Her parents looked at one another, and her mother’s mouth dropped open.
“Could there be another were in town?” her father asked.
Her mother shook her head and said, “I thought I smelled someone new, but I didn’t think anything of it. I just thought they were passing through, but now that we know about Lizzie, it’s possible that they may know, too.”
Her father’s troubled look deepened, and he said, “I’ll have to strengthen the wards around the house to prevent anyone from finding Lizzie.”
Lizzie’s eyes grew wide, and she pulled out of her mother’s embrace.
“I may have seen the were,” she said, looking at her parents.
“What? When?” her mother asked.
“Before we left for the cabin, I’d seen a shadowy wolf sneaking around the edge of the yard,” she said, pointing toward her wind
