Chapter 5
I was in the clear, and so was Derek’s data...but I couldn’t hear a thing from my current hiding place. So after a few short seconds spent catching my breath, I emerged, racing through the dangerously open territory of the neighbor’s yard while searching for a better vantage point from which to observe upcoming events.
This time, I was pretty sure the guards outside the back door noticed my passing. But I was wearing a collar—such as it was—and I made sure my body language said “dog” instead of “wolf.” Sure enough, the humans saw what they wanted to see, continuing to scan their surroundings in search of two-legged danger while I hopped up onto the raised platform at the center of a children’s play set. By the time I’d settled back down onto my belly, the watchers had forgotten
