The skunk female stared at the map as if paralyzed. Her mouth opened and closed, yet no sound came out.
'She looks like a fish out of water,' Mirabelle thought with amusement.
At the same time, she was deeply shocked. Was this really how female Beast nobles ruled their territories here? How had this society managed to develop into medieval structures at all??
Garruk failed to hide his emotions.
Of course.
First came horror, then confusion, and finally anger. He felt utterly humiliated by Nessa in front of Mirabelle.
When he had seen that arrogant female participating in the same activity as him, he had been briefly irritated.
But then he had decided she was not worth his attention. Instead, he focused on the skunk female, who not only shared his military interests but also signaled a subtle submissiveness toward him.
Nessa had told him beforehand how, in her family, female nobles had been trained from a young age.
