‘This is a really bad idea, Bello,’ Conri complained again. ‘I have never fancied that creature. He gives me the creeps.’ ‘He’s half wolf, Conri. A half of us. What makes him a creep?’ He rolled his eyes. ‘I didn’t say he was a creep. I said he gives me the creeps. Two different things. And yes, he’s half of us, but also half of those lizard-breathing fools. Are you also forgetting that he’s a mage?’ ‘Which is why we need his help,’ I grumbled, adjusting the cap on my head. I probably shouldn’t have worn a caftan today, knowing I’d be coming to this place. Illya lived at the border of the Kaura pack, in the small town of Malali. Malali was considered the city of the hybrids, a small town that housed most of the hybrids from the Northern and Southern regions. I had only ever gone there

