The room was filled with a heavy, bewildered silence as Rong Ye continued his frantic search, his tail drooping with every "empty" patch of skin he inspected.
Su Qinglan, her face still burning from the sight of the scandalous totem on the fox's abdomen, shifted uncomfortably in her furs.
Suddenly she felt a strange, rhythmic pulsing sensation...not of pain, but of a deep, humming warmth. It wasn't on her back or her limbs. It was centered right over her heart.
Gulping, she turned her back to the beast men, shielding herself as she pulled the neckline of her clothes down just a few inches. Her breath caught.
"I... I found it," she whispered.
Rong Ye was at her side in a heartbeat, his head darting around her shoulder. "Where? Where is it?"
There, resting perfectly on the curve of her left breast, was a miniature white fox.
