Rodriguez stared at Arya as if she had grown a second head. No outsider had asked Rodriguez a direct personal question.
"And may I know why you're asking?" Alpha Rodriguez inquired, his face becoming serious. His eyes searched her face intently.
"Please, just tell me, I'm begging you," Tears filled Arya's deep blue eyes.
"Why?"
That was his answer. A question!
"My great grandmother's letter mentions something about a wolf with a crystal shaped birthmark that glows in the dark. There is a reason behind it that I can only tell him. That's why I'm asking you, do you have that birthmark?"
Rodriguez hesitated, and that was all it took for Arya to know the answer. The way I looked at Michelle and then back at Arya, anyone could see it was because he was contemplating whether to tell her the truth or not.
"You do, don't you?" Arya said slowly.
"Yes! So?"
These two words shocked Arya. She stood there, her mouth hanging open, eyes wide and staring.
