บท 304: White Lies II

Raul swore when Olivera left his room, before finding home in his bed, his arms across his chest, as he began to wonder what to do with the situation that he had gotten himself into.

Fight or flee. He wondered while shutting down the area of his mind which haunted him about the killings in his territory.

After some minutes of making some debate and deductions which really weren't going anywhere, he tried communicating to Olivera through the mind path. He had forgotten to ask her how she had managed to learn the mind communication and barricading without a wolf.

Of course she would ignore him again. No harm in trying though, is there?

"Are you still awake?"

He heard the thrumming of aliveness, and knew that she was awake-her mind defenses were still up and strong as ever. But she gave him no answer. She paid his question no heed, just as he had thought.