“Perhaps, but that doesn't make you any less..," Almira said while nodding and looking at her from head to toe.

"Any less what?"

Almira tilted her head and muttered, "Odd."

Valine raised an eyebrow and said, "Odd in what manner, Almira?"

"I don't know. You're just different. That way you move, sometimes the way you talk. You have these determined emerald eyes. You feel different"

That's not true, she chuckles as she shakes her head in protest.

"I don't think so. You know, a little fact about me. When I flee from my pack, they always label me a freak not because I can cast a spell or anything like...