Chapter 144

“Gentlemen, you can measure it now or when the puppy’s head is resting a good distance from your body. You decide.”

He mumbled something in Arabic and I lowered my head. Zaira smiled.

Sifah took a deep breath before speaking, without letting go of Kabir’s forearm:

“We divide. We jump and enter. And whoever can, puts a shot in the forehead of anything that crosses their path. In teams of two or three, it is enough. I’ll go with you, Mrs. McCord; the rest of you can arrange yourselves as you see fit, just please don’t die: we’re already quite short-handed.”

The princess got up and crossed with very regal steps over the outline drawn in the snow, to leave with Kaylee. She gave us an impressed gesture with two thumbs up and mouthed, “I like this chick!” before also disappearing among the trees, leaving us speechless. Sifah knew that when we wolves changed our skin we would no longer be able to manipulate firearms with the same dexterity, due to the size of our fi