Chapter 85: A trio of merchants, not furries
It appeared that the group that came in next, didn’t want to be spoken to individually. It became clear why after Sam had brought them in.
They weren’t human.
Cass wasn’t exactly sure what the right way to call them was. Partial human? Shifters? Were-people? There were so many things that they could be called, and Cass didn’t trust what newspapers printed. Given the time frame, he was sure that they were derogatory forms.
What he was clear about was that they were probably merchant heads from the nearby town, and they didn’t seem particularly happy to see him.
Two of them appeared to have pointed, dog, maybe cat-like ears, with two different styles of tails, while the third was a fairy. The tallest was a woman, who had pointed ears, and a whip-thin tail. Cass assumed that she might have been a cat being of some kind, especially with her narrow gaze, the fact that her eye colour was an amber-yellow shade, and the sharpness of her features. Her skin tone? A little less known, since she had a fine layer of dark fur over her skin.
If looks could kill, he would be dead.
The second of the furry-folk was slightly shorter, also a woman, but she wasn’t thin like the other. She was more rounded, her hips wide, her tail big and fluffy, and her ears were big. Her skin was covered in patches of dark brown fur, filled in with white fur. She looked soft, rounded, but Cass didn’t trust it for a moment. She may have a softer expression, but Cass had seen how hungry dogs had looked at him before. He knew better.
The last one, the male, was a fairy. He was, surprisingly, pink in colour. Pointed ears, and pink highlighted various parts of his body, giving him a natural contour. His eyes were a pale pink shade, almost purple, and Cass did find his looks compared to the other two more eerie, but at the same time, the pull of his blood told him that there was some loyalty between them.
The man actually seemed to be relieved that he could feel that tug as soon as he entered the room, and some of his hostility faded.