{"id":1277,"date":"2026-03-26T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T06:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1277"},"modified":"2026-03-21T03:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T03:01:52","slug":"chapter-9-red-in-the-face067","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/03\/26\/chapter-9-red-in-the-face067\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 9 Red in the Face067"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/03\/25\/chapter-8-as-good-as-gold-064\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page67 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/03\/27\/chapter-9-red-in-the-face068\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><strong>Chapter 9<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Red in the Face<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The next Friday afternoon, just after school has finished,\u00a0 KristalClear and NutJob are catching up on the latest gossip as they hurry home to get ready for work. NutJob seems unusually exuberant, \u201csome of the lads have bought wolves\u2019 teeth! Or to be more precise, one wolf\u2019s tooth on a thin leather necklace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I know, I saw one! You\u2019re not getting one are you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo way! Far too outrageous for me! Smacks of some kind of rebel symbolism!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, trying to think of something more sensible to say, he adds, \u201cwhen did the wolves come back? Actually, when did the wolves die out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot really sure. You should ask Faraday. Didn\u2019t he work over by Ulverston once? Ulverston means <em>Wolves Here Town<\/em> doesn\u2019t it? I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll know more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSure, must dash, have to grab some scoff now and better head in to work early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to chat about Ulverston, NutJob arrives at work at about 17:30 when his start time is actually 18:00. Franklin has just made a large pot of Manx tea for herself and Faraday, and tells NutJob to go and fetch his mug. In a corner of the PrintWorks, Faraday\u2019s desk is messy as usual. Several half used note books lying open. More pens and pencils than he needs, and one old text book, open at a page showing a diagram of an electric motor, or a solenoid, or something. There are several small tools scattered on the desk, but there\u2019s nothing electrical!<\/p>\n<p>They clear enough space to prepare three mugs of black tea, and they all sit around chatting about wolves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Wolves Here Town<\/em>? Almost right,\u201d says Faraday, \u201cFranklin actually did some research on Ulverston, I\u2019m sure she can explain it better than me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a mix of Old Norse and Old English. <em>\u00dalfarr<\/em> means <em>wolf army<\/em> and <em>Tun<\/em> means <em>farmstead<\/em> or <em>village,<\/em>\u201d says Franklin. \u201cSo <em>Ulverston<\/em> actually means <em>the village of the wolf army<\/em>!<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/03\/25\/chapter-8-as-good-as-gold-064\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page67 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/03\/27\/chapter-9-red-in-the-face068\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page67 \u2013 Next Chapter 9 Red in the Face The next Friday afternoon, just after school has finished,\u00a0 KristalClear and NutJob are catching up on the latest gossip as they hurry home to get ready for work. NutJob seems unusually exuberant, \u201csome of the lads have bought wolves\u2019 teeth! 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