However, after catching Scott''s icy re, the other men quickly averted their eyes without a word.


    "Pfft..."


    Analise, who had been holding back for a while, finally burst intoughter. Scott''s stone-cold expression, paired with his bright red ears, was just too much to handle.


    His embarrassment only deepened.


    "Ana, I have things to do. I''m heading to the control room," Scott muttered, trying to pull his hand away.


    "Alright, alright," Analise said with a grin, releasing his hand and Fiy''s as well.


    They had both been holding her hands the entire way, and her palms were starting to get sweaty.


    "Ana, why did you let go of my hand too?" Fiy pouted, reaching for her hand again.


    "Fiy,e with me to the resting cabin. I have a reward for you," Analise said, her mood much improved as she decided to tease him.


    "Really?" The ever-trusting Fiy took the bait.


    Once inside the rest cabin, Analise had Fiy shift into his wolf form.


    "Fiy, where do you even get all these crazy ideas?" she asked, lying on his soft, furry belly and yfully tugging at his tail.


    "Um... I can''t say," Fiy replied, his tail instinctively curling around her, craving more affection, but he held himself back.


    The three days following a female''s heat cycle were strictly off-limits.


    Fiy looked at Analise with a sympathetic expression. "Ana, we can only mate after your heat cycle."


    Analise blinked in surprise.


    She had forgotten that he was a straightforward guy who never yed games.


    "But what if I want to today?" she asked with a teasing smile, tightening her grip on his tail.


    "That... still won''t work." Fiy''s face turned pink, but his resolve remained firm. "You can pet my ears and tail, though. Your well-beinges first."


    Analise let out a soft chuckle. "You know, sometimes being simple and straightforward isn''t so bad."


    Then, without another word, she buried her face in his soft belly.


    "Huh?"


    "Nothing, good little wolf," Analise said, letting go of his tail and instead pinching his wolf ears.


    "Can you tell me about Scott''s childhood? Doesn''t he have a younger brother?"


    "How do you know Scott has a younger brother, Ana?" Fiy shifted slightly, his tail wrapping around Analise''s waist.


    ет


    "When he was going through a breakthrough, he seemed to be in a bad mental state. He kept talking about his mother and brothen..." Analise replied truthfully.


    "Oh." Fiy nodded. "Scott does have a younger brother, a twin."


    As he spoke, Fiy grew excited and started chattering about Scott''s childhood.


    "Ana, did you know Scott''s brother, Sean, looks a lot like him? But he had health problems, so he never went to school.


    "I haven''t seen him many times, but I remember he looked just like Scott. They were practically identical.


    "If his brother were standing in front of us now, I wouldn''t be able to tell them apart!" Fiy eximed.


    "It''s normal for twins to look alike. What''s wrong with his health?"


    Analise absentmindedly tugged at the fur on Fiy''s belly and rubbed it gently.


    Sigh. How do those sculpted pecs and smooth lines turn into a soft, fluffy doggy belly the moment he shifts back into a wolf?


    "I don''t know. He''s been weak since birth.


    "Later, Sean fell seriously ill. He recovered somewhat, but his personality changed a lot.


    "At some point, he started associating with the Reimers, which made Scott furious. But their mother thought Scott was overreacting.


    "She had always favored his brother due to his frail health, which only made her like Scott even less after this incident.


    "Eventually, evidence surfaced that


    Sean had been colluding with the Reimers, leading to his imprisonment in the underground cells of the Hopkins Gxy Lodge. However, Scott''s mother secretly set him free."


    At that moment, Fiy abruptly fell silent.


    "Set him free? So, Sean is still alive?" Analise sat up straighter.


    "Yeah. I told you he was working with the Reimers. After his mother released him... He..." Fiy hesitated.


    "He what? Just say it. Why are you suddenly being so coy?" Analise reached out and pinched the fur around Fiy''s wolfish muzzle.


    "He... killed his own mother." Fiy pursed his lips. "Even in her final


    moments, she was sne


    protecting


    UM


    him, keeping Scott from capturing him."