I was terrified as Rayden led me and Ares towards a timber framed building. A sign above the door was brightly painted with a picture of a bull’s head, and the place stank of stale ale to me long before we arrived at the dingy entrance.
I hesitated at the threshold, and watched as Rayden stooped to enter the tavern. I could see some other members of the pack sat around a table with drinks, but I could not force myself to step into the building myself.
I had seen buildings like this from a distance, but I had never been inside a permanent dwelling like the one I was supposed to be staying in tonight and it scared me. The sounds and smells were so different and the building was huge and imposing up close.
Ares rested his hand on my lower back – he was pressing me gently so I would go i
