Chapter 101

Kade

The north field had never looked so wide.

It ran uphill from the back of the packhouse to the edge of the forest, a long slope of frosted grass that the pack had used for summer games and winter sledding for as long as I could remember. My father had taught me to throw a punch on this field. Tonight, under a full white moon, it looked like what it was: open ground with nowhere to hide.

I stood at the center of it with thirty Moonhaven wolves spread out behind me. Most of them had already shifted. Their breath smoked in the cold air.

The training hall sat on the rise along the eastern edge, its windows dark. Abby was inside with Imogen, Chloe and Noah. I couldn’t see her, but I didn’t need to. Since the night at the cabin, she had lived under my ribs like a second heartbeat. Right now that heartbeat was fast and frightened and absolutely steady, all at the same time.

I’m fine, she said through the link, as if she could feel me checking