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Isabella gracefully waved her arm, smiling with a crooked corner turned up. The slave's eyes shot downward, keeping his gaze to the ground. He knew his mistress enough to know that she was feeling particularly egotistical because of the way the other woman was treating her. Men and women alike elicited the same response from her, especially aided by the deference in the other woman's voice at requesting her name. For now, the slave knew that it was a coin toss on whether or not she would give the dog woman her real name or a false one. Isabella's storm eyes shot at the slave, who probably felt the gaze boring into him, but did not look up from his modest view.
Smug, the woman leaned back in her saddle, back rigid straight. Ducky blew air out of her nose, shaking her head. "You'll be thankful if you see their wolf skulls. They like to line them up at their borders as a warning. They don't much like wolves, you see." Did not seem to much like dogs either, but that was an entirely different story. As to her name, Isabella was torn. On one, it was her pride that would drive her to speak the truth, but on the other, she could expose something about her pack's culture. And there was nothing that Salsola disliked more than a blabbermouth of a member. Coy smile returning to grace her lips, the curvacious woman thought a moment, then offered, "Chihana" Kaoru looked up at his mistress, brows furrowing in confusion. Blood flower? What a strangely morbid name for the woman that was all poise and grace. Still, he shrugged slightly as he eyed the other woman. "We'd be honored to escort you south, wouldn't we, cousin?" she asked the slave, smiling with warning in her eyes. "Yes, Hana-sama..," he answered meekly.
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