I live in a land whose language I do not speak. Well, I can say beer, and bread, and Pay Up, these are words I learned a million ways from the cradle. More important than Help Me.
There are ruffians who frequent our tavern. My mother does not like them, though she is usually in the kitchen. I have told her the only way to lose the ruffians is to lose the ale. Not shrewd, my mother, but even she knows then we would lose the profits.
They sit by the fire, and talk and laugh, and play jokes on one another. They like making a fool of my mother; I would put a stop to them, but secretly, I find it funny, too. Their leader is a dark-haired fellow, tall, commanding, a bit threatening in the eyes, in a feral dog sort of way, handsome and dangerous...

The story of how Wolf's parents first meet, and how they came to be together. It tells a very different tale of what exactly the term "half-wolf" really means. Also included in this volume are the follow-up short stories "Letter", "Revenge", and "Clover" which describe Wolf and his sister Clover and step-sister Cora's reactions to the death of their parents. The stories end with the announcement of the Pardon for All Wolves.