{"id":1947,"date":"2026-10-09T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2026-10-01T04:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T03:14:53","slug":"chapter-34-sovereigns-and-crowns299","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/09\/chapter-34-sovereigns-and-crowns299\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 34 Sovereigns and Crowns299"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/08\/chapter-33-business-is-business297\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page299 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/10\/chapter-34-sovereigns-and-crowns300\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p><strong>Chapter 34<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sovereigns and Crowns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In Wolfland waking up early in the morning in order to be somewhere important, is completely normal. This particular group of Wolfies is no exception. Everyone has arrived at the Garrison in good time for the expedition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOut of uniform?\u201d asks KristalClear, \u201cI thought you said this was a work trip?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is,\u201d says CandiCrush, \u201cbut I mustn\u2019t scare off our new contacts!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like we all have a uniform now,\u201d says NutJob, \u201ceverybody wearing white T shirts and jeans!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The youngsters don\u2019t remember having ever seen CandiCrush wearing a white T shirt and jeans. It makes her look remarkably young, just the same as the rest of them!<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s also looking especially cheerful this morning, because she likes an intellectual challenge. A pleasant ride on a horse, a taxing test of her diplomatic skills, some time away from her desk job. And a group of young friends to help her feel youthful again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe horses have been saddled up already,\u201d she says, \u201cas usual I\u2019m taking Handsome. NutJob, you\u2019ll be taking Romeo. And Max, Falcon is taking you for a ride. He\u2019s a gelding, he\u2019s good with novices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA gelding?\u201d asks MaxChaos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKristal will explain it to you while you\u2019re walking over to the stables. Kristal, you\u2019re taking Marconi. Go and do your saddling parade now. Boys, these two marines will show you how to do a saddling parade, checking your horse and your equipment. The horse should stand square, alert, and free from signs of fatigue or illness, and so on, and so on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the checks completed, CandiCrush finishes the briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOK, let me tell you what I know about the Pennites. This is not going to be an easy negotiation. What sort of value<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/08\/chapter-33-business-is-business297\/\">Previous<\/a> &#8211; Book1 Page299 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/10\/chapter-34-sovereigns-and-crowns300\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous &#8211; Book1 Page299 \u2013 Next Chapter 34 Sovereigns and Crowns In Wolfland waking up early in the morning in order to be somewhere important, is completely normal. This particular group of Wolfies is no exception. Everyone has arrived at the Garrison in good time for the expedition. \u201cOut of uniform?\u201d asks KristalClear, \u201cI thought &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/10\/09\/chapter-34-sovereigns-and-crowns299\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chapter 34 Sovereigns and Crowns299&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1948,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947\/revisions\/1948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}