Save me back

Part.2

Hyungwon wondered if his freedom had been given to him really just because he was an elf. Maybe Wonho gave Hyungwon his freedom back, because Hyungwon knew his true face and didn't dare to get this revealed.

Suddenly the lord turned his head and a smile spread on his face, as he met Hyungwon's eyes again. Hyungwon nodded politely, he was looking at a lord after all and quickly turned his attention back to his food.

After the dinner the lord stood up and stretched his back.

"You're all dismissed for today." He spoke and the wolves looked at him a little confused. "I need to talk to Hyungwon alone, so I won't need you around anymore."

"He wants to 'talk'." Jackson said wiggling his eyebrows and a really skinny boy giggled, but stopped as soon as they felt Wonho's fierce glaze on them. They quickly left the hall. The others followed and left Hyungwon and Wonho alone with the slaves.

Wonho called the slaves, a young man with dark hair and an older woman with short brown locks, closer and told them to prepare a room for Hyungwon near his own. After the slaves left both of them were alone for real this time. A little nausea crept into Hyungwon's body.

"Don't look so scared." Wonho said in an amused voice. He sat down on the animal skin which covered the stairs leading up to the throne. "I won't bite you." He wore a soft, relaxed smile on his lips and despite the darkness in the hall his eyes seemed to shine brightly

"I'm not really scared about that one, Milord." Hyungwon quietly answered. He awkwardly stayed where he was standing, but Wonho patted the place on his left site pointing Hyungwon to sit down with him. And so he did.

"I'm really happy." The lord started. "I always dreamed about meeting an elf, you know. I heard so many stories about them since I was a young kid."

"I'm sorry if I disappoint you. I'm probably not what milord expected an elf to be like." Wonho laughed at Hyungwon's answer.

"To be truthful... No. I really did expect something else, but you're stunning anyways." Hyungwon muttered a small thanks and started playing with his fingers. Hyungwon often received compliments about his looks, but getting them from the lord himself felt different. "Right when you entered the room I already though that you were something special, but when our eyes met I knew it. You saw mine too, right? My true face?" he asked and Hyungwon nodded slightly.

"Yes."

"Are you scared?" suddenly the lord's voice was a lot quieter and thinner than before.

"No." Hyungwon turned to look at the lord and their eyes met again. And the wild eyes stared back. No, he wasn't scared at all. He knew he should be, but he wasn't. "I'm mostly curious, but not scared."

"What are you curious about?"

"Why are you lord of this town? Do the wolves only accept you as a leader because you're the lord? Or are you the lord, because they accept you? Do the wolves don't know? Do they know?" Wonho started laughing and Hyungwon quickly shut his mouth as he realized that he had started to babble.

"That's a lot of questions." He then turned his head away from Hyungwon and started to look at the darkness of the hall. "They know and accept it, but... maybe it's true they mostly respect me, not because of that but because I'm the lord." The lord answered and had an amused smile on his face.

"I... I was told they name the city the "howling forest" as you can hear wolves howling each night and now I can see why. And your emblem is a wolf as well." Hyungwon pointed at the emblem decorating the door of the hall. "I know I probably shouldn't ask this... But how did milord became the king of wolves' territory?" Hyungwon carefully asked. He knew he shouldn't ask the lord such questions as someone who had been nothing but a present a few hours ago, but sitting next to Wonho made him surprisingly calm. He felt strangely safe. Wonho laughed.