His mother’s voice echoed from the kitchen. “Luka, have you finished? The bus comes in twenty minutes!”
When he finished, the professor stared at him for a long, terrible second.
The class was silent. Even Professor Marinić lowered her glasses. Prepricana Lektira Ovo Je Najstrasniji Dan U Mom Zivotu
Luka put his head on the desk.
Again.
“Yes, Mom!” he lied. His throat tightened.
“Luka.”
“White Fang is born in the wild,” he said, slowly. “His father is a wolf, his mother is half-dog. The world is cold and cruel. He learns to fight or die. When Native Americans take him, he hates them. Then a white man named Weedon Scott buys him. Scott is kind, but White Fang doesn’t trust kindness. He only knows teeth and snow.”
