Anyways, the werewolf continued. "I came tracking this human. I found you with him." He looked at Stan directly, and the small, careful attention in his expression sharpened. "This human wields either a spatial technique or a set of artifacts that produce no detectable Qi or spatial fluctuation when used. Neither my pack nor I have encountered anything like it before. My proposal is this - if he possesses such capabilities, perhaps he can be used to force open a portal back to our realm through some method."
"Use?" Camilla pointed out in a cold voice upon hearing that word from the Werewolf...
The single word landed in the polar air with the weight of a scalpel.
The werewolf shrank back visibly. His diplomatic composure cracked. His eyes flickered with the sudden, unmistakable fear of a subordinate who had just realized he had used the wrong word in front of a superior who was not in the mood.
