the location of the bears was such a big deal.

He lay down next to her.