Chapter 12
Ruth returned all of my possessions except my cell phone. “I left it in the car,” she explained. “No service out here.”
So I had to take her word for it that Justice was fine. That she’d stashed him under the bridge where no one was likely to find him. That she’d used speed dial on his phone to alert Bastion of his state.
Her patience with reassuring me only lasted a few seconds however. Then her voice turned intense.
“No matter what Aunt May said, this isn’t a game,” Ruth informed me. “Our pack is sleeping rough in the forest because it’s easier to defend ourselves if there are no roads nearby. Luke is out from dawn until dark patrolling this not-really territory to keep out lone wolves. It’s only a matter of time until the packs we’re really worried about find out our clan
