Chapter 7

I hadn't expected Anya, who looked so fierce and strong, to be so thoughtful.

"Yeah, thank you. By the way, what's your name? I'm Alex."

"I'm Anya. If there's anything you need, just tell me," Anya said.

I nodded again. "Okay, I got it. I'm going to sleep now."

Trevor and I had mysteriously stumbled into this unrecorded primitive tribe while hiking.

Before being discovered by the White Tiger shifters and brought back to the tribe, we had already hiked for almost two hours.

So, I was truly exhausted now.

Seeing me lie down, Anya lowered her voice. "Then I won't disturb your rest. I'll go find you something to eat. What do you want for dinner?"

Thinking of the primitive tribe's eating habits, I shivered, quickly saying, "Some berries, and boil some meat soup. The meat needs to be cut very finely, otherwise, I can't chew it."

Shifters in this primitive tribe could transform between their animal and human forms.

When they were in their animal forms, eating raw prey was perfectly normal.

However, most of the time, they maintained human form, only shifting to animal form during combat.

And shifters in human form rarely ate raw meat; they usually cooked meat into soup or roasted it.

But because shifters were so massive, they would cut food into large chunks when cooking for easy gnawing.

Each bone was longer than my forearm.

Gnawing on massive bones might be easy for them, but for human teeth, it was an immense challenge.

Because the animal meat in primitive society was generally tough and hard to chew, even cooked meat was incredibly difficult to bite.

In my past life, because I couldn't get used to the food here, I could only fill my stomach with berries every day.

Because of this, I fell severely ill after a summer rain and almost didn't make it.

Fortunately, Anya, as the Priestess, had some real skill. After she gave me some black, gooey paste dissolved in water, I recovered.

Anya listened to my words, stared at my face for a moment, then nodded seriously. "I understand. Go to sleep now."

"Mhm."

Then, I closed my eyes.

Because I was so utterly exhausted, I soon genuinely fell asleep.

When I woke up again, the sky had already darkened.

I abruptly sat up from the stone bed.

"Alex, you're awake? You must be hungry, get up and eat something." Anya's low voice sounded in my ear.

I rubbed my empty stomach and got out of bed.

On the wooden table in the dwelling, two stone bowls were already set.

One held meat soup, and the other, unknown berries.

"Did you eat?" I asked, sitting at the wooden table.

Anya grunted in affirmation, her golden eyes fixed on my face, her shining desire direct and scorching. "I've already eaten. You hurry and eat."

"Okay." I tightened my grip on the spoon, knowing she wouldn't let me off the hook tonight.

Then I slowly sipped the meat soup.

Anya was indeed much more capable than the Wolf-shifter. I only mentioned it once, and she cut the meat into thin strips and stewed it until it was tender.

Although it only had salt, it tasted truly delicious.

Before I knew it, I had eaten more than half a bowl.

But because this bowl of meat soup was simply too much, I couldn't eat the rest.

"I'm full," I said, putting down my spoon.

Anya glanced at my stomach, as if confirming I was truly full.

Then her eyes gazed intensely at me, her voice hoarse. "I'll clear the bowls. We have mountain hot spring water channeled into the dwelling; you can go to the bath pool to wash."

Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Anya's stone dwelling actually had a hot spring?

Then I wouldn't have to worry about bathing in the future.

Most shifters lived rough, bathing directly in the river, but I wouldn't dare.

After Anya took the stone bowls out, I walked towards the place Anya mentioned, guided by the dim light.

Looking at the swirling steam, I took off my clothes and stepped in.

Before I could even finish washing, Anya walked in, holding a torch.

After sticking the torch into the wall, Anya approached me step by step.

Her scorching gaze seemed to want to melt my body.

My body trembled involuntarily.

The Wolf-shifter's physique was nowhere near as powerful as Anya's. Last life, I suffered so much, almost losing half my life.

With Anya, I was afraid I might die in bed.

Just as I was worrying, Anya's dominant and powerful arms embraced me. Her body temperature, hotter than the hot spring water, made me go limp all over.