WE DID HURRY, BUT NOT because Wolfie-via-children had told us to. Instead, it was my thirst that sped our footsteps. My thirst and my hunger that made me risk striding past the treeline, even though my neck tensed in memory of the two shocks I’d received already.
The werewolves with the metal detectors, however, had done their jobs admirably. Nothing set off my collar. There were no stabs of pain and no obstacles preventing my forward progress. In fact, when I reached the stream, I saw that our guests had even dammed up the pool to make the fish easier to catch.
I barely took the time to strip off my clothes before diving in after them. I was human then I was lupine. Reveling in much-needed moisture. Snapping up fish after fish.
I wasn’t the only wolf in the pool either. Someone had kil
