Chapter 16~ WANT TO CLAIM

Now that only the two of them stood on the paved path, a certain nervousness took ahold of Quinn. She pulled her hand out of his, her eyes shifting away from his intense gaze. “So, uh…I’ll just take you to the pack house first…I’m certain that’s where you’ll be staying during your time here.” “Okay, lead the way.” Quinn walked in front, forcing confidence in each of her steps until they made it to the marketplace. “Our pack is small, but we grow our own food and sell it both to the people of our pack and others. We also trade food for weapons, it is an attribute of ours, we use it to coax other packs into trusting and forming an alliance with us. Thus, this is our marketplace and the people here are mostly farmers.” “Nice and creative…we don’t really plant on our land, like most packs, we buy food in bulk and distribute it.” “That works too, but since our pack is small and a little low in the rankings, we need a selling point.” “Well, that makes sense.” As they walked past the stalls s