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Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Stella watched the sunlight caress the skin on Julian’s arms. The Summer’s afternoon was hot, so he had rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt and taken off his boots. Julian sat barefoot in the shade of the riverside trees, reading a book. Two horses were grazing in the shady forest behind them, and two swords lay on the green moss near Julian. The two of them were supposed to be practicing sword fighting, but the terrible heat robbed them of all their good will, and left nothing but the desire to spend the afternoon in idle pursuits, such as reading or swimming.

“Come, let’s go for a swim!” Stella appeared next to Julian. He dropped his book startled, a Wolfling knew how to creep up on her prey without a sound.

“The water is freezing cold,” he replied with a smirk and picked up his book.

“Exactly,” said Stella, snitching the book from his hands and pushing Julian into the water from the steep riverbank. She followed, jumping into the water with an enormous splash. She swam up next to Julian.

“It’s ice-cold, Stella!” he screamed, annoyed.

Stella splashed the water in his face instead of answering and laughed at him.

“Let’s swim to the other side! You’ll warm up, Julian,” she said cheerfully.

She did not wait for his reply. Stella was a good swimmer. Julian watched her strong, feminine body move swiftly through the clear water; he followed as quickly as he could.

Stella marched out of the river with her wet, white petticoat dress embracing her curves and displaying them quite openly. She did not care about it.